Into the Breakers: The Loch Ard Tragedy

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It is the early morning hours of

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the 1st of June 1878. 
Passengers on the sailing ship 

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Lockhart are below in their 
quarters after a pleasant 

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farewell party on this, the last
night of their voyage. 

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They would be in Melbourne 
within a day and their long 

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journey would come to an end. 
The weather had been nice, but 

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squalls in a thick haze had 
pestered them the last several 

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days. 19 year old Eva Carmichael
was awake in her bed, listening 

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to the muffled rumble of the 
sea. 

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Eva, relocating to Australia 
from Ireland with her family, 

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was hopeful about her future, 
but still she felt a bit of 

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trepidation. 
She thought of the rumor she had

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heard during the voyage that the
ship was cursed, but shrugged 

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that all off as nonsense. 
The captain and crew seemed 

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perfectly professional and 
capable, and nothing unseemly 

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had occurred over the past 90 
days. 

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A cold draft then blew in, 
chilling her, and the young 

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woman pulled her blankets closer
to her. 

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On deck, Captain George Gibbs 
stared into a world he could not

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see. 
He knew the southern Australian 

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coast was somewhere ahead, and 
he was fearful of the dangerous 

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shallows nearer to its shores. 
The Lockhard's crewmen quietly 

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feared the same dangers, though 
none dared to speak of it. 

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Within earshot of the passengers
the Lockhard had weathered were 

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storms, they told themselves, 
but the thick mist hid the rocky

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cliffs before them, concealing 
their distance and their 

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dangers. 
When the Breakers finally 

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roared, no one mistook them for 
anything but doom. 

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When the ship struck, her hull 
screamed as splintered Timbers 

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flew, lanterns burst, and small 
fires erupted before being 

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doused by the incoming water. 
Eva Carmichael felt her world 

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tumble, then lurch. 
With her heart pounding, she 

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raced for her cabin door as she 
realized her life and future 

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were on the line. 
Her parents tried to reach her 

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through the chaos, calling out 
for her over the roar of the 

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surf and crashing Thunder of 
collapsing beams. 

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The lockhard was going down into
the Breakers. 

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The Lockhard tragedy today on 
shipwrecks and sea dogs. 

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Hello and welcome to Shipwrecks 
and Sea Dogs, tales of mishaps, 

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misfortune and misadventure. 
I'm your host, Rich Napolitano. 

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The Victoria coastline of 
southern Australia is the final 

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resting place of 638 known 
shipwrecks. 

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Although most of those have not 
been discovered, these waters of

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the Bass Strait have, deservedly
so, earn the nickname of the 

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Shipwreck Coast. 17 vessels of 
the Lock line, including the 

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Lockard, were lost between 1871 
and 1918. 

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Six of those were lost in the 
waters of Australia. 

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The Lockhard was a three masted 
iron hulled Clipper built by 

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Charles Connell and Company of 
Glasgow on the River Clyde in 

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1873. 
She was built for the General 

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Shipping Company, part of the 
lock line of Glasgow that 

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operated between Great Britain 
and Australia. 

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Her name Lockard comes from the 
Scottish lock of the same name 

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located West of Aberfoyle and 
means high lake in Scottish 

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Gaelic. 
With a sleek 263 foot long haul 

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and fully rigged sail plan, she 
was designed to be fast and 

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comfortable to compete with the 
burgeoning steamships between 

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Great Britain and Australia. 
While the passenger trade was 

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lucrative, she could also carry 
over 3000 tons of cargo and the 

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lock line was perhaps the most 
well known fleet of ships 

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serving this route. 
The impressive vessel did not 

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get off to an auspicious start, 
however. 

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The Lockhart embarked on her 
maiden voyage in December of 

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1873, bound from Glasgow to 
Melbourne. 

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Just a few days into her 
journey, she was dismasted in a 

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storm and was forced to return. 
She limped back to Glasgow to 

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undergo repairs, which took a 
month to complete. 

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On the 26th of January 1874, the
Lockhart again departed Glasgow 

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for Melbourne. 
Again she encountered A vicious 

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storm, this time in the Southern
Ocean. 

