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The light house is open in summer for visitors from 9 A. M. to noon, and in win-
ter from 11 A. M. to noon, Sundays and stormy days excepted.
The following descriptions of lights and buoys in the vicinity of Atlantic City are obtained from official sources :
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ABSECON LICHI
Little Egg harbor înlet COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY CHARTS 122 AND 8.
SMILING DIRECTIONS, -Vessels intending to make this inlet will make the Outer Bay, and then run from buoy to buoy until opposite the Seventh, then NW. to anchorage. The channel of this inlet changes frequently. Every effort will be made to keep the buoys in the best water, but strangers should always exercise caution. There should be 412 feet on the bar at low water,
Name of station or locality of aid,
Color of aid.
Number, if a
buoy.
Description of mark or aid.
Compass bearings and distances of prominent objects from the aid.
est tides, in ft. Depth at low-
GENERAL REMARKS. (NOTE .- Bearings and courses are magnetic, and distances expressed in nautical miles. )
Outer Buoy
Black and white perpen- dicular stripes Black and white perpen- dicular stripes Black and
2d-class nun
Tucker Beach Light-House, NNE. 4 E. Little Beach Life-Saving Station, NNW. Second (or Bar ) Buoy, N. by W., 4 W. Third Buoy, N. by E. Tucker Beach Light-House, NNE.
17
Third Buoy
white perpen- dicular stripes Black and
3d-class can
Fifth Buoy, N. 12 E. Tucker Beach Light-House, NE.
18
In mid-channel
Fifth Buoy
white perpen- dicular stripes Black and white perpen- dicular stripes Black and
3d-class can
Sixth Buoy, N. by E. 12 E. Tucker Beach Light-House, NE. by E. 12 E.
45
In mid-channel
Sixth Buoy
3d-class can
Tucker Beach Light-House, E. Seventh Buoy, NW. by N.
45 In mid-channel
Seventh Buoy
white perpen- dicular stripes Red
3d-class spar
Tucker Beach Light-House, E. by S. Eighth Buoy, W. by N.
Eighth Buoy
Black and white perpen- dicular stripes
3dl-class can
Tucker Beach Light-House, E. Absecon Light-House, SW. by S.
18
II This buoy stands on low- er end of Middle Ground. Vessels must pass to the southward of it. In mid-channel
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Second (or Bar) Buoy
3d-class can
3d-class can
Tucker Beach Light-House, NE. by N. Fourth Buoy, N. 32 W.
24 In mid-channel
Fourth Buoy
ABOVE ANCHORAGE
[Fifth Buoy Red 3d-class nun
Absecon Light-House, S.
6
Rum Point Black and Day Beacon white
Large stake with five boards 5 feet long placed at right angles
Planted on Rum Point
Channel leading into Great Egg Harbor Inlet and Bay above Somers' Point.
COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY CHARTS 123 AND 8.
SAILING DIRECTIONS .-- Vessels intending to enter this inlet, after making the Outer (or Sea) Buoy, which lies just outside the bar, will steer from buoy lo buoy. There should be 8 feet of water at low tide on the bar. The channel of this inlet changes frequently. Every effort will be made to keep the buoys in the best water, but strangers should always exercise cantion.
Outer Buoy
Black and white perpen- dicular stripes
Ist-class can
Great Egg Life-Saving Station, NNE. 58 F.
21
Second (or Bar) Black and Buoy
2d-class nun
Absecon Light-House, NE. 5% E. Ocean City Life-Saving Station, NW', by N. Absecon Light-House, NE. by E. Third Buoy, NNW
IS In mid-channel
Third Buoy
white perpen- dicular stripes Black and white perpen- cicular stripes
3d-class can
Absecon Light-House, ENE. Ocean City Life-Saving Station, SW. by W. Fourth Buoy, NW. by W. Longport, E. by N. Fifth Buoy, W. by N.
40
In mid-channel, hard sandy bottom
Fifth Buoy
Black and white perpen- clicular stripes Black and white perpen- dicular stripes
3d-class spar
Ocean City Pier, SW. by S. Sixth Buoy, W. by S.
12
In mid-channel, hard sandy bottom
Sixth Buoy
Black and white perpen- dicular stripes
3d-class nun
Ocean City Pier. S. Seventh Buoy, WNW.
18 In mid-channel
I 39
Fourth Buoy
1 2d-class nun
Channel leading into Great Egg Harbor Inlet and BBay above Somers' Point .- Continued.
Name of station or locality of aid.
Color of aid.
Number if a
buoy.
Description of maik or aid.
Compass bearings and distances of promi- nent objects from the aid.
Depth at low-
fest tides, in ft.
