Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-09-11
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 less Tn siOgie moment aud the loss O! ! hfe is Tar greater thac thgt caused by B tee great cyclone a year ago Dr. B.
 Alexander Hammond, Ainsley Robin. 2 son and J. Lynch We're among the white men who We're killed in the first shock
 The gas works are badly shattered and
 me city tonight is withou. sufficient
 llsht. On;y one drug stOTe is open. Iany ot killed are lying unburied, IrIn- F elpally these vtthe poorer colored class
 e, Who VII. oe buried by The county.
 OTirS To tine grelt destruction to build Ings 1t Is impOt slbie even yet to ascer- taid anything like a correct estimate of the killed and injured. but it is pretty
 we'll known ina; sbOGt forty person.
 hcye been killed and over one hun
 drei iniured.
 CHARL EsroN. $. C., Sept iss.-ll p. m
 -Repe.trd earthquake shocks of a mid
 character have beel ht ard and felt with
 in ihe p IS; hour, passing to tue west of
 the city. IL IS now reported that a se-
 We're shock snook down several houses LArEB:-ll;JJ p. m-Anoiher n shock
 as just occurred, rather more severe
 .Aan any since last night, Knocking
 down several houses.
 CHARLESTON, Sept. 2-People are
 gradually taking account of the details of the iOyury worked by the earthquakes.
 End the lIs. Of damage to property is startlIng. A limited section in the south of the city IS q sample of the whole. Stsnd.ng st the postofiice and looking west, an almost impossible road
 way of debris meets the eve. The building of the chamber of commerce is badly damaged, portions of the south and east walls having been torn down by the shock, and the buildings of Wal ter Evans and Bonswell have also sIf- fered- The heavy granite slabs which formed the parspet of the News and | Courier buildings, are on the sidewalk. l leaving the slate roof and s portion cf the attic floor exposed. But the yiO- lence Of the earthquake is most peFcep,- 1 | ibie Bt the historic intersection of Broad | and Meeting streets. The pohce st.- ton is almost a complete wreck. The ! city hall apparently escaped serious ! damage. but IS badly cracked. The | l court house building Is badly damaged, | the walls being cracked in several places | sud portions of the roof and gables be ing thrown tO the ground. , he fire | | proof bulldogs seems tO stand as firm | | ss rock. The gables of the north and I south porches, however. made ot solid I | brown stone, have been thrown tO the ! svement below. This appears to be the only damage done Co the building The worst wreck in the locality. how ever. Is S. Michsel's church, which gems to be doomed to destruction. The steeple, repairs oD which have just been completed, seems to bs intact, but 1t is ou. of plumb and IS 10 mOmentaTy dar- ger of falling, The massive porch has been vrenched from the body of the church snd the building has been crack ed m four places. One crack on the north wall extends from the caves to the lower window. The one on the wes; face of the church extends the en tire height of the church, and the one on the south wall also extends from the caves down almost Co the foundation. These cracks are immediately under the s.-a-'o. r''rh it seems almOs: impossi- be vii stand for any length of time. The hands on top of the clock pointed to five mlnutes of ten. which must have heen the hour of the first shock CD Tues day night. Buildings between Meeting and King streets are all more or less damaged, the effects of the earthquake being the same m almost every m stance. Tue front wall of Dr. Desaus- siegr's residence has been thrown down, leaving the attic floor exposed and sev- eral buildings oD the south side of the street have been similarly treated, West of King street the most damage IS to the Episcopal residences.
 COLUMBIA, Sept. 1-At 5:l4 this after noon another shsrp shock was felt here aud at II 50 tonight heavy shock, sc companied by rumbling. occurred. last ipG five sconds.
 SUMMERvILLR, s. C.. Sept. Mid night-Ien more shocks were felt here tonight. some quIte severe.
 AUGUSTA, Ga, Sep Last night was one of terror for the inhabitants Of Beaufort. Seventeen shocks of earth quake occurred there during last night. The Negro church bells were tolied and thou-ands of colOred people congregsted and remained in prayer all night.
 WASHINGTON, Sept. Five more esrthquAke shocks were felt here to-day, one st S:24 a. m. and another Rt 5:l5 p. m They were slight,
 SAv.SsAH, Ga, Sept. 2.-POsssl h. soector Simpson of Atlanta, to-day "gioted" A. x. Wilson from the post office and placed Captain G. W. Lamar ID possession. Wilson had positively refused to turn over the office unless force should be used, and went out say ing "I am still postmaster of Savannah. President Cleveland has no right 10 sus papd me under the constitution" Wal son was GU speuded for offensive partisan ship.
 NEW YORK. Sept. 2-WesterD Uni D telegraph specials state that TO mes sages sent to Charleston last night couId be delivered on account ot the general confusion. The hotels gre emp ty and people have deserted their dwell ings and are csmppd ID open lots and so cannot be found. The main ofise or the Western Union m Charleston is badly ip,urei. The batteries were destroyer and all the instruments ruined by the folliur bricks and plaster. An office has been opened at s mile and haf from the old one and two wires have been nlseed in working order. None or tb-lr employees here have been seriously n
 CHARLESTON, S. O., Sspt3 At Ioiui meeting Of the Charleston tIohsnee and Merchants' Exchange to- day. the following was unanimously adopted: 10 all exchgnges and commercial bodies and banks. warehouses, cotton presse-' wharves, railroad, rice mills and ever! thing else necessary for handling busi' lnbuku uhLunktN ] o-dar We fear no further disturbance. The destruction of property will cause great distress and suffering but will not Interfere with the dispatch of business Signed: A. W. Taft, president of the Charleston Exchange; B. Balmann' rre,ident of the Merchants' Exchange.
 The joint meeting also adopted reso, lutlons to apply to the president ana ,onsress for a national losn to ald ihe citizens of Charleston in rebuilding 'ne city
 AUersrA. Ga, Sept 2-Another shock was felt here at o'clock this afternoon causing people to rush into the streets. The damage last night was confined 70 ioltipg chimneys and breaking plaster ;n residences. Mrs. Samuel Bowers, sn oId lady, died of fright.
 S.STA CRUZ, Cal, Sept. "A long but not sharp shock of earthquake WAS felt here at 1l:45 to-day.
 AreusrA, Ga, Sept. 3.-At 1O4O p: m another shock WAS distinctly felt. The .,,aets are again filled with people.