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All three of her masks were 
snapped, leaving her helpless in

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the vast open waters. 
The crew spent four days bailing

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and pumping water before 
constructing a jury rig or 

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temporary mast and sail. 
Broken, battered and bruised, 

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the Lockhart crossed the 
remaining 4500 miles and arrived

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in Melbourne on May 24th, 1874. 
On a later voyage her captain 

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died while sailing to India and 
the ship nearly ran aground with

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her, trouble seemingly behind 
her. 

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The Lockhart set sail again on 
the 27th of February 1878 from 

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London and made a stop at Groves
and Kent to have its compasses 

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adjusted. 
Finally, on the 2nd of March, or

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perhaps the third, she departed 
from Melbourne under the command

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of Captain George Gibb with 36 
crew and 18 passengers. 

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Included in its 3000 tons of 
cargo were grand pianos, 

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perfumes, crystal chandeliers, 
opulent clocks and marble goods 

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indicating the wealth of her 
passengers. 

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It also carried railway 
materials such as rolls of lead 

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and copper, plus other 
industrial goods. 

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Included among the 18 passengers
was the wealthy Carmichael 

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family. 
The patriarch of the family was 

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Doctor Every Carmichael who was 
moving his family to Australia. 

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His oldest son William had 
already relocated to NSW and 

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urged his father to move his 
family to the clean air and 

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comfortable climate of 
Australia. 

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Sailing with Doctor Carmichael 
was his wife Rebecca, their two 

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sons and four daughters, 
including 19 year old Eva 

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Carmichael. 
Doctor Carmichael had recently 

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given his wife a beautiful gold 
watch made by James McCabe as a 

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symbol of his love. 
While talking with other 

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passengers, Eva Carmichael heard
rumors of the ship being cursed 

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and learned of its prior 
tribulations. 

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An especially nervous passenger,
Reginald Jones, expressed his 

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sinking feeling to Eva that he 
would never step foot in 

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Australia. 
Despite the rumors of a curse 

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and the anxiety shared by some 
of its passengers, the voyage 

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was relatively pleasant, 
especially for the Carmichaels 

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who traveled in first class 
comfort. 

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Only one rough Gale was 
experienced when they rounded 

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the Cape of Good Hope, and the 
weather had otherwise been quite

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agreeable overall. 
Approximately 5 days out from 

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the Australian mainland, Captain
Gibbs discovered another 

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discrepancy between his steering
compass and his standard 

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compass. 
This could be overcome, but he 

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would need good visibility to 
determine his coordinates and 

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the proper course. 
With good weather and clear 

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skies he could make the proper 
observations and make any 

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necessary course corrections. 
Until 1798, ships approaching 

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Melbourne from the West sailed S
around the island of Tasmania, 

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then named Van Diemen's Land. 
When George Bass and Matthew 

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Flinder circumnavigated TAS in 
1798, it opened a quicker route 

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to the ports of Melbourne in 
Sydney. 

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This body of water between the 
Australian mainland and Tasmania

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was named the Bass Strait in 
honor of George Bass. 

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Bass Strait is known as some of 
the most dangerous waters in the

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world. 50 plus islands are 
scattered throughout and 

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countless Shoals make navigation
difficult as deep water changes 

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to shallow in just an instant. 
Cold air and water from the 

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Southern Ocean converging with 
the warm waters of the Tasman 

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Sea causes turbulent, powerful 
and unpredictable currents, plus

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severe weather, making Bass 
Strait especially treacherous. 

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To make matters more difficult, 
successful passage from West to 

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east requires sailing through a 
narrow channel just 85 

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kilometers wide, or about 53 
miles between the Australian 

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mainland and King Island. 
Mariners call this approach to 

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Melbourne threading the eye of 
the needle as it is imperative 

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to precisely stay on course and 
not veer too far north or South.

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As the Lockard entered Bass 
Strait, the weather turned and a

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thick haze enveloped the ship. 
Captain Gibb could not observe 

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the sun in order to determine 
his position, nor could he 

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observe landmarks on shore. 
Combined with inconsistencies 

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with his compasses, this was a 
significant problem. 

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It was common knowledge to 
Mariners that ships should 

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remain far off the coast until 
passing Cape Ottway, avoiding 

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the dangerous Shoals. 
Captain Gibb and the other 

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officers attempted to make 
observations to correct the 

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compasses, getting only 
occasional and brief glimpses at

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the sun. 
On the evening of the 30th of 

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May, Captain Gibb believe they 
were 150 miles southwest of Cape

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Ottway, the landmark that would 
signal a turn to the north. 

