The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-09-08

with strained senses for the dreaded rcur
rence Of that horrible growl or grssan Of tn
power under the -ess and under the land Il
give thought To the new terror, sisonxi, j
had threatened bis own home and man,
homes in the doomed city.
ACCLAIMED CIRCLE or sAxErs.
The crowds poured in from every direc-
ton TO the quarr just described. as though
it-had been indeed a charmed cinrle and liz
depended on passing within its grassy
bounds. Street cars, carriages and othei
vehicles were ranged in lines On the streets
surrounding the square, while the hcrses
stood as though shifting the ground in anx
ious inquiry. The eolored people every
where were loud and unsszising in their dec
larnations Of alarm. in the singing Of hymns
and in ieryeni appeals for Gods mercy, il
which appeals, God knows many a PROUD
heart who heard them arising ia the night
and in the hour of His wondrous might
devoatly and hunbly and sincerely joined
Danger brings all of Us 10 the level of the
iowliest.
Arrived at his home, the writer found the
same scenes of distraction and wreck which
marked nearly every other home in the city
All the houses in the neighborhood had SUI
ferei seriously. and streets, yards and gar
defis were filed with the fallen chimncys
and fragments Of walls, while the walls that
were left standing were ref asunder in many
cases from top TO bottom and were badly
shattered in every instance. Women and
children, reused from sleep or interrupted IN
their evening pursuits by the sound of the
ruin being effected above and around them,
rushed out into the streets and hHddled to-
gether awaiting the end, whatever it might
be. Invalids We're brought out on mattress
e. and deposited ON the roadway. No
thought was given 10 treasures left behind in
the etfor IT to save the peculiar treasure of life
itself. suddenly become 50 precious in the
eyes of all. the invalid woman and the no
bust men alike. Until long after midnight
the streets were filed with f~ugitives in sight
of their homes. Through the long hours
that followed few were the eyes even of
childhood thai were closed in sleep. Char
lesion was full of those who watched for the
morning, and never in any city in any land
did the first gray shades that mark the APP
proach of dawn appear 50 beautiful II 50
welcome 10 eyes as they appeared TO the
thousands of people who hailed them this
morning from the midst of the countless
wrecked homes and our thrice seonFged but
still patient. still brave, still hopeful, still
beautiful city by the sea, stretcher>, en
which the dead and wounded were placed.
Mrs. Manning, Simons, Z. q. Dcsaussuge,
Mellow, Rawened and Others were out aud
rendered all the assistance in their power.
SIXTEEN SHOCKS.
COLUMBIA, :. G., Sept. 1.-The firsl shock
was felt here at 9;45 last night and the sec
ond soon afierwari. They were fearful.
Buildings swayed from side To side and the
earth rose and fell like the waves Of the
houses into the streets. some sprang from
windows and were injured. Many of the
most substantial buildings were shaken TO
their foundations and walls cracked and
sprung. Five minutes after the first shock
the second came and ten minutes later II
Other shocks followed until l05 A.
when the eighth shock was felt. and this
one lasted for n minute and a half. AZ 4
this morning the ninth shock came
and at $50 and I0.20 A. VI. the city was again
made to tremble. Very little sleep was mad
by any Of the inhabitants of Columbia last
night. The negroes thought the end of the
world had come and they held prayer meet
on the street corners. There were six
teen distinct shocks up To ) \. N. The
rumbling of the earth was loud and hoFrify-
ing in the extreme. Clocks were stopped,
bells were rung and damage lone 10 some
buildings. principally by topping chimneys.
rooms in the Governors mansion were
wrecked. There were numbers of cases of
nervous prostration and doctors were in de-
mand 10 compose the frightened people. One
lady was prematurely delivered by the shock.
Two shocks were felt this morning. one at
half past eight and another aboni al hour
later.
TUE PANIC.
RICHMOND, September 1.-The feature Of
the earthquake here was the alarm that the
parliamentary and the summoning Of the
military to drive them back. No such ex-
citemcnt has occurred >iHce the city Vas
evacuated by the Confederate army. The
~eonvicts were terror-stricken and a fearful
scene followed. Finally two prisoners IN
their mad struggle succeeded in forcing tine
prison doors and rushed wildly about, il is
supposed to liberate their fellow-prisoners.
Only the night force of guards were IN hand
at the time, and they were not able to cope
with the eight hundred maddenel e%onYiets
who tore al their cell dors.
The two who succeeded in getting beyond
the walls were followed, but il required a
large number OF the guards 10 hold them.
There was no way Of reaching them ali at
once and the hoarse murmurs of the crowds
outside made il impossible for anyone 10 90
in the midst Of the prisoners, who resembled
the inmates Of a madhouse, The first mill
tary company 10 reach the scene was the
Attick Guard, composed of negroes. They
CHANGED TO be drilling al the time aud the
beating Of their drums a. they marched out
served only Ia increase the terror. Tho large
majority of the convicts were negroes and
had all the superstition of their race. Many
of them imagined that the day OF Judgment
had come. Others thought the people of the
city had risen to sweep them from the face
of the earth. but when in some way the
word passed among them that it was an
earthquake the scene in their midst beggars
description. They were soon powcriess and
their misery spent itself in shrieks until by
degrees they were Gained.
As they were being quoted, however, the
city was becoming more excited as rufnors
of Il general uprising Of conyicts were spread
in the town. The marching soldiers made
the matter worse. Mel. women and child
with the moving mass pouring towards the
penitentiary. Many of the women were
terror-stricken by the earthquake, 1t was
until long after midnight that order was
restored.
WHAT CINCINNATI FELT.
CINCINNATI. September l.|~comparison of
experiences this morning shows that the
earthquake effects in this vicinity were Sc
general feeling of dizziness. Nine persons
of ten imagined they were sick and did
not know till this morning that the disturb