Crawford avalanche., 1886-09-16
SOUTHERN.

Charleston had another earthquake
shock on the evening Of the 4th inst, though
less severe than that Of the preceding night
Its direction was southeast to northwest, and
II was accompanied by a wave of wind which
seemed to recede after the shock had passed
OF course it intensified the feeling of terror
among tho people. @The day had passed in
comparative quiet says q Charleston dispatch,
@and people who had homes to 90 to had in
great part returned TO them, while others had
determined to do likewise, when the
fearful subterranean thunder and the
dread shaking Of the earth which within the
last four days has 30 often startled the inhab-
itants again raised their fears and drove them
back detected to their open places of refuge
Upon the negroes the effect of this shock was
simply appalling Their shrieks and yells, their
lamentations and wailings, the shrill voices Of
the women, mingling with the peculiar gut
tural notes Of the men, constituted q chorus
Internally hideous. II sounded as If all the
maniacs of an insane asylum had been let loose
Gradually the paroxysms became less violent
and then were heard the wailing monotones in
which the Southern negro chants hymns and
supplicatons. Thus the night wore on, and
blessed indeed was the dawn, which brought
new hopes to faint hearts Showers Of pebbles
fell in the lower part Of tho city They ap-
peare! to fall in a slanhng direction from
south TO north. There were morsels Of
flint among thom, and all were plainly
abraded and worn by the action Of the water.
Some few had sharp fractures, and had evi-
IDENTIFY been recently broken" The city
experienced still another shook on the night Of
Sunday, the 5th 1t was not very severe, last
ing but two seconds, yet 1t raise ed the widest
alarm in tho citizens. They were hoping the
worst was over, and the visitation
dashed their hopes At Macon and Sa-
vannah the shocks were quite severe,
and caused much alarm AT Savannah
as in Charleston, hundreds Of people spend
the nights in the open air, being afraid to go
to sleep in their houses. Material aid for the
stricken Charlestonians is going forward lib
orally. Mayor O'Brien, of Boston, telegraphed
10 @draw on us for $1,000" w. w. Cor
coran, the Washington banker, sent
his individual check for 5000
Subscriptions were invited, and literally
responded 10 at New York, Philadelphia, St
Louis, Chicago, Baltimore, and other cities
"The great dread now" says q Charleston dis
patch, ais the approach Of the autumnal
equinoctial gale, which is usually disastrous
in Charleston II is estimated that every
house in the city has had its foundation
shaken by the earthquake Walls have been
rent chimneys anu steeples are of their
square, and there is nothing plumb about
the city. II an equinoctal gale of the
usual severity should strike the city before
considerable repairs can be made nearly every
house in the city would be blown down. I"
Great alarm in regard TO earthquakes is nightly
manifested by the convicts in the State Prison
at Columbia, South Carolina Some Of the
leaders in the movement had to be ironed and
fogged II was discovered Sunday that the
tower Of the First Methodist Church at Wilkes
barre, Pa, had settled This is attributed TO
the earthquake shocks. The building was
closed 10 the congregation The church was
recently built and cost $4,000
Prominent citizens Of Nashville,
ask that the widow OF Gen. B. f. Cheatham
be appointed TO succeed her husband as Post
mistress at Nashville
Charleston had another slight earth.
quake shock ON the morning of the 7tn inst
Like All previous ones. II came from tho
southeast apparently from the sea The
horrible roar was first heard, and then q
slight vibration. As the disturbance reached