[Source 1] The news provides still incomplete information about the steamer Bahia, shipwrecked after a collision with the Pirapama, off Goiana / PE. [Source 2] The information about the shipwreck is more consistent. Up to that newspaper edition, 62 deaths are known. The Bahia measured 14542 English tons of tonnage; had 280 horsepower; a crew of 60 men, being sailors and ship employees; and had accommodations for 100 steerage passengers and 400 deck passengers. According to the news, the Bahia has insurance of 36,000 pounds, 24,000 with the company to which it belongs (name not disclosed) and 12,000 with the Home Colonial Marine Insurance Company, of London. (Source 3] Reports that the steamer Bahia, coming from the south, entered the Port of Parahyba on July 08, 1884.