Daily Alta California, 19 February 1886:
The captain and crew of a coffee-laden vessel from Rio Janeiro had a thrilling experience. During a storm the water got into the hold, the cargo became completely saturated, and the whole mass rose like yeast. With a shock that shook the vessel to her centre, the decks burst open. The hatches were wrenched off, and great seams opened in the vessel, which admitted the sea in torrents. There was nothing for it but to take to the boats, and the ship soon went to the bottom.
Elko Independent, 18 March 1871:
On the 4th of March Captain McDonald and the first and third officers of the steamer Europa were lost overboard in a severe gale, the rough sea preventing the launching of boats for their rescue.