Tho earthquake destroyed the principal
business portion of tho city, and hundreds
are nomeloss. The main station house, the
City ball, Hitierniau hall and many other
woll known public buildings, including the
Never Dying St Michael's church, which Is
irreparably damaged. Broad street this
morning presents a spectacle' of tho' utmost
horror.. Even women armed with hatchets
worked valiantly to rescue Imprisoned un-fortunate
Meeting street, from Broad to
Haxeli ,ii a wreck, and lined with homeless
people,
To add to the horror of the night many
Area broke' out, and were ineffectually
fought by the bravo fire department The.
night waa mado hideous with the howls of
tbo dying, groans of Ui wounded and
of the uninjured. It is impossible yet to
state tho loss of life or damago to property.
Up to 10. o'clock this morning ton distinct
earthquake shocks were felt hero.
At Columbia, South Carolina.
Columbia, 8. C, Sept 1. At 9:48 last
nifdit this city was visited by a terrible
earth-quake. Th,e first two shocks were
Buildings swayed from side to side and
the earth arose and fell like the waves of
tho ocean." People rushed madly from the
houses into the streets, sotnb sprang frriu
windows and wore injured. The oxporionco
of those in buildings at tho time of tho first
shock was that of being rocked, oa if in a ship
at sea. Many of tho most substantial buildings
wero shaken to their foundations, the
walls cracked and sprung. Five minutes
after tho first shock a second came, in ten
minutes a third. Other ahocks followed until
1:0.5 a, in,, when tho eighth' Bhock was felt,
and this one lasted for a minute and a half.
