What news does Tekoa share with Miss Frye in Chapter One of The Binnacle Boy?

Tekoa tells Miss Frye that she has come to do the work for the day because Sarah had fallen ill about the time she'd heard about the Orion. Miss Frye asks what the Orion has to do with Sarah's illness. Tekoa says when the boat came ashore, every one was found dead. Miss Frye's adopted son, Ethan, was aboard.