Show VESSEL STRUCK REEF british ship cost lost and twenty of crew drowned Laun coton ceton tasmania the british ship loch fillas from port pirie south australia for callao was waa wreck edoff foster island at daylight dayleg sunday morning and twenty of tile tho crew of twenty four were drowned four men were picked up by a passing sie steamer amer foster island a short distance oft off the northeast coast of tasmania and is surrounded by dangerous shoals early sunday the residents of tho the island observed a large ship in distress A gale accompanied 1 ailed by a high sea was blowing and the vessel soon struck the reef the crew could by be seen trying to lower the boats when suddenly the ship sank to attempt a rescue of the ship was impossible on account of the heavy seas but a steamer in the distance had sighted tho the wreck and mado madd all speed to where hero w tho the ship had bad gone down r only four men were found they were clinging to an upturned boat |