Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-09-11

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in the Sun office started to run down stairs,
| thinking the building was falling. The
| shock was quite perc5phble at the telephone
/ exchange and other buildings, but 1t was not
noticed much by the persons on the streets.
Z CLEVELAND, o., August 3l.-S:3S p. N. An
/ earthquake shock, lasting about one minute,
has Just occurred here. Buildings swayed
/ perceptibly. No damage is yet reported.
/ People left the theaters and ran into the
{ streets, and great excitement prevails.
] DETROIT Mich, August 3l--At 8 O'Clock
] tonight shock OF earthquake caused con
/ siderable excitement IN this city. 1t was OF
| short duration, but was distinctly felt in the
l Free Press building. The editorial force
made a stampede for the street.
[ IEDLAEAPOLIs, IND, August 31.-An earth
/ quake shock was distinctly felt here about
| 500. o clock A portion of the cOrniCe OF the
] DenisOn hotel was displaced, falling to the
pavement, and the tower Of the court house
rocked to such an extent that the FIRE watch
man on duty fed down stairs.
] ST. LOUIS, Mo-, August 3l.-A very dis
/ tnct earthquake shock was experienced in
/ this city this evening at 1858 O'Clock, lasting
I Tor about quarter of a minute The shock
was not at all violent and resembled the
motion Of series of water waves. The
/ guests occupying the upper floors of the
/ Southern and Lindeu hotels rushed down
stairs. At the Masonic hall, where a com
I pany Of Knights Iemplar were drilling, the
[ pictures swung inward from the walls
1t also touched Chicago, New York, Mil
/ Waukee, Columbus Memphis, Nashville
I Charleston, w. Va, Richmond, Washington
I and other places.
AT CHARLESTON.
! CHARLESTON, s. c., September /, IL am.
An earthquake, such as was never before
/ known in the history of the city, swept over
| Charleston last night, shortly after IL
/ O'Clock, causing more loss and injury TO
I property, and far more loss of life, than the
| cyclone of the year before. The city is
wrecked. The streets are encountered with
masses Of fallen brick and telegraph and
] telephone wires. and To "a early h0ur
/ was almost impossible to pass from one
/ part OF the city TO another. The first was by
/ far the most severe. Most or the people
with their families passed the night IN the
| streets, which, even this morning. are
crowded with people afraid to enter their
homes. More than sixty persons were killed
/ and wounded, chiefly colored- Among the
whites Killed and FATALLY injured are III.
] j. Lynch, DR.. r. Alexander, Hammond
] Alnsl6y and Robinson. Fires broke out iu
/ different parts OF the city Immediately after
/ the earthquake, and some are still burning,
I out there Is no danger OF spreading. There
/ IS no way Of leaving the city at present. 1t
I IS impossible TO give q correct estimate Of
l the casualties. 1t is expected that between
I nifty and one hundred persons have been
killed and several hundred wounded. AT the
{ time of the first shock fires broke ont in
hVe different parts of the city. About TWEEN
/ ~ houses were destroyed by fire and scarce
I ly one hundred houses are occupied at this
time. The people are al encamped in open
places. All the stores are closed and
scarcity Of provision is feared, not from
want OF provision, but because no one can
be got to open the stores to sell them.
CHARLESTON, =. c., September, %. H.
