Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-09-03
CHARLESTON'S AFFLICTION.
A List of Dead-The Surrounding COuu.
try Cut Up With Fissures.


The revised official list of those killed by the
earthquake in Charleston contains thirty-six
names, as follows:
White-Peter Powers, Mrs. c. Barber, Ainsley
81. Robson, Robert Alexander. Charles Albrecht,
K. P. Meynardie, Patrick Lynch, Annie Forck,
Mrs. Rachel Ahrens, Goldie Ahrens. Mrs. David
died of nervous shock.
Colored-Thomas Wilson, William Dear, Anna
Glover, 2. Sawyer. William Grant, Alexander
Miller. Joseph Rodof1, Hannah Smalls, Marie
Barnwell, Maria Princkney, James Brown,
Angelic Davis, Eugene Roberts, Robert Rodoff,
Grace Fleming, Rosa Murray, Oliver Nicklebey,
John Cook. Clarissa Simonds, Hannah Harris,
Ezra P. Sawyer, infant child OF Mrs. Barnvel.
1t is thought that still other bodies may be
found in the ruins. The injured will probably
number one hundred.
SOME OF THE DAMAGED BUILDINGs.
Very few Of the larger buildings in the city
escaped injury of some kind. The building of
the chamber of commerce is badly damaged, q
portion of the south and west walls having
Walker, Evans s. Bogswell have also suffered,
while the heavy granite slabs which formed
the parapet OF the Netrs and Courier building
and a portion of the attic floor exposed. Almost
the entire front of the building occupied by
Myers cigar store aud Smiths stencil establish
ment is torn out, leaving the upper floors ex-
posed. The police station is almost a complete
wreck. The city hall is cracked on the east wall
and the courthouse building is badly damaged
the walls being cracked in several places, and
portions of the root and gables being thrown
down. The worst wreck In the locality is st.
intact, but IL is out of plumb and is in moment
ary danger OF falling. The massive porch has
and the building has been cracked in four
places.
GREAT CRACKS IN THE EARrH's SURFACE.
All over the city the injury is of the same
character. A special from Mount Pleasant,
opposite Charleston, says that a sink near the
German church, which on Tuesday was per-
fectly dry sand, is now full of fresh water. Near
Shell street a cabin occupied by a colored man,
is completely surrounded by chasms, extend
ing through the earths surface for ten feet and
over. All around this there are sinks of fresh
water and masses Of mud, with queer looking
soft substances that have never been seen
day night there was a distinct smell OF sui
phuric acid gas over the entire village: The
smell lasted Throughout the night, and was
the earth were most numerous. Some say that
portions OF the mud thrown up by the water
md that small portions of sulphur can be found
in the mud. Not tar from Charleston, on the
road to Summerville, extensive mounds OF clay
cases in the shape of inverted cones, the hollow
part of which had evidently been formed by
the action OF the water returning into the
many cases the erupted matter had streamed
away from the breaks in the surface
of the earth to q distance from 20 to SO feet In
other places there were assures almost in.
variably extending from north to south.
These cracks were not wide, and extended
mstter that was thrown up was OF o dull,
dark slaty color, and was mixed with gravel
There was also 2 little , snaie, and IN general,
the bottom Ot the phosphate piles along the
river. The water in some places had the taste
of our artesian water bat in many Instances it
was just as clear and limpid as from q noun
tain spring. These evidences of the great con-
vulsion are not sporadic; they extend far and
OF Charleston to Summerviile, and at the
latter place it was found, from trustworthy in
eyeryWhere visible for miles anu miies aTouaG at
Strangely enough, some Of these were in &C
tive operation and the constant shocks that
Of these fissures In jets to the height Of from
fifteen TO twenty teet. This was evidently
the result Of the cracks being filled with water.
and then the sides opening and closing by each
succeeding shock These appearances were, OF
course, suggestive OF still more violent erup-
where that there would be a general inunda-
ton, caused by some extraordinary force Of the
earthquake.
ExPRRIENCEs OF RAILROAD TRAIN.
Near Ten-Mile Hill, on Tuesday night, the
down train was thrown from the track by the
shock and the engineer and fireman badly
hurt. The earth gave way and the engine
plunged down the declivity. 1twas then raised
ton, and having reached the top OF the wave Q
sudden swervtny Of the force TO the right threw
it again down the embankment The train was
flied with excursionists. As they describe II,
when the train was again Lifted to the track by
q wave 1t gallOped along, the front and rear
trucks rising and falling alternately. 1t was
backed to Jedburg, many Of the passengers
fainting with horror. 1t had passed over one OF
the serpentine curves into which the earth
waves had converted the track. These curves
extend ALI along the railroads for many miles
out Of this city, and the whole road-bed where
they occur will have to be relatd.