Show Loss of the Qitelta LONDON March 1A dispatch received this morning states that the British steamer Quetta from Australian ports for London is lost The number of persons drowned is not definitely known but the dispatch says a fearful number perished I The Quetta had twentyseven firstoclass passengers and a crew of 112 Thi report of the loss of the steamer Quetta is confirmed at Lloyds Advices there state that 200 lives were lost The steamer struck a rock not shown on the chart at 9 oclock last night near Somerset in Torres straits at northern extremity of Australia and sank in three minutes |