Harleton Earthquake Wrecks City and Kills Many
A Charleston earthquake described as unprecedented swept the city shortly after 10 o'clock causing massive destruction. Fires broke out, two thirds of residences wrecked, streets blocked by bricks and wires, and an early death toll feared to be high. The scene featured frightened crowds, personal heroism, and widespread ruin across Broad Street and Marion Square.
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Charleson
Reeta
Jamea Wih
Broad Street Crepz
News and Courier Office
Meeting Street
Charleston
Marion Square
Notable Readings From The Telegraph National Briefs
A rapid round of items from The Telegraph covers James P Voorhees returning to the stage as a tragedy star in Washington, Ada Sweet in Europe after being removed as pension agent, July trade totals showing export and import declines, and multiple happenings from politics to crime. Reports include Burns statue funding, Geronimo surrender chatter, and a Kast variety of municipal, postal, and international notes.
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Washington
Ada Sweet
Europe
Paris Petit Journal
Dominion
Charles Dilke
Sneraevae
Dakota Territory News Wide-Ranging Dispatch
Yankton prepares electric lights. Bishop Hare to return from Europe around Sept. 27. Lamoure church to rebuild after tornado. Groton college to open with 100 students. Rapid City to ship tin ore samples East. Rev Updike resigns from Watertown church. Dakota president nominates debated by Aberdeen convention. Deadwood arrival date uncertain. Wheat losses from a threshing spark near Mitchell. Bascom to relocate to Minneapolis. Watertown votes down water works proposal. First frost reported Sept. 30 in Burleigh County. Pierre buys Wright House for 26000 dollars. Territory values listed for land and livestock. Cass Barnes fair at Tower City Sept. 22-24 with new permanent buildings. Insane hospital admissions rising. transport costs 1500 monthly. Cass Barnes fair funds pledged. Annual legislature nominating convention set for Oct. 11 at Bismarck. Fire at Bismarck destroys Isaac Ross residence. Grand Forks GOP nominees named. Gen Logans visit with Gov Alger draws crowds. Lisbon grand jury indicts Dr Bradley on murder abortion and manslaughter counts. Fargo locates smelting works. certainty claimed.
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W. T. Collins
W. H. Rows
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Mrs. Logan
Lisbon
W. W. Bradley
Excelsior Geyser Erupts After Four-Year Quiet
Visitors along Firehole basin on the 27th and 28th witnessed the Excelsior geyser erupt from Hell's Half Acre for over twenty four hours. The column reached about three hundred feet and the surrounding area shook as boiling water fed the Firehole river. The display ended with the geyser returning to quiescence, a pattern typical of its erratic behavior.
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Firehole Basin
Hell's Half Acre
Home Club Denounced Plot Against Powderly Rocks Knights
Knights of Labor members condemn the Home club of New York for a plot to assassinate Mr. Powderly. Speakers warn the group seeks control by blackballing opponents and disrupting the Richmond meeting, with Vic orury named as a Paris commune offshoot driving socialist aims.
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