The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-21


showed no impression. Observer Smyth
is veteran of the Charleston quake, and
when the first vibration was felt he knew
what it meant.
INCIDENTS OF THE QUAKE.
There were some amusing incidents of
the excitement which lasted, however,
but short time.
An old lady said she thought the build
ing was falling and grabbing her trunk
she started down stairs dragging it be-
hind her. She was stopped before getting
very far and one of the male boarders
carried the trunk back to her room.
The guests of the Marshall house ran
from their rooms into the halls to find out
what had happened, and there was soon
an eager dishabille meeting of frightened
people,
Nearly all the police at the barracks re-
allied at once that an ear shquake shock
was passing over the city, and they
tumbled out of their cots in
short order and many of them started
down stairs in their night clothes. The
night watch at the barracks who was
waiting to go on duty and all of the men
said that two shocks were felt, the first
being only slight tremor such as is often
made by the rapid passing of car. But
after the hard shock came it was recalled
that no car was passing at the time that
the previous shock was felt and it was
concluded by these policemen that there
has been two shocks.
A DANCE INTERRUPTED.
When the shock came there was negro
dance in progress in the central and most
select part of Yamacraw. The partici-
pants went wild. One negro jumped out
of the window and started up the street
on dead run. The rest rushed for the
door and others to windows in their
eagerness and haste to get out, but
when they reached the outside all trem-
ors had subsidized except those which
were passing down the spinal columns of
the negroes themselves. They stood in
the street very much excited for few
moments and quickly dispersed, but the
dance was not resumed.
The saloons were quickly emptied of
their patrons, and it was quite amusing
to see the boys line upon the sidewalk to
get chance to think what had happened
Some of them stopped half way in their
drinks to take to the streets.
A good many people stayed in the
streets and on door steps for several
hours waiting for another shock, but they
were happily disappointed.
THE QUAKE OF $50
Savannah has had immunity from earth
quakes since its experience in 1886 and the
shocks which wrecked Charleston and
were felt over the entire south. The
great quake was about 8 o'clock on the
night of August 31st. This
was succeeded by several lesser
shocks and tremors continued
all night and were felt now and then dur
ing the entire month of September No
severe damage was done in Savannah, al
though several buildings were cracked
and chimneys shaken down. The great
est result of the quake was the fright
of the people, hundreds of whom lived
in the squares in inprovised
tents for weeks, afraid to return to their
houses.
INoUIRERs OF CHARLESTON.
Many Savannahians who have relatives
in Charleston, and whose families are
there, rushed to the newspaper and tele-
graph Offices last night in anxiety, when
they felt the tremor and knew what it was,
to learn if the fated city of 1886 had
suffered again, but were quickly assured
that the city was safe. The shock was
distinctly felt there but there was no
damage.
Telephone inquiries kept pouring into
the MORNING NEWS office until O'Clock
this morning for the news of the quake
in Savannah and elsewhere over the
south.