Show ONE HUNDRED DROWNED A Report That That Many Lives Were Lost at Fort Royal AUGUSTA Ga Aug 29A special to I the Chronicle from Port Royal S C I brings the startling information that fully i one hundred lives were lost at Port Royal Beaufort and neighboring points by drowning during the storm Of 100 persons per-sons killed and drowned only six were white the others being negroes Twenty persons were drowned on Apris island No news has been received from St Helena four miles from Beaufort It is believed fully twentyfive lives were lost between Port Royal and Seabrook all negroes Every house In Beaufort and Port Royal was damaged to some extent and a number of barges and crafts were wrecked and blown ashore The total losses are estimated in the neighborhood of half a million dollars |