Terrible Earthquakes in America.
Nr» Y ’oh*, September 3. I .meat Accounts regarding the earthquake itt Ohiurlwion state that Cully three fourths of the town lias l*«en destroyed. Tire populatiott hart* • •vod ilmni out of doors, and many hare ulTstel great privation*. Shocks of ear tie tfialaeot itiHue to be felt along the •* Furtl.gr tutolltgettOß received from South Carolina regarding the earthquake* K <iw harrowing detail*. The town of Charleston is completely isolated,! hridge*, railway*, and telegraph lines being destroyed, There were tarn shock*, which nearly maddened the inhabitant*, lire dead ♦■eirig hft still unburied. Many terrible and affecting scene* were
witi)esi>«4 at Ktchmond, Virginia, tilio 'C'liivtcl* m tb« city gaol making frantv *<T(>rU to eacap«. The town nt S maniervill* Inn l>o«n nearly tiewroyrd. and tb« damage to property tn South CaroLua is inimeuM>.
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Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 27, 7 September 1886, Page 3
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135Terrible Earthquakes in America. Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 27, 7 September 1886, Page 3
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