| Show BY TELEGRAPH PU UNION TELEGRAPH LIKE AMIL CAN ezdar low iowa 81 wm weir and sons BOOS began boring an artesian well at the intersection of beech and aad washington streets belle plain on a list flat about four blocks south of the burle barley v house the contract called for awell a well with three inch casing and a flow guaranteed they bored a two inch ach hole and theorized that the flow of water through it would wash it out so they could sink a three inch casing thursday they struck water at a depth of feet at this time they had about 60 teet feet of three inch casting down and and the water rose with a strong ace force 12 feet above the surface in a soled three inch stream plainly showing the strongest flow dow yet truck struck friday morning morning the flow was under control but during the forenoon in an attempt to forchia three inch tube into a two inch hole it broke doose and wore away sufficient apace outside the tubing to allow the water to pool out around the tubing at the surface at sundown friday a stream of water a toot foot in diameter was pouring out at f 30 the city authorities ties were appealed to to take control contrail and give relief from impending d mger Alrea already dyt many mag lots and houses were more or less flod flooded ded at 9 p m a gang of men were set at work the mayor and city council personally superintending super intending until nearly morning all expedients were tried but the water could not be controlled saturday morning eugene palmer proposed a 15 inch inca tubing could be driven down to the blue clay believed to be about 50 feet down and by thus confining the flow to a common centre the tb outside flow could be stopped and then the one in the tubing controlled the scheme failed it I 1 is im positos to estimate the damages the south sooth martof part of the town is flooded sad aad the cellars are filled with water the flow continues continue a unabated making two rivers through the lower part of the city in their helplessness the mayor applied to the hydraulic en science of chicago for relief the fifth annual con can vestion Ved tion of the national encampment sons of veterans Q A R opened here today to day delegates from twenty states are present general walter S payne of Fas ohio ollio is commander in chief col fred D arant was e expected to attend but telegraphed ae e was ill an and could not come ST louis 31 new york 5 st louis 7 kansas city SI 31 washington ikan A aas city 8 NEW YORKI 8 a ii m telegraph officials in this city report that the earthquake shocks continued during the night and great excitement is reported negroes were paralyzed with lear fear and all classes of people slept in the open squares during the entire ni night ht 1 a m the western union telegraph co has just secured communication with charleston S C A single wire has been obtained the cause of the disturbance to wires has not yet been learned the western union agent at richmond va telegraphs the manager labaer La of the new york office say lug ing 0 our ur man at charleston is dp demoralized morall all ail his force has des detested debei ested ted but one man he says there is a big loss of life and property J X am trying to get something tangible BRIDGE WRECKED GROUND UP washington I 1 the western union telegraph manager at wilmington N NC C sends the following the train dispatcher of the atlantic coast line has just beenen been in he says their section master stationed 12 miles f from roin charleston reports that the shock wrecked a bridge near there and says a darkey from four miles north of Charle charleston reported that a water tank was down and the ground up heaved misplacing the tracks A special engine has been started to bring any reports available THREE DISTINCT SHOCKS SINCE MIDNIGHT N I 1 gm savannah 4 a m three distinct shocks have been felt here since midnight the last occurred ata at 40 a in all the shocks were short and not violent people are still greatly excited and sitting out in the streets and squares or crowding crowden g abour around id and newspaper the general impression it is that charleston has suffered seriously it is supposed that the cable under ashley river is broken at tybee island mouth of the savanna river ane lenses in the jhb 11 light lit house were des destroyed destroys troyA d people onfre on the island tel telephone epho aeto to the city that they are in a state of terror there is no BO communication with the mainland maidland until daylight and all al the inhabitants are assembled on the highlands their chief cause of fear is fi from a tidal wave the island having been swept by ouela one in august 1881 washington D C 1035 1085 1 the southern telegraph company reports that it has succeeded in reopening communication with charleston th the operator in that city says the earthquake shock there last night was very severe several lives were lost and a number of persons were injured richmond 1035 85 am I 1 A dispatch lust just received here says the streets of charleston are blocked with fallen buildings telegraph poles and tangled wires OVER 8 SIXTY PERSONS WERE KILLED or wounded after the earthquake tires fires broke out in different parts of the city but are not now spreading the population spent the night in the streets and vacant lots there Is so much COMP confusion SIon that