Salvador Shaken

San Salvador, Sept. 12.- Details of the terrible earthquake shock, reports of which were cabled Wednesday, prove it to have been more disastroua than was at that time supposed. In this city about forty people were killed and sixty more or less injured. Judging from the fearful results in San Salvador the number killed throughout the country will be sotnewhere in the hundreds. The shock began here by a slight tremor, which gradually augmented. The cturation of the first shock was ten seconds. The earth was shaken in a most horrible manner for five seconds. Then it gradually died away, until at last no motion whatever eould be feit. During the shock there was a frightful noise, which was plainly audible in all parts of the city. The air was fillsd with agonizing shrieks. Everwhere could be heard the cries of parents callingfor their children and children screaming for their parents. The pandemonium was succeeded by a calm that was quite as dreadful as the shock had been, it was accompanied by the darkness of night. No one knew what was to happen next. Earthquakes, by turn feeble and violent, continue at irregular intervals. Everybody expects the climax to come September 21, on account of the equinox. It is not unlikely this city will be made a total wreek. The government has sent 300 men to deepen the outlet to Lake Ilopongo, in order to diminish the amount of water in it and to reduce the violent shocks. Lake Ilopongo is 8 miles east of this city and is 96 miles square. It occupies the area of the old sunken volcano. It is now filled with rainwater and is heavily charged with sulphuretted hydrogen and other gases. The workmen engaged ip dig ging the outlet September 12 were oaj ríed away by a torrent of warm, ilismelling water and were drowned. The details of the ruin of towns in the axis of the earthquake are meager. Of 320 houses at Comaseaqua only eight remain standing. The loss of life there is great San Salvador, via Galveston, Sept. 14. - The earthquake of September 8 was experienced all over the country. The material losses are estimated at 8500,000, although this seems a low figure.