Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-04
Additional List of the Killed and
Wounded in Charleston and
Summerville.

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for monetary assistance in the form OF a,
appropriation, but the News and Gourie
admonishes those who extend aid to con
fine themselves in so doing to people in cir
cumstances or conditions rendering then
unable now to help themselves. Very
little has been accomplished in removing it,
APPEARANCE OF DEsOLATIoN.
As the eye takes in the length of the street
it is met by heaps of debris OF every posi-
BILE description. Bricks, stone, plastering
lath, shingles, lumber and other building
material are in a mass. Whole fronts and
sides of buildings have fallen out, leaving
the furnishings in some instances intact
A two-story brick building on State street
presents an interesting appearance. This
is the description. The lower floor is used
for merchandise; the upper floor is the resi-
dence. The
WHOLE FRONT FELL OUT,
leaving the interior exposed. Pictures and
mirrors are on the walls and chairs remain
as they were left by the fleeing family. Evi-
IDENTIFY the owner has not gained courage to
warrant his return. The most alarming
feature OF the present condition OF affairs
is in
THE SHAKY CONDITION..
OF the buildings. Nine-tenths Of the brick
structures are cracked through and through
and threaten to tumble. Chimneys that
have not actually fallen are badly careened
and would fall if touched.
WOMAN KILLED.
A sharp shock was felt just before II
o'clock tonight. Two buildings fell, while
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falling wall this evening.
TERROR OF THE coLoRED PEOPLE.
It would be simply impossible to exag
gerate in descriptive language the effect of
the visitation of Tuesday on the colored
people of Charleston. There never was un-
til within the past few days an opportu.
nifty Of noticing such a public exhibition of
and fears of colored people
since the tremendous shock of Tuesday
night. They fled from their homes and as
they ran hither and thlther through the
binding clouds OF pulverized mortar, which
was shaken from the houses and arose
again, they filed the air with dismal groans
OF dispair and lamentations OF terrified
distress. AS usual with them in their
most frequently used, and as if supplicat-
eating God face to face, they shrieked out
in very helplessness. and in the
,'athos OF dispair such sentences as:
do, my master Jesus, have mercy on
mel! "Oh, sweet Jesus, save me, save
mel" ''Let me live through this night,
dear God, my Savior!" Hold me up
once more, thou blessed Christ, my mas
teri" and other terrified supplications,
which intensified the horror of the situa.
tion and went far towards demoralizing
the white people, who were also rushing
wildly hither and thither. As usual. the
face of a white man or woman in time of
danger was sight OF sudden joy to many
Il poor wandering boy or girl, who endeav-
ored to stop their " white friends as they ran
by in confusion to snpplicate that they
would remain with them until Judgment
was DONE" In many instances trembling
girl sank on her knees and seized with
frantic energy the hens of white lady's
dress, and failing to express their terror in
words, with scarcely moving lips they
showed that they wanted only the moral
support of friend in the hour of darkness
and agony.
People are leaving their beds and rushing
into the streets. The oscillation is said to
have been very perceptible from the south
east to northwest. No noise accompanied
the shocks.
Immediately after the first shock there
was an exhibition of Joy, and voices of con-
graduation were heard on every side, and
all mingled with words of thanksgiving to
Divine Providence. The people clung to
each other like brothers and sisters. There
were no strangers there.
IN THE DISMAL GLOOM
some lady cried out, "Get to the green, get
to the green," and almost in a twinkling
the colored people made a rush for that
haven OF safety. 1t seems as if all Charles
ton was already there. Women hurried
along, dragging their little charges by their
hands in all kinds OF night apparel. 1t was
only, however, when the older class OF
colored people arrived that character
istic scene took place. They ran about in
the crowd with cries of Down on your
face, down on your knees, miserable sim
ners, pray to God. my sister, my brother,
PRAY, PRAY, PRAY.
Don't tell you night is come. Prayer
meetings were organi zed, and singing and
screa ming were kept up until daylight. At
that time the watchwO was sung 1.-THE
Battle is Over, but Soldiers Must not
Rest" a,d this order was carried out on
Wednesday and Thursday nights. On
Thursday night, however, on Maroon
Square the sights and s,enes baffleh des-
cription. Colored people were 1nrestrained
and committed all manner OF riotous and
frenzied excesses. A report OF their actions
as they took place would perhaps
BE CONSIDERED BLAspHEMoUs.
The first object and one that arrested
everybody's attention was an assemblage
OF colored boys about dozen in number
who had fallen to the ground in
paroxysm OF religious frenzy. They were
groveling with their faces down in the grass
and were singing hymns. One OF the hymns
was, 1.-THE Angels Are a Rappin' ut tn,
Door," In few minutes ttey we're fast
asleep.
The following additional casualties are
reported: Miss Lucy Elliott, ankle frac-
tured; William Fedds, knee dislocated;
James Callahan, seriously injured in the
face and jaw; George Webb, skull frac-
tured; Fred Simpson, tcolored) of New
York, double fracture of left leg;
Maggie Sander, white, amputated foot;
H. Bulwinkle, head bruised and hip
injured. Harry Aarons and Lille Aarons.
white children, bruised; Moses Brown,
(colored) janitor OF Post building. leg
amputated; Sam Watkins, (colored) arm
and leg fractured; Charles Riverss, (colored)
amputated leg; Eliza Flower, (coloretD,
compound fracture OF leg; Mary Delony.
(coloredD, amputated leg; Mary Williams.
(colored), face ard head badly Bruised
Josephine Campbell, (colored), scalp
wound.
Additional deaths, Florence Rector,
Sarah Glavor and Mary Lee. Total loss
at SummerviIle, estimated at $3OO,OOO.
Two slight shocks were reported to-.
day in Charleston but they we're not felt
by many.
AUGUSTA. September 3.-At 1O:4O p. m..
another shock was felt. The streets are
again filed with people.
WILMINGTON, n. c., September 3.-An.
other distinct but not severe shock was