After thirteen long weeks, the ship was finally within days of arriving in Melbourne. One night, there was bad weather, and a thick mist off the coast. When the mist lifted, the captain saw that they were only two kilometres from the jagged cliffs at the edge of the water. The Loch Ard was way off course.
The captain tried hard to avoid the cliffs, heading out to sea, and dropping anchors, but it was no good. There was a terrible crash, and the ship ran into a small island, Mutton Bird Island, just near the coast. The Loch Ard sank in only fifteen minutes.
In that time, people desperately rushed for the life belts, but there were only enough for six people, the Carmichael family members were the first to grab them. The captain went down with his ship, which was the honourable thing for a captain to do when his ship was wrecked.
However, the seas were still very dangerous, and it was almost impossible to get to shore.
18 year old Eva Carmichael clung to some wreckage from the ship, and was alone when she finally came near the shore. Floating through huge cliffs, she found herself in a small bay, but she was too exhausted to make it to shore herself, and was ready to collapse.
Luckily for her, Tom Pearce, also 18, was on the shore already. Exhausted himself, he swam out to rescue her, and brought her safely back to shore.
Then Tom climbed the cliffs to search for help. In time, he found people to help them, and Eva could begin to recover from her shocking ordeal. JeremyIsAwesome
The Loch Ard
After thirteen long weeks, the ship was finally within days of arriving in Melbourne. One night, there was bad weather, and a thick mist off the coast. When the mist lifted, the captain saw that they were only two kilometres from the jagged cliffs at the edge of the water. The Loch Ard was way off course.
The captain tried hard to avoid the cliffs, heading out to sea, and dropping anchors, but it was no good. There was a terrible crash, and the ship ran into a small island, Mutton Bird Island, just near the coast. The Loch Ard sank in only fifteen minutes.
In that time, people desperately rushed for the life belts, but there were only enough for six people, the Carmichael family members were the first to grab them. The captain went down with his ship, which was the honourable thing for a captain to do when his ship was wrecked.
However, the seas were still very dangerous, and it was almost impossible to get to shore.
18 year old Eva Carmichael clung to some wreckage from the ship, and was alone when she finally came near the shore. Floating through huge cliffs, she found herself in a small bay, but she was too exhausted to make it to shore herself, and was ready to collapse.
Luckily for her, Tom Pearce, also 18, was on the shore already. Exhausted himself, he swam out to rescue her, and brought her safely back to shore.
Then Tom climbed the cliffs to search for help. In time, he found people to help them, and Eva could begin to recover from her shocking ordeal.
JeremyIsAwesome