The Shipwrecked Romance of Eva and Thomas (1878)

The Loch Ard sank when in struck Mutton Bird Island in a dense fog off of the coast of Australia, close to the end of its voyage. When the public discovered that there were only two survivors, a young man and a young woman of about the same age, and that he had saved her from drowning, the general agreement of the newspaper reading public was that he had won her hand in marriage. She was not so sure.

Ship Name: The Loch Ard

Built: 1873

Sank: 1878

Tonnage: 1693

Vessel Type: Iron Clipper

Sources: https://www.jstor.org/stable/29543285?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3A6cd70b5994e47e396a222587f6642212&seq=6#page_scan_tab_contents

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5934740/250140

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40481036

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/only-two-people-survived-the-wreck-of-the-loch-ard-on-victorias-shipwreck-coast/news-story/5dee96ea13d7b67d35409047c02c55af

https://www.environment.gov.au/shipwreck/public/wreck/wreck.do?key=6368

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30851082.html