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On the final approach to 
Melbourne, the passengers threw 

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a farewell party to celebrate 
their final night at sea. 

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This was an event Captain Gibb 
would normally attend, but he 

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had been especially anxious and 
remained on duty. 

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This was the Captain's first 
voyage to Australia, a fact he 

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nervously mentioned to Doctor 
Carmichael several times, and 

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now with the haze and low 
visibility, Captain Gibb became 

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more and more concerned. 
As the evening got late, most 

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passengers retired to their 
quarters, expecting to be in 

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Melbourne the following day. 
Captain Gibb remained diligent, 

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pacing the deck, watching the 
horizon, checking the sails and 

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keeping an eye out for land. 
The wind had strengthened behind

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the lockhard prompting Captain 
Gibb to shorten the Royal and 

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top gallant sails. 
Also on deck was apprentice 18 

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year old Thomas Pierce who took 
two soundings each showing a 

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safe depth of 63 fathoms. 
While conditions were not ideal,

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precautions were being taken and
all was seemingly well. 

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At 2:00 AM on the 1st of June, 
Captain Gibbs load the ship 

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again by hauling up the mainsail
and foresail as the Cape Otway 

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light was expected to be reached
by 4:00 AM. 

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The stars were visible and the 
seas were clear, but still the 

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heavy fog prevented any glimpse 
of land. 

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Every quarter hour a man was 
sent up the floor mast to look 

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out for any signs of land, but 
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At 4 AMA lookout on the floor, 

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Mast gazed into the distance, 
when suddenly the mist parted, 

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revealing crashing Breakers and 
large cliffs dead ahead and the 

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ship dangerously close to them. 
He shouted Breakers ahead and 

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all hands were ordered to report
to the deck, and the sails were 

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hoisted to bring the ship about.
But there was little time to 

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react and not much room to 
maneuver. 

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The Lockhart continued to drift 
toward the rocks with its bow 

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against the wind. 
Its anchors were released in a 

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last ditch effort to stop the 
drift toward the perilous coast,

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but they could not take hold in 
the sandy bottom of the Bass 

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Strait. 
Within just minutes, the 

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Lockhart slammed into a rocky 
ledge so close to shore that her

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yard struck the Cliff face 
before her. 

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She rolled back and forth with 
each surge of the powerful surf.

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Holes were punched into her 
hole, which grew larger as the 

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pounding waves showed no mercy. 
Her iron plates buckled under 

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the stress and panic gripped the
passengers. 

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Captain Gibb ordered the 
lifeboats lowered and life 

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jackets were distributed in the 
hazy dark. 

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Crewmen struggled with the 
lifeboats, and passengers 

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scrambled for their lives. 
Waves crashed over the deck of 

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the ship, and it lurched and 
rocked with each surge. 

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Broken spars from the ship's 
yards continued to strike the 

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Cliff face, showering the ship 
below. 

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Fearing being struck, many 
sought shelter below despite the

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ship already filling with water.
A massive wave then struck the 

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lockhard, lifting her up, 
spinning her stern off the rocks

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and snapping her mainmast. 
It crashed down on the deck, 

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crushing anyone below. 
The lockhard was sinking 

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quickly, with some still trapped
below decks. 

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Eva Carmichael stood on the poop
deck with Captain Gibb as the 

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ship was in her final throws. 
Captain Gibbs shouted to her. 

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Tell my wife that I died like a 
seaman at my post. 

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Eva Carmichael then slid into 
the turbulent water attempting 

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to escape the sinking ship. 
She found some relief by 

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floating on a wooden hen's cage 
and grasped onto a broken spar. 

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Passengers Reginald Jones and 
Arthur Mitchell also found the 

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spar and the three held on for 
their lives as the serf dragged 

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them where it would. 
In the chaos, Thomas Pierce 

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attempted to lower the port side
lifeboat. 

