At 4 o'clack this morning the ninth shock
came and At 9:'S0 and 10:20a. m. tho city was
again mode to. tremble. Very little sloop was
had by any of the Inhabitants of Columbia
lost night
Tho negroes thought thai end of tho world
had como and they hold prayer meetings ou
street corners.
All communication was cut off with
Charleston, 8. C, until 0 o'clock this morning,
when the Southern Telegraph company V
lino waa oponed. jf 7 T f , "
Summo'rv'llloj'a flourishing town twenty-two
miles from Charleston, it is reported,
has been nearly destroyed.
In Georgia.
Savannah, Ga., Sept 1. Threo distinct
shocks of earthquake havo been felt here
since midnight Tho. lost occurred at forty
lnlnuei past .o'olocko, in. All tho shocks
worcotsHort duration aridjnot violent"' The
people'arestiUgreatlyexcitod and aro sitting
outrin'tho streets rtndsquares; orcrowding
arouudjtho telegraph and newspapers olllces.
AtTTyoreo island, atrthemonthfof
river, tuerjonsos' In. jtJjoUghUiousa
wero "destroyed. The people ohthe island
telegraphed to this city that they wero iu a
state of terror, There can be no communication
with tho inmu land for some tlino, and
all the inhabitants are assembled 0V3 lifgh
land. Tho Island was swept by ii tidal wavo
in August, 1881, and the people fear a similar
disaster now..
At Cleveland, Ohio,
Cleveland. O.. Sent oxactlv. 0:33
o'clock" mat ldgiit three voix se verto jfjiirthquako
ghocWwereolt rauslug buifdings'ws'.vay,'
nnt about in toon minutes inter imouuy suock
not quito us severo was noticed. OcoupanU
of hotels nnd places of amusement rushod
frantically into tho street Tho qunko caused
pictures to fall oft tho walls and soveral
clocks aro teported to havo boon htopped,
No dftniago has boon reported
H Places Itcportlng to New York.
