Earthquake Ravages Charleston and South Atlantic States
Rumors of a major quake sweep the South Atlantic region with shocks felt from Richmond to Savannah. Charleston faces widespread destruction as buildings fall and residents flee, while reports from Atlanta, Cincinnati, Chicago, and New York describe tremors and panic across multiple cities.
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Richmond
State Penitentiary
South Atlantic
Middle States
New England
New York
Baltimore
Jersey City
Dayton
Columbus
Cleveland
Ohio
Washington
D. C
New Haven
Conn
Atlanta
Petersburgh
Summerville
S. C
Simon Newcomb
The
Nautical Almanac
Pittsburg
Penn
Chicago
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Detroit Free Press
Terra Haute
Ind
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Augusta
Savannah
Louisville
Knoxville
Tenn
Raleigh
N. G
Wilmington
N. C
Charleston
N.C
Kina
Dramatic Charleston Earthquake Describes Aftermath
A Charleston News and Courier writer recounts the 9:53 pm quake and its terrifying two shocks. He details streets torn by debris, fires erupting around Marion Square, crowds seeking safety, and the widespread destruction of offices, churches, hospitals, and homes. The piece notes at least 52 dead per New York World figures and about 200 wounded, with total property losses around ten million dollars.
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Charleston
Meeting Street
Charleston Hotel
Stewart
New York
Marion Square
Union Square
Reg
New York World
Boston Grobe
Adgers
Boyce’s
Vanderhort's
Brown’s
St. Nicholas
St. Philip's Church
Scotch Presbyterian Church
Meeting and
Tradd Streets
Citadel Square Baptist Church
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Bethel Methodist Church
Citadel Square
Charleston College
George and
College Streets
Roper Hospital
Medical College
Queen Street
College
Citadel
Hibernian Hall
Iain Station
Columbus
Drake Streets
Drake
Line Streets
W. A. Kelly
Estimating Loss After City Destruction
A disaster toll runs to more than sixty dead and about two hundred wounded with vast property damage. The wrecked city features toppled mansions and heavily damaged historic buildings requiring rebuilding. An architect warns most remaining structures are unsafe and at least one tenth may be beyond repair.
Large Cities Rally Aid After Charleston Calamity
Help pours in from Savannah to New York and Boston with pledges of cash and supplies. The U S government sends two revenue cutters and tents, while Philadelphia and Raleigh offer relief. Refugees gain free passage and officials warn about distribution challenges as Mayor Courtenay rushes home and Queen Victoria sends sympathy.
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Savannah
United States
New York
Boston
South
Raleigh
Wilmington
N. C
Charleston
Palmetto
Baltimore
Washington
Hooper
Courtenay
Europe
Queen Victoria
Volcanos and Earthquakes Overview From Antiquity
The article explains volcano types active intermittent extinct and cites Stromboli Etna Vesuvius as examples. It notes about 300 volcanos worldwide, with America hosting around 114. Earthquakes and eruptions share a venting cause, with Lisbon 1755 and Caracas 1812 cited for extreme damage, and Lima Peru experiencing frequent shocks.
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Vulcanus
Stromboli
Mediterranean
Etna
Vesuvius
America
Lima
South America
Andes
Lisbon
Caracas
St. Vincent
Conception
Peru
New Quay
Comien
Bulgaria Crisis Frays Europe Amid Bulgarian King’s Abdication Rumor
The piece surveys Bulgarian unrest and Russia’s possible intervention as Prince Alexander may abdicate under czarist pressure. It notes recall of Sir Edward Thornton, appointment of Sir William White, and English support to counter Russian influence, with speeches by Alexander stressing loyalty to Bulgaria and readiness to serve in Macedonia.
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Bulgaria
Alexander
Russia
Constantinople
Philippopolis
Sofia
M. Stambuloff
Tirnovo
Prince Alexander
Czar
Ozer
England
Edward Thornton
William White
Lord Salisbury
Porte
Sir William
M. de Nelidorf
Koumelia
Macedonia
Debates in Parliament on Irish Question Grow Heated
The Irish question spawns sharp exchanges in the Commons with leaders like Mr. T. P. O'Connor and John Bright criticizing the speaker's use of cloture. Major Saunderson counters that the Nationalist push relies on foreign subsidies and coercion, while mentions of General Buller outline plans for military reform in Ireland.
