The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-02
TALE OF WOE +!
+,..,ding Scenes Caused
''ri y The Earthquake.
~ PROPERTY IMMENSE.
Re s 81. .ss =. o. other PIaoss-A Most
earthquake News

taEtus ~,
,.r September 1, 5 a.m.-The
telegraph ,,o oi5sl' shocks la SIC continued On
thst s' y atlantic seabOard during the
the SCUM -a a,sst excitement is reported.
night, . anu were paralyzed with fear
The nesi ,,.sos Of people slept in open
and al Case i-;og the entire night.
squares ouliH iTbe western Union Iele-
$50 a.m'nv has Just secured com
gap. J' Win Charleston, q ", a
n11llc ,rire has been obtained the cause use
single %llf to the wires has not yet
OF iI.a-ned. The Western Union
been diamond, Va. telegraphs the
agent .. l ~ the New York office; say
manager ,. ~ man AZ Charleston IS demon
ins: oui All n his force has deserted but
slZsa' he saws there has been a Big
i ~ Of life and properly - "n = i"s
io'o ~ y something tangible:
+" VSi.Dstch says that ato;IS /. M, 10. 10
d 1a[5Ioiher earthquake shock was telt
a ia5Sisa-ieston. S. c.; Augusta "a. ana
g. l yIs,1Is s G. At Aug sta the Vlbra-
ly-.Hi ere noticeable for about two
Agus William P. Clyde q Co., have
n laG.s55' the following dispatch from
[5c5Lg 1setoD. disastrous earthquake
I SLeaIast NIGHT. Our steamers DeielOGre
ne SI - T-;ro;nia and their wharves escaped
snv injury. o....,,hor Tho
Western Union Telegraph manager MAJ zee al
Wilmington, \. G., sends the follow
W. ,-- The dispatcher OF the Atlantic
&C. line has just been in, and says
,Is section master stationed twelve
niles from Charleston reports that the
eboct wrecked the bridge near there,
Ind saws a darkey from four miles
Tortb OF Charleston reported that the
Tater tank was thrown down and the
,round upheaVed, misplaCing the
tracks. 4 special engine has been
started to bring any reports available.
SAVANNAH, September Three
distinct shocks have been felt
here since midnight. The last oc-
c1rred at $40 a. N. All the shocks
we're short and not violent. The people
are still greatly excited and sitting out
in the streets and squares, or Crowdipg
around the telegraph and newspaper
olfees. The general impression is that
Charleston has suffered seriously. 1t is
supposed that the cable under Ashley
river IS broken at Tybee Island, mout ia
Of the Savannah river, the lenses in the
light house were destroyed. People on
me Island telephone to the city thai
thew are IN a state of terror. There was
no communication with the mainland
until dayEght, and all the inhabitants
are assembled on the highlands. Theil
ChisiCause of fear is from a tidal wave
.heisland having been swept in August
$751;
M55a. m.-The Southern Telegraph
Company reports it has succeeded il
raOpening communication with Charles
ION. The operator I'D that city says the
esrthauake shock there last night wa
YsIy severe. Several lives were lost
Slds number of persons injured.
RICHMOND, 10 So j. M, Septembe L
A Dispatch Just received here saws
IheaIee,s or Charleston are blocked
With ialen buildings. telegraph pole
l1ngled wires. Over sixty person!
T5Te allied or wounded. After Ia,
earthquake fires broke out in differen
parts Of the city, but are not nov
Spreading. The population spent tht
night n the streets and vacant lots
There Is so much confusion that it i
lard to get at the facts.
CINCINNATI. Septem Der There wa
sdecided difference in the severity 0
Inc earthquake shock in different build
iings' and different parts of the cit,
last night Many people did not OBJ
serve Il a, all The largest building il
me city, a'd one of the strongest. tn
government building, rocket yiolentl,
YIN t1ree distinct vibrations; a larg
S,oCA was stopped and mirrors wer
s. N the large six and sever
SuOIy mas In the city the vibration
we're 50 severe that dishes were throw
1-om eupooards and articles fell from
tasoI While the churches were agi
t go q L 6y strong wind. Probabl
s soG;o.! u tnrty meetings of lodges an
49, sSD.e al were broken up without a mo
b S-UI ~ adjourn. At the old armor
IN 4 ~ On Court Street the plasterinj
"a tle ceiling was broken. The mos
tScIe shock was felt in Cunlinsville i
III tnoTthern part of the city. Here tn
bs sios were put out and bottles weT
So OAeH IN drug stores. Throughout tn
oeaf dispatches indicate that il OF
8 -.1s1 Almost at the same instant. a
f-c ~nili19n Inc boardess in hotels "a
tba tIer rooms in fright an
so5 walls were said to sway on
0bio Vhe'halt inches. At Canto
r lily, Jour shocks were observed. tn
T o1t oelng from north TO south
tsiriutue populace was in the street
90 1-at.ls Oh the strange experience for
e = t!ine after the event. At Denisor
io rniee1ng broke up IN q panic. Coshot
oou Ielt two shocks. the same sfor
CuS rom nearly every town in Ohio
TSoA aa LESION. September 1, IL am
bafosess Ithquake was such as has neve
~ o;ole Deen known in the history {
niobs SitY' 1t swept over Charleston las
So, So, shortly after 10 O'Clock. causin
r 80 loss aud injury to property and ia
- - loss OF life than the cvclen
~ cle year before. The CITY is wreckee
~ SeIeetS are encumbered with Dassf
s1S 5'.lsn bricks and tangled Telegram
hon. hon .?;.epnone wires, and up to an earl
fr Tr1 |. was almo-t impossible to pa.
m" Gne part Of the city to anothe
ss rce nIs5 shock was by far the mo,
fsn rTIs. Most Of the people, with the
E Wits, passed the night in the street
wiz eN even this morning are crowele
boa- Peo lie afraid to re-,n ter fhe
ki IiHsS' More than sixty persons We,
I -nau and wounded, chiefly eolore,
WON gong the whites killed and fataII
wounded are: N. J TTnc cU Ia ~ al