Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Friday, February 13th, 1891:
WEST HARTLEPOOL STEAMER SUNK. FOURTEEN OF THE CREW MISSING. The steamer Milo, of West Hartlepool, for Rouen, with a cargo of ore, sank last night off Molne, near Ushant. Five men have been landed Ushant. Fourteen others, with the captain, went seawards in another boat. The Milo is owned by Messrs. Leask, Clark and Co., West Hartlepool.