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Commons
T. P. O'Connor
John Bright
Lord Randolph Churchill
Sexton
Belfast
Churehill
Major Saunderson
Doughty
North Armagh
House of Commons
National League
Ireland
General Buller
Kerr County
Mr. O’connor
Redvers Buller
Downing Street
Horse Guards
Buller
Riots and Foreign Turmoil Engage British and Asian Posts
Reports from the House of Commons detail Belfast riots injuring 322 policemen and a killed head constable, with numerous wounded officers. China, Madagascar, and Cochin China violence intensifies. Christians face massacres in Sechuen and Cochin China, while a Punjaab proclamation urges resistance to English rule. Samuel Morley dies.
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House of Commons
Michael Hicks-Leach
Ireland
Belfast
George Hamilton
the Miralry
United States
William Armstrong & Co
Corea
Russia
Pekin
Chemulpo
Seoul
Madagascar
Tananarivo
France
New Hookeqs Islands
Leneura
Pombolonga
Pentacosta
Jein
Upoen
Ching Too Foo
Sechuen
Cochin China
Dhuleep Singh
India
Samuel Morley
Shanghai
Workmen Celebrate Labor Holiday Parades Across Cities
The Central Trades and Labor Union of Boston and Knights of Labor districts organized a September 6 Labor Day with 16 000 workers in Boston. Similar marches occurred in New York 60 000 to 100 000, Brooklyn 25 000, and Chicago 30 000, with Baltimore reporting the largest parade and Newark 25 000 participants. Governor Robinson and Mayor O'Brien reviewed Boston's march before seaside picnics and games.
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Central Trades and Labor Union of
Boston
Knights of Labor Assemblies of
Central Trades’ Union
New York
Brooklyn
Buffalo
Troy
Albany
San Francisco
Ths Glone
Herald
Knights of Labor
Robinson
Massachusetts
O’brien
Chicago
Baltimore
Newark
N. J
Seizures of American Vessels Reported on Maritime Coasts
Seizures continue along the Maritime Provinces with the Wellfleet schooner High land Light released on bond after being seized inside the three mile limit. Gloucester schooner Crittenden sent details of its seizure by Canadian customs. Newfoundland residents favor Canadian policy and porting talks rise. Rumor ties six swift ships to reinforce the British North American fleet. Canadian authorities respond to pleas from Adams of Gloucester and Navay of Portland. Halifax Admiral Court has filed answers, no date set.
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Maritime Provinces
Highland Light
Wellfleet
Mass
Crittenden
Gloucester
Newfoundland
Porta
Adams of
Navay of
Portland
Halifax Admiral Court
Whales Trek South As Hurricanes Mark Atlantic Months
Mariners warned of tropical hurricanes in the gulf stream between the 10th and 22nd as September marks the second hurricane month. The North Atlantic weather pattern shows August storms with gales near the U S coast and heavy impacts from St Pierre to Newfoundland. Reports from Captain Hughes and the American Fish Bureau detail unusual whale schools in low latitudes and mixed New England fishing fleet activity off Grand Banks and Georges Bank with cod and halibut catches varied and ice affecting routes.
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North Atlantic
United States
Boston
St. Pierre
Newfoundland
Havana
Key West
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Galveston
Belle Isle
Grand Banks
Gulf Stream
United Sates
Bermuda
Hughes
Nova Scotia
English Channel
St John's
N. S
New England
W. A. Wilcox
American Fish Bureau
Gloucester
Mass
Bangureau
George's
Brown's Banks
Brown’s Banks
Gulf of St. Lawrence
New Bee
Groun
Iceland
Arthur D. Story
Teeland
Greenland
Davis Straits
Greenlan
Straits of Belle Isle
Norway
Arthur
George’s
Ten Correct Guesses in Month by Signal Service
A lengthy critique details only ten accurate weather predictions in August. It blames inexperience in the signal service’s indication department for numerous errors, noting days with foretold rain or fair weather that did not occur and the month ending with unfulfilled showers.
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Department of the Signal Service
Weather Summary of The Month in Boston
The month delivered mixed forecasts with hoped for rains failing on one side and cooler weather promised on the other, producing one of the warmest days of the month. Thirteen clear days, fifteen fair, three cloudy or rainy days, and a thunderstorm on the 12th. Mean temperature 67.7, high 90 on the 17th, low 49 on the 23d. Wind mostly from the north and total Boston mileage 7152.
