Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-03

light tower while the shocks were still
felt and fixed the light. Capt. thompson
says that the sea presented more Ihan
usual phosphOrescent aspect, ana tnat
| thousands of fish could be seen jumping
in the surf.
DR.. Huger, Quarantine Physician, was
| in bed at the quarantine station when the
| first shock occurred on Tuesday night
| and was awakened by it. he got up aad
remained up tor some time. soon after
he retired for the second time the third
shock took place and he got up and stared
| up the rest of the night. He says ne saw
nothing unusual in the water. The cap
tain of an Italian bark at quarantine, VINO
has had some experience with earth
quakes in the countries in the Medltefra-
mean sea, said that the shock was as heavy
and severe as any he ever felt anywhere
AT ST. GATHERINGS ISLAND.
A communication from St. GATHERINGS
Island says that on Tuesday night last
the island had quite shaking up. Build
ings were shaken, plaster fell and Win
dows were cracked. The shock lasted
about ten seconds. 1t was preceded by
deep rumbling noise which came from
northeasterly direction. Numerous shocks
were felt the following day and night.
The utmost CONSERVATION was created
among the colored people. Men, women
and children passed Wednesday and Wed
n7sday night in church preaching, pray
ing and shouting. Since Wednesday
northeasterly gale prevailed, with very
hay sky, almost smoky, and there were
extremely high tides.
THE SHOCK AT BEAUFORT.
Mr.. David Campbell, VINO came over
from Beaufort last night, reports little
damage there. There was as much ex-
element there, though, as in most places.
nhnsnhatn mi n in
COosaw suffered considerable damage,
and work will have to be suspended until
repairs can be made. On Pacific Island
assure in the earth is reported 300
feet long, 6 feet wide and u feet deep.
Fissures are also reported on most of the
islands. A man who was polling boat
with a sixteen.foOt pole, through a small
creek which ordinarily has six feet of
water, suddenly found that he could not
reach bottom. The next instant he had
only about two feet of water under his
boat. For three minutes he was
tossed ABOUT as though he was in storm.
The fish seem to have been frightened too,
and after the waves subsidized there was a
tremendous splashing. caused by por
poises and small fish jumping out of the
water. Wells similar to those reported
around RavenePs were formed around
Beaufort and on the islands. Blue mud
and cold water flows from them all.
NOTES AND INCIDENTS.
A party down town was deeply inter-
ested in game of poker when the shock
came. The cards were thrown around.
bet your king high,' said the dealer.
''rhree chips" said the holder OF king
high. Ppm in Pm in" said two or three
voices. The rest dropped out. The dealer
commenced to throw around the cards
again. Before he finished the shaking be-
os,If 81, H. \ 81
on the table. Ppm outP' cried one man,
and IN few seconds the whole crowd
had dropped out" with amazing rapidty,
and the quake had scooped the pot.
A darkey had just entered barroom
and, laying down his dime, called for
drink of whisky. The barkeeper set the
bottle out; the darkey picked it up and
commenced to pour out the drink when
the shock commenced. whats de mat
ter wild dat whisky?' yelled the darkey.
81 neber seed no whisky do dat away
befo'." He sat the bottle down and it
commenced to dance and jump on the
counter. sob, Lord" he exclaimed, 'tlse
got de delirium trimmins." The bar
keeper yelled "EarthquakeW and made a
break for the door. The darkey led him
by few lengths and struck out up the
ThunderbOlt road at a 2:40 rate.
The steamship City of Savannah ar
q
number of passengers, among whom were
several Savannahians. Capt. Daggett re-
ports having experienced beautiful
weather throughout the passage, and did
not know that there was an earthquake.
The passengers were also in blissful igno-
rance of such an event. At the time the
shock occurred the steamer was between
BarnegaJ and Atlantic City.
"John, l want you TO stay with me and
the children now until all this is over"
remarked a wife to her husband. "You
were not here during that last shock. If
we are going to he killed | want all OF us
to die together" A sad shade passed
over the devoted husbands features as he
cast searching glance in his wIfe's face
in an effort to discover if the old love
really had disappeared, she seemed SO
willing to sacrifice him.
A young man who was in keno room
when the shaking began was telling his
experience yesterday. He said that he
had pile of good red chips fifteen inches
high. 81 was playing in great luck" he
said, ''when suddenly the earthquake
came and we all skipped out. Ten min
utes later, when we went back, | hadn't
| buttwo lone chips. All the rest had dis
appeared during the shock"
The officers on the revenue cutter Bout
well, which was lying below Thunderbolt
| felt three shocks the first night. They
were at loss to explain the quiverlng of
the vessel, and they say that the sensation
was similar to that felt on board the Des-
soug.
A lady who was not a little frightened
! says that on Wednesday morning she
| found a small cup in the bucket beside
| her washstand, and the bucket was COW
| cred. She AYERS that before the first
shock the cup was on the stand and the
bucket was covered. She supposes that
| the cup fell down as the lid bounced I'D.
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