Show TWENTY LIVES LOST A british ship wrecked on the southern coast of washington oregon jan SO 30 the british ship FernA ferndale alp went w ent ashore yesterday morning at daylight ten tell miles north of the entrance to grays harbor and seventy miles rulles north of the mouth of the columbia river twenty lives were lost including that of captain allair three of the crew were sav saved ed b by bring washed ashore ubi upon pieces of wree wreckage y age the file dead lead body of the he mate encased el c as d in life preservers has been found on oi ake the e beach but none of the other bodies have lave vet been found the vessel is re reported ported a total loss blie she was coal laden and sailed from newcastle new south wales for 11 portland ortland oregon nov ath she was consigned to balfour guthie co of portland the scene of the wreck was a mile north of where the abercorn Aber Abere corn orn was wrecked owing to the lack of telegraph telegraph facilities no farther further news ts is obtains obtainable L Is at present british vice consul cherry of this city has telegraphed to graya grays harbor to care lor for the three survivors till fill they are able to be brought here the ferndale was spoken last sunday fifty miles olf the entrance to columbia river captain nichols of the ship scottish isles who arrived in this afternoon reports that when he be was in lit the locality 0 of the wreck yesterday afternoon ft a strong wind sprang up from the west and he lie tacked and ur stood out to sea H he e supposed that captain blair of the los lost t sills ship must have tacked on the other quarter and all stood in toward the shore was caught by the fatal current curre jit and was carried in the swirl to the northeast the sea was the highest ever known on the coast |