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Boston
drought aid plea from Albany minister in Texas
Rev John Brown of Albany Shackelford County travels to appeal to business leaders for drought relief. He cites 100000 affected families across a 300 by 600 mile region with crops ruined and seed scarce. He seeks funds to plant 26000 bushels of wheat and 10000 bushels of corn and oats, with the Board of Trade expected to act.
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John Brown
Albany
Shackelford County
Tex
Brown
Board of Trade
Death among merrymakers in Pennsylvania coach crash
A tally-ho coach ride near Kingston Pennsylvania ended in disaster. Two men John Williams 26 and George Crooks 21 from Reading died instantly while Charles Murphy Kate Clayton aged 23 26 and Carrie Holden from Pottsville suffered fatal injuries. The four horses bolted and the coach overturned down a ravine, injuring several others and prompting rapid medical aid.
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New York
Kingston
Penn
Pottsville
Blue Mountain
John William
George Crooks
Reading
Charles Murphy
Mary Higgins
Kate Clayton
Carrie Holden
John Williams
Ate Clayton
Perilous voyage of the Benjamin F. Hunt Jr from Calcutta
The Benjamin F. Hunt Jr arrived after a 138 day voyage from Calcutta. It endured numerous gales in the Indian Ocean and Atlantic passages, losing sails and hull integrity before running aground near Wellfleet flats and being refloated the same night.
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Benjamin F. Hunt, Jr
Calcutta
Equator
Indian Ocean
Cape Angallas
N. W
Buenos Ayres
Sydney
C. B
Mendoza
Manilla
New York
Ape Cod Bar
Wellfleet Flats
Toar
Wild family captured in Kansas after years of wandering
The Times Topeka reports four people known as the wild family were found on Parson's Creek in Washington county. A man woman and girl show signs of scalping with ash gray skin. They cannot speak, the woman grunts, and doctors suspect they were scalped by Indians years ago.
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Carcageo
the Times
Topeka
Kan
Parson’s Creek
Washington County
Young Man Inherits One Million From Grandfather
New Haven records that Harry P Anderson, a Mallory Wheeler clerk, who boards at 83 Wooster street, will receive $1,000,000 on September 17. He is John C Anderson’s son of Orange street and heir to the Solace tobacco fortune. He has supported himself for several years.
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New Haven
Harry P. Anderson
Mallory, Wheeler & Co
Mra E. B. Vail’s
Wooster Street
John C. Anderson
Orange Street
John Anderson
Paris Green Found Poisoning Village Well
A Sackville, New Brunswick well used by about fifty residents for daily water was found poisoned with Paris green yesterday. One man noticed the poison on the bar as he drew water and alerted authorities. No motive or injuries reported at this time.
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St. Joan
N. B
Sackville
Fennelaty
Sea Serpent Attacks Whaling Crew in Pacific Ocean
James T. Goodheart reports a desperate midnight battle with a seventy five foot sea serpent at a Pacific lagoon. The monster incapacitated crew members with bites and arrows, then fled into the sea as wounded men were carried to a coral island shelter. Corroborating details place the event aboard the Niobe under Captain Wilcox with a San Francisco crew.
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Ronwood
N. Y
James T. Goodheart
Rondont
Callao
South Pacific Ocean
Goodheart
San Francisco
Niobe
Taleahuano
Igalles
Possil
Pacific
Wilcox
Coral
Paasaly Comyneec
C-w
Wall
Rondon
Ming
Roe
Good Eart
Ilox
New Bedfora
New Bedfora and, Es On Bes Wance
Via Mas
Four Sailors Missing After Dory Crew Lost
Schooner Peregrine reports August 23 four crewmen lost while ashore for trawks and presumed drowned. Charles Wilson, hurt aboard Augusta H Johnson, is brought home. Peregrine reports loss of jib boom anchor and parte cable. Belle A Nauss and Mollie Adams from the bay arrive with cargo losses and twenty five to sixty seven barrels.
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Groucester
Peregrine
Charles Wilson
Augusta H. Johnson
Belle A. Nauss
Mollie Adams
Avene
Dee
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