chat it Is hard to get at the facts charleston 11 a m L 1 an earthquake aake such as has never before been known wu in the history of this city swept over charleston last night shortly after ten to causing ausing more loss and injury life ury to property and and far more loss of life than the cyclone of the year before the city is wrecked the streets are encumbered with masses of fallen bricks and tangled telegraph and telephone wires and up to an early heurit hour it was ALMOST impossible TO rass from one part of the city to another the first shock was by far the most severe most of the people with their families passed the night in the streets which even this morning are crowded crowded with people afraid to reenter re enter their homes more than 60 persons were killed and wounded chiefly colored among the whites KILLED AND FATALLY WOUNDED arem are M J Lyn lynch lyncha chr dr E R alexander hamlon namlos and ainsley robeson fires broke out in different parts of the city immediately after the earthquake and some are still burning but bat there is no danger of them spreading there is no way of leaving tile the city at present cincinnati I 1 there was was a decided difference in the severity of the earthquake shock in different buildings and in different parts of the city last night many people did not observe it at all the largest building in the city and one of 0 thiis BUILD I 1 iva r EN with wita distinct gibrat the larob stopped arld an ana broken in the large six and seven story flats in the city the vibrations were severe dishes were thrown from cupboards and articles f fell el I 1 f from rom mantels while chandeliers were agitated as aby if by a strong wind probably bably twenty or thirty meetings of lodges and societies wore were broken up ap i without motion to adjourn at the building on court street the plastering on the ceiling was broken the most decided shock was felt at cum kinsville ins ville in the northern part of the city here LIGHTS WERE VERB UT OUT AND BROKEN in the drug stores throughout the state dispatches indic indicate aLte that it occurred almost athar same instant at hamiltou hamilton boarders in the hotels ran from their rooms in fright and the walls were weke said to 0 sway one and a half inches at canton ohio four shocks were observed the motion being f from rom north to south half the populace was wr s in the streets talking of the strange experience for a long iong time after ae the event at denison a meeting broke up ina in a panic two tivo shocks and the same story comes from nearly every town in ohio I 1 SAVANNAH I 1 efforts to reach charleston have been made from all points and shock was more severely seve severely relf felt than in the city people eople on din the island rushed f from rom their houses to the beach the oscillation lasted for several minutes the lantern leases in the lighthouse Ight house were broken and the machinery of the lamp am disarranged the keeper hurried harrip up tt the e tower and as soon as possible arranged a tem temporary light which have to answer answer until the lighth lighthouse bUse supply ship reaches ref elies here PEOPLE ON THE B EACH BEACH RAN HITHER i AVD THITHER not knowing where to so go and bearin every moment that a tidal wave would sweep over them the water was agitated and waves rose high on the beach houses on the bw beach A swayed to and fro and shook as it 11 they would fall to pieces A telephone message to the news from tybee station statigia at 4 this morning mornine stated that the people were still gat gathered herd on the beach langley S C I 1 the shock burst the mul mill doms dams here and some thousand feet of RAILROAD TRACK WAS DESTROYER telegraph wires ires were also destroyed no trains are running run ping i the ithe western union has started han sandears handcars hand dears cars from summerville to restore communication great damage is reported at summerville the railroad is badly broken on both sides of branchville i charleston 1 not 01 ol 1 houses in the city are occupied at this time the people are all aa camped ou oa in open places all aft the stores are closed an and SCARCITY OP OF provisions Isi feared because no one can cabbe be got to go to the stores to sell them r ravenell enels S C 1 the railroad is under water in some places between here ann Char charleston charlebon lekon 25 miles north of here and the earth has caved in several blacas places jacksonville alai an aa earthquake shock last naghi nigh iwas was quite severe afre ano was felt as far south as bartow it at sun time and lasted about 30 seconds i THERE WAS A TERRIBLE earthquake here last night at p pm m the principal in business portion of the city was destroyed and hundreds of persons tendered rendered homeless men were frantic women were beseeching mercy from the almighty and children were id id tears tire the maln main station house city hall hibernian hall and many oth Lerwell known public buildings including st michaels Michael church are irreparably damaged many people are seriously it if not fatally injured broad street presented d a spectacle of the elmost horror honor even women armed with hatchets fought valiantly to rescue the imprisoned unfortunates Meet meeting tinK street f from rom broad to hazel is a brck and Is lined with unfortunates to add to the horror of the