The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09
AT THE DESTROYED CITY.
PEOPLE GRATlFlED OVER THE AB-
SENCE OF THE SHOCKS.

Correspondents Returning to Their
Homes-Relief work--The Mayor Ar
rives and Expresses Surprise at the
Great Amount of Damage Done.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept. S.-There is a
general expression of qualification over the
absence of a recurrence of earthquake shocks
during the night. The scientific gentlemen
who did not depart on the mi, night train are
explaining the absence Of quakes to mean
that "the season of internal shocks" has be-
gun and that they now will now come with
less frequency, effect and regularity than
heretofore. Most of those who slept indoors
retired after the pressure of the tide at mid
night became full, and it was believed the
critical moment of the night had passed. The
season Of apprehension has not entirely
passed, however, although less attention will
be given hereafter to the earthquakes at
Charleston than during the past five or six
days.
The north bound Coast Line express, which
left here at 10 o'clock at night, carried away
nearly all of the correspondents for New
York and other metropolitan newspapers.
Gen. Batcheldor, of the army engineer
corps, and some Of the scientists who came to
investigate the damage, DEPARTS at the same
time. Some of the men who left were yet in
perturbed condition Of mind, and refused
to be comforted. One of them, a CORES
pondept for an evening circulated journal in
the north, was so disturbed that he spent the
two hours and half, which he had to pass
Immediately before taking the omnibus for
the depot, in a churchyard cemetery on
Meeting street. He seemed to think that
that place, with its hallowed surroundings,
pot only afforded protection from falling
buildings, but lent soothing influence upon
his moral nature He called at the hotel
where he was registered an hour before the
time for the train, and upon being told that
the omnibus would not leave under fifteen
minutes, returned in hot haste to his impre-
tent,ous resort, and remained among the
tombstones, and with the sombreness, till the
Schedule time for departure.
The telegraph offices have increased their
capacity and are rendering first class service
how. Manager Harris, of the Southern Tele-
graph company, after moving out and in of
bis regular quarters has finally located his
force in frame structure near the corner Of
state and Chambers streets.
At 5 o'clock in the morning Mayor Court
ney arrived from New York. He was met
at the depot by number of friends and
learned from them something of the condi-
tiQn of the city, the people and affairs gen.
orally He said the destruction was greater
than he could have believed without first
having seen Charleston The people, he said,
were brave, brainy and generous, and with
enterprise and pluck would rise again. The
mayor was driven to his home to see the des-
Qlation and get some sleep He will visit the
city hall, confer with the city officers and
Others, and call an extra meeting of the
council.
So great was the jam Of people for assist
ance about the city hall, that the relief COM
mittee deemed it advisable to remove their
headquarters to more capacious and stable
building, and they are now in the Hayne
street rooms of the Charleston hotel
At Z o'clock there were twenty-o -one mule
carts standing in front of the committee
Rooms awaiting orders. The members of the
committee say the number Of people who are
receiving assistance is diminishing, owing to
the general acceptance Of transportation to
other points. If the people who can work
and who can find it to do, would begin to
push themselves, there would be less need Of
help from The outside world, a fortnight
bence, except in the way of repairing the
buildings destroyed.
kilograms continue to pour in Offering aid
and asking about work for mechanics There
is more determination shown now than there
has been heretofore to clean up, repair build
ings and continue business.
A hum Of industry is seen everywhere
The streets are filling with people and carts
have just begun to remove the debris which
is heaped up in such quantities as to blockade
alley ways and impede progress in other
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