Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-09-21

uchIbh nC pCOpic nCt Vic du utuS
day with blasted hopes and shattered
homes; with trade at standstill, II notI
ruined.
The building permits issued in Au-
gust approximate improvements cost
ing three quarters of million of dol
lars. These must be abandoned.
The million spent during the year TO
partially replace the disaster by the
cyclone is lost. The people who will
meet this must be brave and have faith
In the future.
On Saturday morning we obtained
from the South Carolina railroad al
locomotive TO take our car and party
to view the damage between Charles
ton and Summerville.
Our first stop was some ten miles
distant, where we had the first view
Of the opening in the ground or gey-
sers through which vast quantities of
water, clay and sand were belchedl
forth, covering the ground from one toI
two and in some places four feet deep.
We saw the twisted rails and sunken|
track and a portion of a wrecked train
at this point, which was passing at the
time of the di turbance. The expert
ence of those on board the passenger
train was a sudden giving way OF the
track. They then plunged forward,
then downward, then rising upon the
top OF the wave repeating the motion,
then surging to the right and TO the
left number of times, was finally
violently hurled over the embankment
amidst roar equal to charge of
artillery. The track remained in the
wavy and zigzag position until re-
paired. At least three trains had such
experience that night. We examined
two wells at this place. One we'll
showed that it had risen to the curb
and poured forth volumes of water and
earth, while the other, within 100 feet,
was filled completely with yellow clay
forced up from beneath and not filled
from the top.
This place and Summerville seem
to have been the centre of the disturb
ance from evidence manifested on every
side. The houses were completely
pro trated; one that l noticed was
thrown six feet endwise from its foun-
dation and then crushed to the earth
With story ola remarkable escape
of Colonel Tupper's family Twill leave
the city in the pines and return TO
Charleston.
The Colonel and his young daughter
were IN the front room, and his wife
and a son Of 8 years in bed in the ad-
joining room. Be ween these two
rooms was a huge chimney. which
was broken off about six feet from the
ground, and portion some eight or
ten feet in length tilted over, standing
on an angle of nearly forty-five de.
grees over the bed and from which
bricks fell upon the occupants.
The Colonel and his daughter were
beaten down by falling bricks, yet he
rushed to the rescue of his wife and
child and removed them, then to the
bed OF his blind mother and carried
her TO place of safety.
His son in the room over was read
ing; his table, books and lamp were
crushed to the floor, setting fire to thu
bedding, while his daughter Dora
who was in her own room, feeling thu
sickness which always precedes tn,
shock, leaned upon her bureau which
was against chimney which was OIL
the outside of the house. The chin
ney and her bureau fell outward, Will,
gust of wind or the vibration of thu
house forced her backward prostratet
upon the floor, her lamp setting fire t.
the room. Thus this family escaped
and succeeded in extinguish ng tn,
fire. The Colonel told me that wher
all this was done the house was still
swinging to and fro. took som,
measurement at the foundation ant
made, upon my return, some estimat,
of the probable distance that this hous,
swayed, and believe that il was no
less than eight feet and probably more
We all have experienced the difficulty
In walking the deck of vessel, ever
in comparatively smooth water; i'm
agine if You can the difficulty vol
would experience in trying to wall
the floor or descend the stairs with 0
motion of eight feet back and fortl
rapidly.
With two others of our party l visi
ted the Orphans Home in Charleston
a fine, solid-looking building. The 25'
children were encamped in the yard
The building is badly injured. On th,
evening of the earthquake, the inatror
of the boys department was in hel
room adjoining and opening into til,
dormitory where the boys were sleep
ing. They were awakened by the
roar and crash, and quickly were flock
ing toward the matron trembling with
caar uban che on,nrna1dad than, .,
kneel in prayer, and while so engaged
the ceiling of the room fell to the
floor, while that over the worshiping
boys was not even cracked,
Was that a mere chancep believe
that this audience will believe will
me that it was a manifestation of thu
Heavenly Fathers care.
A lady with her newborn babe wal
} ca ried out upon a mattress and lait
upon the ground in Battery Park
where they remained tor two days
thence was carried to q stable and laid
e in horses stall. As l stood anG
gazed at that stall my thoughts wenI
back to Bethlehem, and the mangel
there more rude than this, to the child
Graded there upon whom the hope o.
the world was centered, and believed
then and there, that same Being was
J yearning over that Charleston baby
and TO its mother spoke words of com
fort.
Il A lady who with her family occu
pied the adjoining stall told me that the
, very moment that the mother and hel
babe were brought in she felt safe
knowing that the everlasting arms o
Him who rules the world would b.
, | Outstretched toward all who were in