The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-03

meroial facilities OF the port are i'm
paired.
The following addltioosl deaths art
reported: John Cook, colored, fiber
man; Z.ra B., daughter of Isaac Saw
yer, co'ored barber; cOlored baby
child OF Mrs. Barnevel.
THE OLD SCENES OF FRIGHT.
Last night the old scenes OF fright
and fear were enacted in the pu6lic
sqparts and parks. Frail women,
some OF them almos deal, with in
f1ntA in their arms, we're r,ven - the
Ne ce sity of spending the hight On the
square. with only such covering a.
could bs impToviset by the use OF
blankets, shswls. sheet'. etc In
mtny OF the eQusres, nosahly at Wash
ington Park, ,hs fright ard Snnoyacce
these people were increased by the
religious performances OF the colored
people who crowded the parks. Tee
night wore slowly on, and painfully.
At 1850 pm, heavy earthquake
passed through TIE city. Its
coming was ptesaged by Quite num-
ber of explosions, dim and distant,
which commenced to be heard fully
five minutes before the vibration was
felt. The wave was somewhst more
pronounce than the two which had
preceded the one az S;25 O'Clock am.
and the other at 5:l6 O'Clock Pm 4,
and as it passed by to the northwest
there followed signs which indiCated
20 llip., ,y,lIa or hrilItnoa Tb;n $50,
the last vibration last night. at day
bres k there wss movement. Macy
ot the people pulled up their tents and
departed TO their shattered homes.
At suMMRRvILLE
yesterday all the inhabitants had
abandoned their houses after the
shock on Tue sday night and few Of
them bad the temsrily to return. Toe
s. ock is said to have been much more
violent than in Charleston, but the
general characteristics were, OF courle,
the ssma. In Suminervlls, however,
the people rushed sffrighted into an
inky blfck aikness and in the gloom
and despair, the waiIing Of the wo-
men, the shrieks OF the children and
the frightened voices of the men
made up a scene end sounds that
were equally distressing and appall-
ing. As in Charleston, all through
the night there was nothing hut
sickness and sorrow and suffering
and the constant dread of final
dissolution and utter annihilation.
When morning dswned, the ruin and
devastation were found 10 be COM
plete. There was not a home that
had not been made desolate in
greater or less degree. All the chin.
neys had disappeared, walls were rent
in twain, ceilings fell, and in nuuer-
GUS cases the houses that rested on
wooden blocks or masonry were lev
eled 10 the ground. Other houses
were split from top to bottom, and
let with yawning chasms ia the
buJdinRe. Among these which
were hurled from their founda-
tlons were those of Gen. John
G. Minott, Mrs. B. F. Tghe,
l.. de Treville, L. J. Limehouse, Percy
Gueraid, Ben Perry, the Netles
houie and that OF Mr.. Ell F.shbnrne.
The old family ma, sion Of Bringles,
Chsrleston, stood the shock well. APP
the walls are nos crsck J
and but little plastering fell, al.
though some OF the valuable |
china relics fell and were
Diosen. The water from the well |
came up like wRtersr out and over
flowed the yard and deposited six
inches ofssnd for adistarcs oftwenty
steps around ths well. Ia the yard Of
Lieut.. Goldin, OF the police force, is an |
lpheayal about eight feet square show
ng yellow clay. The soil of ih4 yard
s black earth. During the progress
If the fire iu King street, near Broad,
IN Wednesday morning woman
who occupied the tecond for OF one
,urning buildings, tied her infant
,hild up in feather bed and threw it
rom the window to the ground below.
he child was unhurt.
No damage 10 reported on Sea Isl
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