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Although just 18 years old, he 
was no stranger to the perils of

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the sea. 
His father, RG Pierce, was 

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captain of the s s Gothenburg in
February of 1875 and he was 

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killed when a ship went down 
after striking a reef off 

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Townsville, QLD. 
Thomas himself experienced 

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disaster on just his second 
voyage while on board the Eliza 

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Ramsden. 
The vessel struck Corsair Rock 

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at nearby Port Phillip Heads and
later sank with Pierce and five 

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others in the lifeboat. 
It was released into the water 

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and was immediately carried away
in the current. 

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The men attempted to hold on to 
the lockhard using grappling 

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hooks, which only caused the 
lifeboat to capsize under the 

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strain and all its occupants 
were dumped into the treacherous

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surf. 
Pierce held on to the overturned

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boat, and when he regained his 
bearings, he saw none of his 

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shipmates or the passengers. 
He remained under the capsized 

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boat for roughly an hour, 
breathing air through the drain 

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plug hole. 
The violent currents dragged him

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and the capsized lifeboat out 
and back until Pierce could see 

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a gorge that cut deep through 
the Cliff face. 

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The incoming tide caused the 
boat to strike the rocks, which 

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threw Pierce from the boat. 
He remembered seeing a sandy 

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beach at the end of the gorge, 
and Pierce swam for it. 

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He struggled through the cold 
water and powerful currents 

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before finally collapsing on the
beach. 

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He then came to the realization 
that he was alone. 

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The ship was gone, and nobody 
else was Insight, only scattered

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debris from the wreck that had 
floated into the gorge. 

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Exhausted and cold, Pierce 
sheltered in a nearby cave to 

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rest and recover his strength. 
After about an hour of rest, Tom

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Pierce left The Cave to search 
for any supplies or food that 

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may have washed ashore. 
It was then he heard a shout 

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coming from the water. 
Peering into the distance he 

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could see a tiny figure bobbing 
up and down, waving a hand about

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200 yards from shore, he struck 
out into the water, immediately 

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swimming against the fierce 
tide. 

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As he approached he recognized 
her as the young woman Eva 

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Carmichael. 
She was clinging onto a spar 

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from the ship and was only semi 
conscious when he reached her. 

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Pierce grabbed hole of the 
fading woman and made the 

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difficult swim back to the 
beach. 

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He placed her safely on the sand
and observed her badly bruised 

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body covered only in a 
nightgown. 

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He immediately carried her to 
The Cave and laid her on a bed 

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of seagrass that he assembled. 
Eva Carmichael needed warmth and

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Pierce set out again to search 
for supplies, discovering a case

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of Brandy. 
Eva drank some of the Brandy 

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when she regained her senses and
Pierce massaged her feet, hands,

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arms and legs to warm them up 
and regain circulation. 

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While they had shelter and Eva 
had started to recover, Pierce 

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knew they must find help. 
Looking around, he saw the gorge

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was surrounded by high cliffs 
and he set out to climb to the 

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top. 
This proved to be extremely 

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difficult as the sandstone did 
not provide for strong 

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footholds. 
Exhausted, he was forced to 

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pause several times before 
finally finding a path up to the

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top. 
Once there, he was met with 

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waist high, almost impenetrable 
scrub. 

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Pierce moved through the 
vegetation slowly and with much 

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difficulty. 
Each step was met with a divot, 

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roots or some other obstacle, 
making for difficult footing. 

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All around him was quiet 
isolation and the roaring seas 

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from his reckoning. 
He determined to be still a 

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great distance from Melbourne, 
and his hopes of encountering 

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any civilization dwindled. 
Still, he pressed on. 

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After a time, he came across two
men on horses who called for him

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to approach. 
The bedraggled, exhausted and 

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bleeding Pierce presented 
himself. 

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He explained what happened to 
the ship and his subsequent 

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struggles with Eva Carmichael. 
The two men were George Ford and

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William Till, who had been 
herding sheep from the nearby 

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Glen Ample Homestead. 
The Lockhart had wrecked on 

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Mutton Bird Island, about 47 
kilometers or 29 miles northwest

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of Cape Otway and a long way off
from Melbourne. 

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The men offered Pierce food and 
shoes, but he declined. 

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He wanted to hurry back to The 
Cave to tend to Eva while Ford 

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and Till returned to Glen Ample 
Homestead to get help. 

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The homestead was owned by Mr. 
Hugh Gibson. 

