sentences:  During a gale, the ship set out from Lakes Entrance bound for Melbourne via Port Albert.She encountered hurricane-force southerly winds and mountainous seas and sank about four miles off Cape Schanck.Of the 16 people on board, the only survivor was Robert Ponting, the ship's cook, who was washed ashore at Sorrento"back" (ocean) beach after clinging to a portion of cabin door.