No news has yet been heard of the crew of the Sunderland steamer Belford, which was driven ashore off the coast of Islay, one of the islands if the Inner Hebrides, on Thursday last week. When the vessel was stuck fast on the rocks she was to outward appearances intact but a representative of Messrs. Speeding, Marshall and Co., who until recently owned the steamer, after visiting the scene wires that the ship has now gone to pieces. He has been unable to find any trace of the crew, who had apparently abandoned ship when they found she was being driven on the rocks.

The full list of the officers and crew of the Belford is as follows:-
J.H. Marshall, master, of 9 The Craiglands, Sunderland; J.F. Lawson, mate, Northumberland Street, Sunderland; J. Galloway, second mate, South Shields; G. Svenson, boatswain, Northumberland Street, Sunderland; A. Martinson, carpenter, Northumberland Street, Sunderland; T.P. Jones, A. Scott, A. Hgerstrom, H.G. Holmanish, S. Knudson, all A.B's; G. Anderson, sailor; J.A. Border, first Engineer, 17 Mount Road East, Sunderland; J.B. Davison, second engineer, Sunderland; Thomas Sands, third engineer, Salem Street, Sunderland; J.H. Taylor, donkeyman, South Shields; E. Johansson, L.E. Bodin, F. Sandberg, M. Camillirix, G. Johansson, G. Attford, firemen, R. Simpson, steward, Sunderland; J.T. Pitts, cook, and J. Dowling, mess-room steward.

The men whose addresses are not given belong mostly to Barry, where the crew was signed on.

It is feared that the crew are lost, as the bodies of two sailors belonging to the vessel have been washed ashore in the vicinity of the wreck during the last few days, and nothing has been heard of any of the others.

Capt. Marshall resided with his parents at The Craiglands, Tunstall Road. He is a nephew of Mr. S. Marshall, a partner in the firm, and had been in the employ of Messrs. Speeding, Marshall and Co. since he finished his apprenticeship on sailing vessels. He had been master of the Belford since 1908.