Shields Daily News 19 Aug 1898
Supposed Loss of a Ketch :
All hope is now abandoned for the ketch Sunshine of Brixham , which left Sunderland on the 20th July with coals for Loch Broom and which was owned by Mr Adam Logan , coal merchant , of Berwick. The vessel was manned by a crew of 3 hands , consisting of the Master , Captain Broderick , and his son and another *. Since the departure of the Sunshine the friends of Captain Broderick , who reside in South Shields , have not heard any tidings of the vessel whatever , and as stormy weather prevailed the day after her departure the gravest fears are now entertained , as the voyage from Sunderland to Loch Broom is usually accomplished in 3 or 4 days.
The article goes on to say that the master of a steam trawler which put in to the Tyne reported seeing a small vessel founder.
* the third person missing is identified as Middleton in Deaths at Sea.