Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-03

CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept. 3
There was another slight shock at A. NJ.
today kilograms sent here last night could
| not be delivered on account of the general
confusion. the people being camped out.
Every effort is being made to deliver them
this morning. We hope TO have telegraphic
communication fairly re-establshed today.
The main office of the Western Union tel
egraph 10 Charleston was badly injured. The
batteries were destroyed and all the instru-
ments ruined BY falling bricks and plaster
An office has been opened about mile and a
half from the old one and two wires have been
placed in working order. None of the COM
pany's employees were seriously injured. This
morning all the operators were compelled to
quit work and seek some rest. The excite
ment has been so great that for forty-eight
hours they have obtained no sleep. The
Western Union Company desire TO announce
through the Associated Press that they will
gladlv forward to Charleston any contribu
tions of money for the sufferers and any mes
sages pertaining thereto, free of charge.
| New YORK, Sept
| The following dispatch has been received
| from Charleston: Another shock occurred at
A. NJ. Thursday. Hotels, residences, pub
lie places, and all business houses are de-
serted. The inhabitants are all in vacant
lots over the city and suburbs. Although
every effort is made TO establish some kind of
order, everything is still in confusion. No
newspapers are published, and telegraph
facilities are very bad and unreliable
CHARLESTON, Sept. ..
| There were many piteous scenes enacted
through the night. Hardly any one slept and
the walls and cries of atfrighted children, as
they clung to their parents, beseeching them
to save them, were heartrendng. Added TO
these were the groans of the wounded and
dying, who, owing to the existing demorali-
cation, lay almost wholly uncared for in open
lots and streets None of the newspapers
were published this morning. An effort will
be made to bring about some kind of order
today. special to the News and Courier
| from points in South Carolina ranging from
the extreme northwest to the seacoast, report
severe shocks of earthquake with more or
less damage resulting to property though
without loss of life so far as known In
Orangeburg the people became so much
| alarmed that they moved to Columbia As
the details of the calamity in this city are
gathered, its effects become more and more
| alarming. 1t is feared also that much dis
tress will prevail as by far the larger part of
those whose property has been wrecked or
seriously damaged belong to the poorer class
eS.
The people are as cheerful as possible un-
der the terrible circumstances, and are trv-
ing to restore order out of chaos. The sg-
gregate loss is expected to reach So .000, 900.
Wharves and warehouses and the business
of the city is generally unaffected bv the
catastrophe. 1t is impossible to give any
correct estimate of the loss of life For two
days and nights the people have done moth
ing but hudde in the squares small detached
relief parties going on to dig out the dead
from the debris or succor the wounded.
The first systematized effort to get at facts
is now being made. Lists of the dead recog-
nized and reported up to A. M, foots up
is, and searched has been commenced. The
list of wounded will go into the hundreds.
About seven-eights Of the buildings in the
city are eithor badly damaged or entirely
wrecked. st. Michael's and St. Philips
churches are so badly wrecked it is feared
they will have to be taken down.
later dispatch says: Scarcely a building
in the city escaped injury.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.
Application was received at the Treasury
department. Thursday morning, from the
Mayor of Wilmington, N c., for transporta-
ton OF a relief committee from Wilmington
to Charleston. The revenue cutter Cofax
was Immediately placed at the disposal of
the committee. Gen. Drum, acting secretary
of war, has directed that tents be sent to
Charleston to shelter the homeless people,
and as railroad communications are inter-
rupted, revenue cutters will transport the
tents to the distressed city.
CHARLESTON, Sept. 2.
The official total of deaths is 33. The
wounded will probably number 100.
The following is the off cial list of those
who were killed by the earthquake and have
since died from injuries:
White-Peter Rowers. Mrs. c. Barker, C.
Aldrecht, Il. p. Meynarde, Patrick Lynch,
Annie Tarck, Mrs. Rachael Ahrens, Galdie
Ahrens.
Colored-Thos. Wilson, VIM. Dean, Anna
Slower, t. Sawyer, VIM. Grant, A. Miller,
Joseph Rsdof, Hannah Smalls. Mary Barn
well, Maria Pinkney, James Brown, Angelic
Davids, Eugene Roberts, Robert Radoff, Grace
Fleming, Rosa Murry, o. Nickels, John
Cook, Clarence Simonds, Hannah Harris,
Sarah Middleton, Rebecca Ward. There NAV
be few more.
People are gradually taking an account of
the details of injury worked bv the earth
quake and the list of damages to property is
startling. A limited section in the south of
of the city is sample of the whole standing.
At the post office and looking west an almost
impossible roadway of debris meets the eve.
The building of the chamber of commerce is
badly damaged and portion of the south
and east walls have been thrown down by the
violence of the shock. The worst wreck
in the locality is st. Michares church which
seems to be doomed to destruction.
Few houses on the west side of the street
have escaped the general fate though the
damage is not as great as in other portions of
the state. Immense vacant lots on the west
side of the street is occupied by families who
live in burnt honses and who are camped out
on the sward with few household effects
saved from the flames. From Queen St. to
Hoytbacks Alley almost every house is shat
tered and the tops of the walls near the roof
being thrown down.
The handsome block of stores from Beau
fame to Wentworth streets have been singu
larry preserved and very few French plate
glass fronts being broken, though here and
there parapet is thrown down and bricks
are displaced from the walls. Masonic Tenn
pie seems to have escaped damages so far as
outwa ard appearances go. In Wentworth St.
the handsome hall of the German artillery is
badly damaged, the northeast and northwest
corners being both gone.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept. 2.
Two slight shocks were felt here between
three and four O'Clock this morning. The
citizens are still alarmed and many are stay
ing in the streets.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Sept. 2.
The excitement about the earthquake has
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