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Food and supplies were packed by
his wife, Rebecca, while Mr. 

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Gibson saddled up the horses and
gathered a rescue party. 

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Gibson and his men found Tom 
Pierce caught in the thick 

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shrub. 
He was weak, distressed, 

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bloodied and on the verge of 
delirium. 

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They freed Pierce from the 
vegetation and the group 

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continued on to The Cave. 
On the beach, however, Eva was 

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nowhere to be found. 
As the evening progressed, 

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Pierce grew despondent, 
believing Ava Carmichael had 

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woken to find herself alone and 
threw herself into the sea in 

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despair. 
They searched for Eva throughout

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the night, and William Till was 
sent back to the homestead for 

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lanterns and a small carriage. 
When they returned at 9:00 PM, 

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Eva had been found. 
She had run from The Cave, 

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fearing the voices she heard 
from the clifftops were 

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Aboriginal people. 
She hid in the thick brush and 

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her terrified moans were 
eventually heard by the 

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searchers. 
They found her hiding in the 

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scrub, weak and mumbling Oh am I
dying, where is Thomas? 

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The young woman was wrapped in 
blankets and a fire was made 

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using debris from the ship. 
Hugh Gibson provided food and 

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hot coffee that Rebecca Gibson 
had packed earlier and the two 

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survivors warmed up by the fire 
and rested. 

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Gibson then LED a party back up 
the cliffs and they hauled Eva 

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Carmichael up the Cliff face 
using ropes. 

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The entire group returned to the
Glen Ample Homestead, arriving 

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at 2:00 AM on the 2nd of June, 
safe and warm now in the 

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Gibson's home, the reality of 
the circumstances washed over 

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Eva as she realized her whole 
family was likely dead. 

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After some additional care and 
hot food, Thomas and Eva were 

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given beds for much needed 
sleep. 

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George Ford was sent by Hugh 
Gibson to deliver news of the 

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shipwreck to Camperdown, some 50
miles away. 

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Gibson also sent a telegram to 
officials in Camperdown reading.

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The ship Lockhart was wrecked 
off this coast last night. 

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All hands and passengers are 
supposed to be lost except Miss 

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Eveline Carmichael and Tom 
Pierce, midshipmen who swam 

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ashore. 
The place of the wreck is about 

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one mile east from the 
Sherbrooke. 

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I hope protection will be given 
from The Wreckers. 

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A search party was sent from 
Camperdown to the wreck site the

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following day to protect the 
site and search for survivors. 

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They found wreckage scattered up
and down the gorge and only a 

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single mast of the Lockard was 
visible above the water. 

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Of the 54 crew and passengers, 
only Thomas Pierce and Eva 

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Carmichael survived. 
Eva's mother, Rebecca Carmichael

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and her sister Rabbi were the 
first bodies to be recovered. 

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The bodies of Reginald Jones and
Arthur Mitchell were also found 

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a short time later. 
These were the two men that 

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briefly clung to the same spar 
used by Eva Carmichael. 11 more 

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bodies were spotted, but they 
were in an impossible location 

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to reach. 
The four recovered bodies were 

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buried in a spot chosen by Eva 
Carmichael atop a Cliff 

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overlooking the wreck site. 
Coffins for the dead were made 

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of remnants from piano cases 
washed ashore from the wreck. 

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Hugh and Rebecca Gibson and the 
workers from the Glen Ample 

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homestead were in attendance, 
along with other local 

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residents, police officers and 
customs officials. 

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Thomas Pierce and Eva Carmichael
looked on in somber silence as a

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preacher from a nearby community
performed the services. 

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The Lockhart's cargo was worth 
£50,000, about £7 million today.

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Various officials and volunteers
safeguarded the wreck site from 

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looters in the coming weeks as 
news of the awful tragedy spread

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throughout the area. 
The wreck was eventually sold to

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a company in Geelong for 1200 
lbs. 

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They began salvage operations 
almost immediately and great 

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stores of sunken cargo and 
wreckage from the ship were 

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retrieved and placed on shore 
nearby. 

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But the perceived curse of the 
Lockard struck again when a 

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terrible storm swept through the
area and washed away all that 

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had been recovered. 
Another salvage effort was 

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attempted using a team of divers
aboard the steamer Napier. 