scene many fires broke cut and were ineffectually fought by the fire are department night was made hideous with the groans of the dy dying ing and screams of the wounded and prayers of uninjured it is impossible pa sib ae to estimate the losses of 0 persons or property at present up to 1 a m to day there had been ten distinct shocks Augu augusta stai ga I 1 two distinct shocks of earthquake were felt this morning at and in the city THERE WAS INTENSE EXCITEMENT 1 which has somewhat subsided A number of houses have been rel reported to tire wardens as in danger and from all parts of the city and surrounding neighborhood I 1 come reports ol 01 amail damages by the shock such falling of chimneys parting ol of walls smashing ot of crockery etc savannah noon L 1 A relief train has been dispatched to charleston from this city RICHMOND 1 I A dispatch from charleston dated 1 rpm pm says at 8 45 am a m precisely this morning another wave swept over the city coming as the other did from the southeast and going in a northwest direct direction loti by that zime time the people who had been out oat in the public parks and open places all night ight had ven ventured taked into then their houses to get their clothing and something to eat the approach of the q baake wake was heralded by the usual rumbling sound bound resembling distant thunder wocia gradually approached THE AM and in throe three seconds it had passed thel the sound dying out in the dista distance uce abia chis is the only wave f felt elt bince 2 A this morning it was abt cles destructive all the destruction having been done at 9 last night the city is 18 a complete wreck bt michaels church and st phillips church awo ot of the must most noted historic churches ach arches lu in the city are in fuiks rums as is isalo alao raft hall the police polica station and binany oth other e r public buildings building a two of th the e resi i evidences in the city are being either par partially gally or totally it is impossible at this time 0 oi five eive a correct estimate of the casualties lait les it is 10 estimated estimate ct that between i FIFTY ani AND ONE PER ONS HAVE SEEN KILLED and several hundred wounded at the time of the arst shock tires broke out in five anve different places in the city about 20 houses bouses were destroyed destroy edby by lire i the city is wrapped in gloom and business is entirely suspended people generally remain in the and under improvised shelters and will camp out xo t tonight tearing another shock the gas works are injured and the th city will wili light tonight to night augusta ga I 1 J H averill Averl ll of the south carolina railroad I 1 I 1 telegraphs FROM summerville that many persons have teen baeli killed there and that hundreds are homeless the whole business portion of the city is totally wrecked smyrna iowa 1 L several well defined shocks of earthquake were felt here between 10 and 12 last night no damage was done i COLOMBIA 8 C I 1 Sam merVille 22 miles from charleston was nearly destroyed by the earthquake last night the passenger train irona irom this place to charleston was thrown from the track near summerville Sumia erville last ni at and the engineer and fireman killed killea passengers on the wrecked train and those of this mornings train traill including I 1 the telegraph companas comp anys linemen have not reached charlston hardly a house in the el cay y has escaped injury and many mamy are so shaken shakeh and cracked that a hard wind would bring them ishem to the ground round the shoe was severe at summerville and mt pleasant and at sullivans island fi fissures dreb in some parts are noticed f from rom which fine sand apparently from a great depth exudes exude sand and a sulphurous aMe smell is very noticeable notice columbia SC S C I 1 at last night the city was visited by a terrible earthquake the first two shocks hoe S were ere feard fearful ai buildings swayed from side to side and the EARTH ROSE AND FELL LIKE WAVES OF THE OCEAN people rushed their houses into the streets some sprang from windows and were injured the experience peri ence ot of those in buildings at the time of the first shock was that of being rocked as if in a ship at sea bea many ot of the most substantial buildings were shaken to io their foundations and walls cracked and sprung five minutes alter the first shock the second came and ten minutes later cater the third other shocks followed until am when the ei eighth shocks shock was felt and this one lasted for a 4 full minute and a half at athis 4 this morning the oth came and at and 1020 am a m the city was arain made to tremble very little sleep sleek was had by any 0 of the in habitants habit anto of columbia NEGROES THOUGHT MUE OF THE WORLD WOLD HAD CO COME ME aud and they held prayer meetings on the sweet street et corners three or dr four tires started in as many sect sections ioUs with tho tb shock and very soon illuminated the neighborhood with flamoe s thus leading all to believe that what was left by the earthquake would be devoured by I 1 tl I 1 rei however i the fire was so well divided and hau aled th that atthe the tires were under control by daylight daylis ht from to residences and stores were consumed loss 1088 by tire add eart earthquake quake cannot 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