Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-04

customers from every part of the country
the commercial facilities they require and
the attention and good faith they have q
right to expect Let it not be imagined
for moment that Charleston is sitting in
her ashes bewailing the loss of millions.
The full consciousness of loss is here. 1t
Is understood fully that far more than the
earnings Of . twelfth month were swept
away
IN LESS THAN A MINUTE.
But for all this and because of this Charles
ton is only the more determined to MAIN
tain the commercial position it has won,
and is fortunately situated so as 10 be able
as well as ready to deal successfully with
every department of trade and every branch
of business"
An appeal is made to the City Council
for monetary assistance in the form of an
appropriation, but the Nelrs and Courier
admonishes these who extend aid to con-
fine themselves in so doing to people in cir
eumstanoes or conditions rendering them
unable now to help themselves.
Very little has been accomplished up to
this writing to relieve the city of its
APPEARANCE OF DESoLATIoN.
As the eye takes in TIE length of a street it
is met by heaps Of debris of every possible
description, while through breaks in the
walls are to be seen plastering, lath, shin
giles, lumber, household and office furni-
ture and all kinds of building material in
a mass Whole fronts or sides of buildings
have fallen out, leaving the furniture, in
some instances, intact. A two-stOry brick
building on State street, between Broad
and Chalmer, presents an interesting ap-
pearance of this description. The lower
floor is used for merchandise and the upper
floor rs a residence. The whole front fell
out, leaving the interior exposed to view.
The pictures and mirrors are on the walls
and the chairs remain rs they were left by
the fleeing families. The beds are un-
touched, the gas turned on, and the view
of the store room is rs il was when the first
shock came. Evidently the owner has not
gained courage TO warrant his return. The
most alarming feature of the present con-
dition of affairs rests in the shaky condi-
tiOn of the buildings. Nine-tenths of the
brick structures are cracked through and
through and
THREATEN To TUMBLE.
The chimneys that have not already
fallen are badly careened, and would fall
if touched.
A reporter who has just made q tour of
that portion of the city. most disaStrOusly
damaged, states that the structures dam
aged are mostly fifty years and more Of
aye. Not q single substantial building
was seen which had suffered materially
from the shock. Until some time shall
have elapsed, and confidence shall have
been fully restored, most of the shattered
buildings will not be entered. A shock At
this time
WOULD BE MORE DISASTROUS
than all of these which have already been
experienced and the buildings could easily
be shaken to atoms.
An examination of the material from
the wrecked structures shows them to have
all been frail The Charleston and one OF
two of the other leading hotels have begun
to receive guests, although hut small
portion of their houses are in 4 cOndi-
ton to be occupied. Inquiries con-
tinue to pour in from the
friends of CharlestOnians in different parts
OF the country concerning the loss Of life.
The search for the dead is progressing but
it is believed that all the bodies have been
found This morning the employees OF the
Southern Telegraph Company returned to
the eOurmodious main office on Broad
street, cleared up their delayed work and
resumed service.