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It too ran into trouble when it 
grounded on the rocks, damaging 

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her propeller and holing her 
hull. 

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Attempts to pull the Napier off 
the rocks failed, and she was 

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considered a total loss. 
All salvage efforts of the 

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Lockhard were then abandoned. 
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physical and emotional trauma as
the only crew member to survive.

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Officials in Melbourne asked 
Pierce to attend an inquiry into

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the loss of the Lockard and he 
provided a full and detailed 

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00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,680
account. 
Afterwards, Thomas Pierce was 

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showered with gratitude and 
gifts by the people of Victoria.

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00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,680
The Governor of Victoria awarded
him with a gold watch and chain.

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00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,520
The Royal Humane Society of 
Victoria awarded him with a gold

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00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,280
medal for his heroism in saving 
Eva Carmichael. 

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00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:15,160
The people of Warrnambool 
collected 100 lbs to give to him

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00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,800
so he could purchase new clothes
and have a bit of spending 

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00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,800
money. 
In Sydney, NSW. 

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00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,200
He was given a new set of 
nautical instruments and 

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navigation charts. 
Remarkably, a trust was 

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00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:30,120
established for him by the 
people of NSW and Victoria for 

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00:28:30,120 --> 00:28:33,560
Pierce to access upon his coming
of age or commanding his first 

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vessel. 
For his part, Thomas Pierce was 

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00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,440
publicly very humble and stated 
he had only done what he thought

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was right. 
Thomas Pierce and Eva Carmichael

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00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:47,760
were celebrities of sorts and 
the 18 year old seaman and 19 

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00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,560
year old young woman naturally 
developed a closeness with each 

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00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:52,920
other. 
Eva would often throw her arms 

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00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:56,920
around Thomas and shout my 
savior, embarrassing the humble 

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young man. 
While circumstances pointed to a

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00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,360
beautiful romance for the 
couple, something the public 

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00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:06,280
wished for, an intimate 
relationship never developed 

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00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:09,800
between the two. 
Despite the wonderful care, 

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00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,760
warmth and compassion she had 
received from the people of 

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00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:16,400
Australia, Eva missed her 
remaining family back in Ireland

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00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,160
and was desperately homesick. 
Just two months after being 

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shipwrecked and nearly killed, 
Eva Carmichael bid farewell to 

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00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:27,000
her new friends at Glen Apple 
Homestead and to Thomas Pierce. 

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00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:32,640
She departed in August of 1878 
and never again saw Australia or

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00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:36,400
Thomas Pierce. 
She married TA Townsend two 

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00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,440
years later in Bedford, England,
where she lived with her husband

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00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,320
and three children for many long
years. 

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00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:47,320
Eva Carmichael Townsend died on 
the 8th of April 1934 at the age

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00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:50,560
of 74. 
The Warren Bull Standard 

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00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:54,280
newspaper in Victoria printed 
her obituary, still remembering 

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00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:57,400
the young woman who washed up on
the shore so many years ago. 

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00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:02,120
Thomas Pierce relocated to 
Sydney where he joined the crew 

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00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,840
of the Loch Suunart, which was 
on its maiden voyage from 

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00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,640
England. 
He experienced another shipwreck

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00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,960
on the ship's next voyage to 
Australia when the Loch Suunart 

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00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:13,320
struck Sklmartin Rock off the 
coast of Ireland. 

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00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:17,640
The ship was a total loss, but 
Pierce and all others on board 

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00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,720
were rescued. 
Thomas Pierce married Edith 

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00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:24,600
Strassenberg in 1884 and they 
had two sons and a daughter 

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00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,240
together. 
Both sons became ship's 

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00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,880
apprentices and his oldest, 
Thomas William Pierce, was 

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00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,600
killed when his ship was lost 
off the coast of South 

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00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:37,400
Australia. 
Thomas Pierce senior went on to 

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00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:41,000
work for the Royal Mail Steam 
Packet Company and in 19 O five 

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00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,880
he was named master of his own 
ship operating between 

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00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:48,480
Southampton and the West Indies.
In 19 O six, he was given 

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00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,840
command of the liner RMS 
Orinoco. 

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00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:55,120
Under his command, the Orinoco 
collided with the Nordocher 

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00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,640
Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm de 
Grosso. 

