Show THE DREAD EQUINOX Fears That It Will Add to the Suffering in Charleston A SHOWER OF PEBBLE STONES Seven Iluisgarlaiss Burned to Death on u HuilrouU Tl e English Naval Na-val Forces Ordered to the Canadian Cana-dian rishiii Grounds Latest From the Earthquake COABLISTON September i The great dread now is the approach of the equinoctial gales which have always been disastrous in Charleston In fact the last years disasters were so great as to attract National attention atten-tion It is estimated that every house in the city has had its foundations shattered by the earthquake Walls have been rent chimneys and steeples are off their square and there isnothing sound about the city If the equinoctial gales of the usual severity should strike the city before considerable repairs can be made nearly every house in the city would be blown down The gale comes sometimes as late as thQ first week in September but last year it came the last week in August thus it win oe seen tliat tlie city is m imminent danger at any moment This would cause such a crashing of timber brick and mortar as was never before heard of The temperature has changed so as to warn the people that the storm is at hand The effects of the weeks storm and a pelting of rain upon houseless women and children would be appalling Six ladies are reported to be dying m effect from fright An effort was made early yesterday to clear the debris from the streets but was abandoned and the people are settling back into the melancholy of yesterday Two aldermen of each ward with other citizens have been nppointedto condemn the unsafe buildings Berkley Chairman of the Committee has entered upon his duties He knows not what to do where to begin or where to stop It is freely tied tired that if fire had swept the city it would have been preferable for in that case the insurance would have helped to repair the waste places The sensation today is a falling shower of pebbles in the lower part of the city The first fall was at 730 oclock this morning morn-ing and the second about 11 oclock They were seen to fall in a slanting direction from the south to the north and there are morsels of flint among them and all are plainly abraided and worn by the action of the water Some few have sharp fractures and I have evidently been recently broken The I I fact of the fall is vouched for by several trustworthy persons The bulk of the pebbles peb-bles fell in and around the News and Courier office 0 |