The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-18

The Periodical Recurrence of Seisn,is
c"msnotion IL the Republic of san sal.
| vA""r Attended with Wide spread iDe-
| struction 81 Property and Lose 81 a.ife-
some Cities compist~ly destroyed.
| NEW York. Sept 1.-The Herald
prints the following cablegram from
San Salvador. via Galveston:
Millions OF dollars worth Of proper.
~ and many lives were destroyed in
this republic BY earthquake Wednes-
day Whole towns were wiped out.
and 50 far as advices received here in
dicate hardly q city in the country. ex-
cept those along the coast. escaped the
awful effects Of the convulsion. There
had been indications for several DAYS
that = seismic disturbance OF more
than usual power might be expected.
The VOLCANOES Of San Salvador. San
Miguel and Izalco had been unusually
active. and deep subterranean rum
blings and slight earth tremors had
been felt
such things are not uncommon here.
however, and while there was feeling
OF uneasiness Tuesday night, there was
no great alarm felt At just five min.
ufes before o'clock Wednesday MORN
ing the earth began to shake. The
wave had a strong vertical and oscilla-
tory movement People rushed into the
streets in their night clothing, and,
while the shock lasted only twenty SEQ
onds, before il had passed away there
was panic-stricken mob making its
way 70 the open country outside Of the +,
city.
The scene was terrible. Men, women /
and children were shrieking and pray
ing IN the streets; walls Of houses
cracked, tottercd and fell; there was a
deep. continuous rumbling as il OF \
heavy thunder; the sky was overcast,
and the air was filed with fine, pene-
srating powder While the shock lasted
the earth rose and fell in long waves,
and strong men were unable 10 keep
their feet. The panic-strickcn people
locked TO the open ground outside Of
he city; temporary shelters were
thrown up wherever possible. but near
y all the men and great many Of the
women and children had only the sky
or cover
All through the morning there were
light shocks, but none approaching in
Intensity that which had been so de-
tructiye. The inhabitants are afraid
0 return to their homes. and are maxi
ng themselves as comfortable as pos
ible in their temporary camps until
he commotion subsidies. President
.zeta is doing everything he can to
top the panic and see after the home
IS people until il is considered safe for /
hem to go back to their homes.
The towns throughout the country
ave suffered more severely than the 4
ipital even Analquito and Comasa-
ua have been completely destroyed. :
ojutepeque, Santa Tocin. San Pedro |,
nd Masahuet were so badly shaken 4
lat they are practically ruined. while I
lie shock was plainly felt and dam Z
re was done by it at Santa Ana !
I'd Susimtepeque, fully sixty miles i
ON here. 1t IS impossible at this d
riting TO form any idea as to the num-
r Of lives which have been lost. Two ;
'ople were killed here. though there y
ere many almost miraculous escapes !
ON death. II is feared. however, that i
ere have been many people killed in
9 smaller towns The loss Of property
II run we'll into the millions.
This is the third time within less than !.
rty years that San Salvador has I
en- devastated by earthquake shocks. a
April 1854. not a single house 9
- left in the city At for hab-
Ition. and over 800 lives were lost.
le dust and debris from the falling
ildings filed up all Of the wells and q
mixing places. Again in March. 1873.
. city was shaken to the ground
er IS. O0c, 900 worth Of property was
stroyed then and upward Of fifty 2
rs were lost. So 1t seems that de-
.uctive seismic disturbances visit
9 country at intervals Of nineteen =