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00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:02,040
The Orinoco penetrated the 
German ship's bow, killing four 

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00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,880
people. 
An inquiry into the accident 

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00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:08,600
determined the Wilhelm de Grosso
to be entirely at fault, and 

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00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,760
Pierce was exonerated of any 
wrongdoing. 

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00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,440
He was then given command of the
RMS Trent, but just two years 

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00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:18,200
later he became ill and was 
forced to step down. 

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00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:23,320
He died of his illness on the 
14th of December, 19 O 8, at the

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age of 49. 
The Royal Mail Steam Packet 

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00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,880
Company sent one of its 
directors to Pierce's funeral, 

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00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:33,280
something they had not done 
before for any of its officers. 

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00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:37,760
The company also awarded £500 to
his widow Edith. 

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00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:42,880
The wreck of the Lockhart 
remained in place virtually 

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00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:47,280
undisturbed until 1967, when it 
was found off Mutton Bird Island

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00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:51,120
by a local diver. 
Ownership of the wreck was hotly

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00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:54,560
contested for years. 
Treasure hunters, meanwhile, 

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00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:57,320
scoured the wreck and pulled 
countless items for their own 

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00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:02,400
private collections. 
In 1993, an amnesty allowed for 

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00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,360
owners of such relics to 
register and catalog the items 

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00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,600
without fear of prosecution and 
be permitted to retain 

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00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,760
ownership. 
The Flagstaff Hill Maritime 

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00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,440
Museum in Warrnambool houses 
some of the relics from the 

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00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:17,600
Lockhart, including sheets of 
copper and lead ingots. 

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00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:22,280
It is also home to perhaps the 
most well known artifact known 

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00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:26,040
as the Milton Peacock. 
This magnificent work of art 

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00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:29,480
features a colorful Peacock 
standing on a rock and was made 

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00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:33,040
at the Minton factory in Stoke 
on Trent in the 1870s. 

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00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:37,200
One of 12 produced, this 
particular piece was destined 

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00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:42,000
for the 1879 Sydney Exhibition. 
In the 1880 Milburn Expedition 

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00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:46,360
it was found washed up on shore 
two days after the wreck of the 

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00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:49,560
Lock. 
Art It is worth an estimated $4 

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00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:53,280
million today. 
The museum also houses Rebecca 

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00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:56,600
Carmichael's gold watch, the 
gift given to her by her 

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00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,560
husband. 
The watch was found on Misses 

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00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,400
Carmichael when her body was 
recovered. 

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00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,920
It was then given to Eva 
Carmichael, who brought it back 

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00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:06,720
to Ireland and gave it to her 
husband. 

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00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:11,600
The watch remained in the 
Townsend family until 2011, when

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00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,800
it was put up for auction at 
Sotheby's Melbourne. 

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00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,120
Through public and government 
support, the watch was purchased

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00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:21,600
by the Flagstaff Hill Maritime 
Museum, where it remains today. 

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00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:27,400
Known as the Carmichael Watch. 
Today, the gorge where Tom and 

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00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:31,160
Eva landed is named Lockhart 
Gorge, and a nearby scenic 

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00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:35,440
overlook is named Tom and Eva 
Lookout, honoring the ship's 

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00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:39,360
only two survivors. 
The cemetery where the dead were

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00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:42,280
buried is atop the adjacent 
Cliff above the gorge. 

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00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:46,280
The tombstones of Rebecca and 
Robbie Carmichael, Arthur 

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00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:50,480
Mitchell and Reginald Jones can 
still be seen today, as well as 

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00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:54,320
a memorial plaque naming all 52 
people who lost their lives in 

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00:33:54,320 --> 00:34:01,080
the sea below. 
That's going to do it for Into 

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the Breakers, the Lockhart 
tragedy. 

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Thank you so much for listening.
Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs is 

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written, edited and produced by 
me, Rich Napolitano. 

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00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:13,600
Original theme music is by Sean 
Siegfried and you can find him 

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at seansiegfried.com. 
Remember that all back episode 

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show notes and merchandise can 
be found at 

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00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:23,159
shipwrecksandseadogs.com. 
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Please join me again next time, 
but until then, don't forget to 

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wear your life jackets.