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f I —CP Wirephoto A sailor from the Coast Guard icebreaker Sir William Alexander is hoisted from the wreck of the trawler Iceland II, which ran aground on the east coast of Cape Breton. Coast Guard found one body on the wreck. belH&ffcd^ead in trawler grounding A FOURCHU, N.S. — The 91-foot trawler Iceland II was found aground near this Cape Breton fishing village Saturday, raising the number of vessels wrecked in recent storms to three and the possi-. ble death toll to 28. Another ship carrying seven has been missing 'for several days. The wreck of the Iceland II was discovered Saturday by Brian MacKay, 17, as he strolled along the rocky beach near 'his home. Ground searchers discovered the body . of one of the crew about five miles east of the wreck and a Coast Guard boarding . party found another body above decks. The storm, prevented investigation of the below-decks section of the ship. Two dories and, a rubber raft were found on the rocks, leaving little hope that any of the crew of 10 were alive. The Iceland II, on charter to Eastern Fisheries Ltd. of Souris, P.E.I., was on the Banquereau banks about 100 miles southeast of here. It is believed to have headed for shelter with two other Eastern Fisheries vessels when a storm threatened. . Paul Gallant, trawler manager Eastern Fisheries, said in a telephone interview Saturday night there was little hope that any of the crewmen had survived. Two other vessels of the fleet had made Louisbourg and Mulgrave, N.S., safely. The captain of each of the vessels had thought the Stricken Iceland had accompanied the other. Mr. Gallant said the Iceland II had apparently been heading for Louisbourg "and must have got off course." Ground searchers in this area said it appeared by the position of the wreck that the vessel was travelling under power when she Struck. Mr. Gallant said it probably struck Thursday night while the Cape Breton coast was being battered by a stiff southeast gale. Loss of the, Iceland is the latest in a series of marine tragedies along Canada's East Coast during a week of high winds, huge seas, snow, sleet and rain. Disaster first struck Tuesday when the trawler Cape Bonnie ground up on rocks near the entrance to Halifax Harbor. All IS of her crew were lost. The Halifax-based schooner Maureen and Michael went down Thursday south of Cape Race, Nfld., her decks stove in and her wheelhouse shattered by heavy seas. A U.S. Coast Guard ship took her crew of eight off shortly before the schooner sank. An air search involving seven planes continued yesterday in the area south of Cape Race for the Lockport, N.S., longliner Polly and Robbie with seven men aboard. The 85-foot vessel has not been heard from since early last week.