"Struck on Diamond Shoals 8:30 of the 23d inst. and went to pieces at 3:30 p.m. on the 24th. Out of a crew of 7 men, 6 were lost. The vessel stranded about 9 miles east of the cape point. Owing to this and the thick weather the vessel was not discovered or its fate known, until the appearance of the one survivor." (Report of the Chief Signal Officer of the Army, Fiscal Year Ending June 1, 1881.)
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Chicago Tribune, Nov. 27, 1880
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