A telephone message received late yesterday afternoon from Olema, on the North Pacific Railroad, conveyed the news that the British ship Haddingtonshire, Capt. Mackenzie, had gone ashore three miles above Point Reyes, and that 18 lives had been lost, only two persons, a man and a boy. It was learned that the vessel had gone ashore 3 o'clock yesterday morning, and that her commander was among the doomed. I appeared that the Haddingtonshire was a new vessel which was making her first return trip from the Columbia River to Glasgow. All went well until the tropics were reached. The ship encountered a sucession of fierce gales which finally culminated in a hurricane on the equator. It was found that the ship was so badly disabled that it would be hopeless to proceed on the voyage. They knew that they were far out of their course and their only safety was to reach this port, where repairs could be made. But the Captain found that he had lost his chronometer during the storm, therefore the navigation of the vessel must be by dead reckoning, which as best is only guesswork. Early in the morning, when the fog was so dense that the lookout could not see 10 yards ahead, the vessel drove upon the big reef which juts out beyond Point Reyes light, on the Marine Coast, about 40 miles from this city. The wind was blowing a gale, the sea ran high, and it is an iron bound coast. There was small prspect for the doomed men board to reach the shore through the surf, which beat upon the rocks, and whose roar they could her high above the shrieking of the wind. Of the 20 men on board only two succeeded in reaching the shore alive. The remainder, including the Captain, went down in the surf or were dashed to death against the rocks. Nothing could be done to save the cargo, the ship went to pieces very speedily, and it was impossible to reach the place where she struck. Her cargo was valuable one, consisting of 12,514 barrels of flour, valued at $50,056, and 17,696 cases of Columbia River salmon, valued at $53,400. The cargo was fully insured in England. Weekly Times-Telephone of