{ Two slight shocks of earthquake have been
/ felt here since the first at 9:25 this morning,
and one at about lsj0 %. m. neither doing
| any further destruction. Not even since
/ General GilmOre's bombardment of the city
/ has there ever been such a deplorable state
| OF affairs here The city Is literally In ruins
| and the people are living IN the open squares
and public parks. There is great rush to
I the railroad stations to get away, but OWING
I to the earthquakes no trains have been able
4 TO be dispatched for the city. Ielegraphic
/ communication Is also cut OF, save one
/ wire Of the southern telegraph company,
/ which is crowded with anxious private mes
sages. 1t Is impossible to depict the ruin
/ and desOlation that prevails here. Not a sin
/ gle place OF business IN the city Is open
/ except one drug store, which is busy pre-
/ pairing prescriptions for the wounded 1t
/ IL impossible also to give any correct esti-
mate OF the killed and wounded, as bodies
! are constantly being disinterred from the
/ debris of wrecked houses. One undertaken,
/ who was interviewed, stated that he had
/ furnished eight collins up to to-day. Many
/ of the dead are lying unburisd, these being
/ of the poorer classes Of cOloFed people, who
I await burial by the county. There are not
l a half a dozen tents IN the city, and the
! women and children are experiencing great
/ privation IN consequence. AS night ap-
! prOaches most heads Of families ars trying
l to construct tents out of bed sheets, spare
I awning and any other material that comes
I to their hands. The sun is about to set
| upon another night of horror for Door
/ Charleston. Heaven only knows what it
may bring forth. Without any further
| violent shocks Of earthquake, il ia cal
Culated that at least thre6-fOurths of the
I city viii nave to be rebuilt entirely
. f the houses are to be inhabitated
l The city is wrapped in gloom and business
is suspended. People generally remain in
the streets, or IN tents and under imprOvised
/ shelters, and Will camp out tonight fearing
| another shock. The gas works are damaged,
and probably the city viii be without light
| tonight. st. Michaels church is shattered
/ and the steeple Will come down. Likewise
/ the stesple of st. Phillips. The steeple of
the Unitarian church has fallen. The porti-
/ Goes of Hlb6rnIan hall and the Mansion house
are demolished. There Is much injury done
to the mansions OF the east and south bat
terry. The pOrticO of the Ravenal mansion
is down. Hardly house in the city escaped
injury, and many are SO shaken and cracked
that hard blow would bring them to the
ground. The shock was severe at Summer
/ vile, and at Pleasant and SuiliVan's islands,
but no loss OF life is reported there. Elssures
IN the earth are noticed, from which tine
sand, apparently from a great depth, eXuGes.
A sulphurOus smell is very noticeable.
CHARLESTON, S. c. September 1, 1l:45 p.
m.-h5peated eartEq uake shocks of mild
character, have been heard and felt within
the last hour. Owing to the demOralized
condition of every thing here, It is ImpOssl-
bic to give the correct facts, further than
the number of casualties has not yet been
ascertained. Probably thirty to forty killed
and 100 injured, and the loss of property
viii probably reach 100000. Three
fourths of the buildings IN the city viii have
to be rebuilt. There was very little shipping
in port, and none of it was injured.
I1:5O p. m.-Another shock has Just oe-
CURED, more severe than any since last
night at $3.50, knocking down several houses.
In addition TO Charleston shocks were also
felt at Raleigh, n. O., Augusta, Ga, Smyrna
Ga, Columbia S. c. and other points In
the south.
i CHARLESTON, S. O., September 2.-Ths last
earthquake shock was experienced here at
ll:JO last night, since which time there has
been no vibrations The people are Just be
ginning to pick up courage to come out.
Efforts are being made to clear path
through the streets for thu passage Of
vehicles and pedestrians and the city once
more begins to show signs OF life. For two
long days and nights Of horror women and
children have been camping out in the parks
and squares. The earthquake swept ever
the city like a beast OF destruction, and
Charleston is laid IN the dust. it is impOz-
slbie TO give any correct estimate OF the loss
OF life and property for the two days and
nights. The people have done nothing but
huddle on the squares small detached relief
parties going to dig out the dead from
the debris, or to succoE the wounded. The
first systematic effort to get at the facts
is now making. The list of the dead,
recognized and repoEtsd this morning
at this time fOOts up to sixteen, and the
search is only commenced. The list of
> 1 wounded will 90 into the hundreds. About
seven ighths Of the houses and public
buildings in the city are either damaged or
and St. Phillips churches are so badly
. wrecked lt Is feared they VIII have TO be
taken down. The waves from 80 O'Clock
Tuesday night have been coming in about