Show IN AND AROUND SAVANNAH Scarcely a Rouse in the City Escaped DamageLives Lost SAVANNAH Ga Aug 29It is feared that nearly a hundred lives were lost by the hurricane at Tybe island Scarcely a house in the city escaped damage The streets are almost impassable from the tangle of fallen trees twisted wires house roofs and wreckage The quarantine station sta-tion was completely destroyed Loss estimated esti-mated at a million The great storm of Sunday and Monday did considerable minor damage here in tho city proper Fifteen people are known to have been drowned as mentioned men-tioned last night More are missing but it is impossible to estimate the number num-ber In addition to the vessels in the harbor wrecked as reported last night a number of other wrecks were heard of today to-day More than thirty vessels are re Darted wrecked so far and many sailboats boats lost Nothing is yet heard of the steamship City of Savannah many hours overdue Had that portion of the city known as Tybee Island been washed away the destruction des-truction could not have been much worse than it is At least half the houses on tho island were blown down or badly I damaged and even the railroad tacKs Ell I were carried up by wind and water until parts of it stood up like a fence |