LOSS OF LIFE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1893, 14 July 1888, Page 3

LOSS OF LIFE.

(BT BiEOTBIC TBLKGBAPH— COPYWBIOHT) (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Adelaide. July 13. The ship, Star of Greece, Captain Harrower, bound for Great Britain with ■*■ a cargo of wheat and two passengers, has gone ashore near Willuoga, thirty miles south of this city. The weather is very rough and the ship has broken m two. Four of the crew have been drowned, and only one has so far succeeded m reaching the shore. There are still twenty souls aboard the ill fated vessel m great peril, for it is momentarily expected that the ship will go to pieces. (Received July 14, 1.15 p.m.) - Adelaide, July 14. The after part of the ship Star of Greece disappeared early this morning, and many of the crew, including the Captain were drowned. Several were crushed to death by the wreckage. Six of the crew jumped overboard ' together, but their efforts to reach shore Were unsuccessful and all perished. The beach is strewn with wreckage, and many of the bodies have been seen washing about. The total number of persons on board was twenty-seven

(including two passengers), and of these the first and third officers, four men and four apprentices have been saved. All the others were drowned. The Chief Officer expresses the opinion that probably all would have been saved bad they stuck to. the remnant of the vessel. The South British Insurance Company have a line of on the : *. Vessel which was loaded with wheat. The names of the drowned are unknown at present.