The Hawaiian gazette., 1886-09-21
GREAT SHAKES!
Earthquakes,in the United
States.
SCENES I'M souTHERN CITIES.

SAN Francisco. Sept. 1885 p. M. The earth
quake which ruined Charleston, damaged SAvan-
nah and wrought sad havoc in lesser cities and
towns of the South Is still the special wouder of
the civilized world and leading topic of discus
sion. Its effect in Charleston was even more seri-
Gus than at first supposed and fresh reports SIM
4 ply supply more sickening details.
! CHARLESTON, s. c., Sept. 1.-The first shock oc-
Cured at 1858 O'Clock. indicated this morning
| by the public clocks. the hands on all of which
! had stopped at that hour. The second SHOCK,
which WAS but faint and echo of the first, was
/ felt eight minutes later.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept. 1.-The compositors
of the NeicS aud Courier declined to work tonight,
expecting fresh shocks of earthquake, and the
paper cannot therefore be issued tomorrow.
CHARLESTON, Sept. 1.-l1:4 p. m.-Repeated earth
quake shocks of mild character have been heard
aud felt within the last hour, passing TO the west
! of the city.
1l:5O .. m.-Another shock has just occurred
rather more severe than any since last night,
knocking down several houses.
CHARLESTON, Sept. 2-The last earthquake shock
was experienced here at 11:50 last night, since
which time there have been no vibrations. The
people are inst beginning to pick up courage 10
come into the streets and look about them.
CHARLESTON sept. 2-The principal streets are
| Uttered with bricks and rubbish. The City Hall
escaped damage The massive portico of ST.
Michaefs Church was wrenched from the body
of the church. and the cracks in the main build
ing extend to the foundation. All of the portlco
OF Bishop Northrup's residence was swept away.
The Academy of Music appears to be unInJured
Charleston Hotel loses its ceilings and part of the
coping. German Artillery Hail is somewhat III
jured. The water works building and reservoir
are uniniured. Several buildings on Haynes
street are Quilted. Ga James island the earth was
cracked in several places and from the assures is
sued large bodies of cold water mixed with sand
and blue mud. Clocks everywhere were stopped
at about $40 a. N. At Mount Pleasant there was
| general shaking up, but no loss of life.
There are many assures and cavities from which
fresh water and mud have come. Fine mud or
sand has also come TO the surface IN Charleston.
| 1t is commended here that there was twist or
turn in the motion of tue earthquake, and that it
had not simply unduatiug motion. Articles of
furniture and lamps have been found which are
turned partly around, In addition to the visible
effects of the simple wave motion.
The people have hudded on the squares, and
small detached relief parties only have been at
work to dig out tue dead from the debris and
succor the wounded. The first systemized effort
to get at the facts in now under way.
The list of dead recognized and reported this
morning at this time I'll ID. m. foots up sixteen,
and the search has ouly commenced. The list of
wounded will go into the hundreds. About seven
Fights of the houses aud public buildings in
| the city are either damaged or wrecked.
Even the historic ST. Michaels and st. Philips
are SO badly wrecked that it is feared that they
will have to be taken down. Waves, from $50
O'Clock Tuesday night. have been coming about
now for twelve hours, and strong hopes are enter
tanned that the horror Is over.
SCENES AT SAVANNAH.
NEW YORK, Sept. distinct shocks of earth
| quake We're experienced last evening at and 10
! o'clock in large part of the county lying east
of the Mississippi river and at some points west
| of that rlver. Ielegraphic advices show that it
was felt from the Gulf of Mexico to the great
lakes and westward from the Atlantic coast.
New YORK, Sept. 2.-The Tribune's Savannah
Il has,
! rifed than it was last night and to-day. At 928
p. ~. yesterday severe shock of earthquake
struck the city, and IN an instant everything
10 confusion. The first intimation of its coming
was the appro lch, apparently from north
westerly direction, of "a sound resembling the
cracking of wallis preceding the collapse of brick
| building. Almost at the same time the earth
| swayed, chimneyS toppled down, and articles on
tables aud mautels fell to the floor Revivals
were in progress in two negro churches, and in
! the panic several women tainted and fell, and
were severely Injured by the crowd, who rushed
| over them. The entlrs force OF nifty or more men
| in the NetcS building into the street, and it
was over an hout before the printers could be in
duced to return to work in the sixth story of the
building, where the effects we're more severe than
on the street. Communication in every direction
! by telegraph was cut Off and the Western Union
operators fed in alright. Over an hour later the
| press circuit was renewed, but the line to Char
lesion and north not recovered until this
| afternoon. Nearly every building in the city is
more or less damaged by the shock.
NOTES.
MOBILE, Ala Sept. 2-All regulator clocks and
town tlmepieceS of Columbus, Miss, were stopped
Tuesday night by the earthquake, and the authOri-
ties telegraphed to Mobile yesterday morning for
the time of day.
New YORK. Sept. 2.-Western Union Telegraph
specials state that messages sent TO Charleston
last night could be delivered, on account of the
general confusion. The hotels empty and
the people had deserted their dwellings, and are
encamped III the open lots, and 50 cannot be
| found.
CHARLESTON, Sept. AT o'clock this morning
| there another earthquake felt, but it did no
damage.
WASHINGTON, Sept. General Drum, Acting
Secretary of War, has directed tents TO be sent to
Charleston, to shelter the homeless people.
New YORK, Sept. 2.-Dispatches from the small
towns in the State of Georgia report experiences
similar to those III Savannah. At Somerve
many persons have been killed and hundreds are
homeless. The whole business portion of the city
| is badly wrecked.