The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-27
SEA SW 1 LILO WE'D By
TAWNl NlING EARTH.


MOUNTAINS WERE THROWN
DOWN. ISLANDS SANK.
Port Townsend, Wn Sept. 24.-
concerDing the recent earthquake
aao1g the coast of Alaska. the Rev.
Sheldon JacksoD. educational agent
dor Alaska, writes as follows from
aau,as. under date Of Sept l u:
rhe FIRST shock was experienced
son SATURDAY. Sept 2, but being
slight, caused no alarm. During the
slollowihg Eve hours there were So.
ss,istinct shocks, eliminating at 8 p
sS 30 shock 90 severe that people,
ssof aqutat were hurled violently
sacross ssheir rooms. or If outside,
s4heY were threWn 10 the ground,
shiile pictures fell from the wallis and
dishes and erockery crashed on the
ssheises and houses rocked and
sssigWaayed and whiried while the mis-
sion beal rang violently in the shaking
church tower.
anicsstricken, the Inhabitants
regsinad sher feet and attempted to
nee tes The hills, only to be again and
ssgain thrown to the earth all the
sbrieking, rolling and running.
they sought safety Gaming the
lIs and looking seaward, they were
sfans6xed with horror as they saw q
great tidal wave. apparently wall
sof1ater so feet high, approaching
ith the speed of 8 race horse, that
ssail engnlf their village and sweep
IEsyssheir homes. Before the shore
,vas reached the earth opened in the
batiom Of the harbos and into this
chasln The tidal wave spent its force
md around Il the sea swirled like q
reat. maeistorm This saved the
village from destruction The tide
s|sssRllousd rise 10 feet in the space of.
4cur 81 Eve minutes and ID an equally
shoft cine go down again. The
sudden Quotations were frequently
ss:lEsepeated.
enss were pitched on the hills
shack Of the village and nearly the
population is camping ont,
fearing that another tidal wave may
cone: From the 10th to the pres
zat there have been frequent shocks,
zone having occurred this forenoon.
# Near Hubbard Glacier, on Olsen
shzntmenf bay, we're encamped three
saaiines a Eleur. W Rock aud j. W.
s5ohuso8, and mile from them at an
elssasioD of 64 feet above the sea,
! HIessrs i Smith, Cox aud Sous. j.
Fallsand d. Stevens. When the heavy
shock on Saturday. the 10Th, was ex-
pefisnoed, the Fleor party had rugged
#amssbinls aud were taking the oscilla-
don of aIe earthquakes waves, when
vitbons !. moments warning they were
thsoWo violently across the tent. At
tia aame Doment large fresh water
lake back Of their camp aud about 40
sfees from il, p.s split open and the
sHaisrs we're thrown upon the camp,
and before the mioers could regain
s4beir fest they were being sweps out to.
ssea TheD at almost the same time
& they we're met byss tidal pave which,
picked item up and not only washed
sahem ashore bus over hill 30 feet
high landing them on the crest Of
disiae.
'Regaining their feet, they ran along
the crest with the tidal wave boiling
asd seethsng at their feet alongsice the
bill. Aftersards one Of the party
found his baggage and clothes one and
one. hall miles up on meuntain side.
where she ware had left them. Great
spruce fofesta for miles along the shore
we're uprooted. broken into pieces aud
massed into great piles. Large rocks,
wsigh ghiog 40 tons or more. we're roiliog
over oDe another down the mountain
like 30 many pebbles
Hubbard Glacier. with its two aud
half miles of sea frent. thousands to
feet thick, extending for miles back OF
the summit of the mountaiD. broke
from its moorings and With grinding
roar that shook the surrounding hills
moved bodily from half to three
quarters OF mile. into the sea A large
creek. Is feet vide. down whose BED
oatsracss we're rushing. was flooded go
ekat miners we're unable to cross over
Ito the camp on the opposite eide A
sfeN minutes later it had sunk back to
iss former bed aud later was again an
1ssie,oeiafihle raoino .areent Mou,taina