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Show Ili LAUNCH IS OVERTURNED It AND TWO ARE DROWNED I 1 SAVANNAH. Ga.. July 2D At leasl i B two persons wore drowned and several i otners had narrow escapes from death t when a covered launch, owned by the 4 government and used by the soldiers at P. Fort Screven, was sunk In Lazaretto U creek, near the fort, late today. F 1 The dead arc Sergeant Oliver. Coasl Jj Artillery corps, and the 6-year-old son m of Sergeant D. Lake. . I A woman member of the party was i caught by the llde and carried down the . 1 creek for several hundred yards, scream- ing for help until she lost consclousness- t Fishermen rescued her and after a. long I time she wan revived, s Other occupants of the launch. It If V believed, escaped in safety. B The accident occurred where the Tybee 1 railroad crosses the creek on a low ! bridge. The top of the launch struck ' 11,0 bridge, the craft careened and was ; yl swept under water almost instantly. |