| Show THE VERY LATEST Trains Derailed and Engineers Engi-neers and Firemen Killed THE HEARTRENDING DETAILS SoutH Carolina the Center Point Around Wllicu It Moved Envoy Scdgwlck Exonerated by the Treading Mexicans Still Later irom the Earthquake COLUMBIA S C September 1 Snmmer ville twentytwo miles from Charleston was nearly destroyed by the earthquake last night A passenger train from this place to Charleston was thrown from the track near Snmmerville last night and the engineer and fireman killed Passengers on the wredked train and those of this mornings tram including the telegraph companys lineman liave not yet reached Charleston AUGUSTA Ga September LJ H Av ril of the South Carolina Railroad telegraphs from Summerville that many persons have been killed and hundreds are homeless Thewhole business portion of the city is totally wrecked CHARLESTON September 1 Hardly a house in the city escaped injury and many are so shaken and cracked that a hard blow would bring them to the ground The shock was severe at Snmmerville and Mt Pleasant and Sullivans Island Fissures in parts are noticed from which a fine sand apparently from a great depth exudes and a sulphurous smell is very noticeable SMTBNA Iowa September ISeveral well defined shocks of earthquake were felt here between 10 and 12 oclock last night No damage done CHABLESTON September IThe city is wrapped in gloom and business is entirely suspended The people generally remain in I the streets in tents and under improvised shelters and will camp out tonight fearing another shock COLUMBIA S C September IAt 945 last night this city was visited by a terrible earthquake The first two shocks were fearful The buildings swayed from side to side and the earth rose and fell like waves of the ocean People rushed madly from their houses into the streets Some sprang from tho windows and were injured Many of the most substantial buildings were shaken to their foundations and the walls cracked and sprung Five minutes after the first shock a second came and ten minutes later a third Other shocks followed until 105 a m when the eighth shook was felt and this shook lasted for a minute and a half At 4 this morning the ninth came and at 930 and 1020 a m the city was again made to tremble Very little sleep was had by any of the inhabitants of Columbia Co-lumbia The negroes thought the end of the world had come and they held prayer meetings on the street corners CHABLESTON September IThe loss by fire and eathquake cannot be accurately estimated but can safely be placed at 5O000 As far as could be ascertained during the night from fifteen to twenty are killed and a much greater number wounded in all sorts of ways The loss of human life will bo large and it will take a day to get the accurate number |
