Show LIVES III two small islands are virtually swept clean by a death dealing typhoon loss of lives among natives simply the total number killed being reported as nearly ten thousand victoria the steamer tar which arrived sunday from the orient brought news from shanghai that the loss of life among natives ol 01 the islands at the mouth of the yang tze river as a result of the typhoon at the beginning of september was tremendous the north china dally news ol 01 shanghai says to the east of two ands one called Yaw the other distant about twenty talles woosung have suffered much from the typhoon nearly the inhabitants having been swept away the islands have only been inhabited for a short time comparatively speaking as they are of recent forma tion and are not very much above high water mark it Is reported that nearly ten thousand people have been drowned on these two islands and the smaller islands adjacent ing itself has not suffered much being well above the high water mark the shanghai paper says that the damage to the canadian pacific rail way liner empress ol 01 japan by the typhoon will necessitate the expenditure of for repairs during the storm the steamer e hio de grande du sol foundered near the mouth of the yangtze her crew of fifty four were saved by the german steamer albenga whose officers and crew did heroic work but one chinese wag drowned |