GENERAL REMARKS. (NOTE .- Bearings and courses are magnetic, and distances expressed in nautical miles. )
Seventh Buoy
Black and white perpen- dicular stripes
3d-class can
Fish Factory, E. 12 N. Eighth Buoy, NW.
9
In mid-channel
Eighth Buoy
Black and white perpen- clicular stripes
3d-class nun
Absecon Light-House, NE. Wharf at Somers' Point, WNW.
12
In mid-channel
[ Ninth Buoy
Black and white perpen- dicular stripes
3d-class can
Bradford House, South Point, NE. by E.
12
In mid-channel
Tenth Buoy
Black and white perpen- dicular stripes
3d-class can
North end of Ocean City Beach, ESE. 12 E.
2.4
In mid-channel
Eleventh Buoy
Black and white perpen- dicular stripes
3d-class spar
Beasley's Point Hotel, SSE. Twelfth Buoy, ANI.
29
In mid-channel
Twelfth Buoy
Black and white perpen- dicular stripes
3d-class can
Beasley's Point Hotel, SE. by S. Thirteenth Buoy, NW.
30
In mid-channel
Thirteenth Buoy
Black and white perpen- dicular stripes
3d-class nun
Bradford House, South Point, ENE. New Hotel, Beasley's Point, SE.
30
In mid-channel
I40
ABOVE SOMERS' POINT
North Point Ocean City, SE. by E. Tenth Buoy, SW.
Eleventh Buoy, NNW.
Atlantic City. Chapter fit.
The establishment of the Life-Saving Corps adjoins the light-house reservation. When the Atlantic City, or Absecon, light was established here the site was at a considerable distance from the surf fine, but in later years the hook of sand which formerly extended outward upon the west side of the Inlet has been scoured away, and it was finally found needful to
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build jetties in front of the tower to keep the sea from undermining it.
As the Absecon beach is at a distance from the great havens to and from which the trans-Atlantic commerce plies it is but rare that great steamships come to grief upon this stretch of coast. The wreckage of vessels, both sail and steam, engaged in coastwise traffic is of frequent occurrence, and the eagle-eyed patrol located here holds a fine record for deeds of humanity and daring.
GIVING THE
TOKEN
The original Government Boat-House at this point was opened about forty years ago, its first keeper being Ryan Adams, one of the early resi- dents who came here in 1833. He was succeeded by Samuel Adams, and he, in turn, by Barton Gaskill who was the incumbent for sixteen years. In June, 1878, the station was removed to its present site upon Vermont avenue, near the light-house, Capt Amasa Bowen being appointed keeper. The building now in use was finished in 1884, and is one of the model stations of the coast. The first floor contains three rooms and a pantry, the second floor having three bed-rooms with a tower above where a constant watch is
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maintained for vessels which may need help. The crew consists of the keeper and seven men. The present keeper is Timothy H. Parker. The names of the crew are: 1. S. Conover, Wm. B. Treux, Thos. R. The Atlantic Nixon, George Tomlinson, Joseph Holdscom, George Strickland and City Station
Henry Headley. The shore is patrolled at night by the guards in relief. Upon the first clear day of each week the crew drills at 8 A. M. upon the beach, with mortar, life-line and surf-boat. The apparatus stored in the station is varied and interesting, and is ex- plained courteously to visi- tors at any hour of the day.
The Atlantic City Life- Saving Station is one of thirty-nine located at nearly
** ALL READY " equally distant points upon the New Jersey coast, which is known as the Fourth District of the Life-Saving Service, the superintendent of which is located at Washington. The records of the service show that in the ten years between 1885 and 1894 inclusive (the most recent data at hand) the following was accomplished by the crews of the Fourth and Fifth Districts between Atlantic City and Chincoteague, Va. :
Statistics
Total number of casualties, 447
Property involved, $6,135,325
Property saved,
$4,594,860
Persons on board, 2,671
Lives lost, 17
A competent authority has estimated that in the past seventy years upward of 500 ships have been lost upon Absecon beach, or within sight of it. When it is remembered that until the Life-Saving Service was insti-
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tuted there was but little help to be had from the shore, the signifi- cance of the above report and the heroic work of this fearless body of
Sbip public servants become more manitest.
Asbore
When the rumor goes forth, like a great electric thrill, from house to house and lip to lip all through the widespread city, be it summer or winter, that there is a wreck upon the shoals the beach is presently black with an excited, deeply inter-
ested throng. The myriad of occupants of the
great brilliantly lighted hotels forsake the rich parlors and cafés for the Boardwalk, shivering with sympathetic apprehension as they watch the rockets gleaming momentarily far out in the tumultuous waste of waters, and see the red glare of the Coston torches as the life-boats speed away to the rescue. It is something well worth while to be in Atlantic City when a wreck comes in. It is rare, nowadays, that lives are lost upon this coast through disasters to ships, but in the course of a year, from one reason or another, unfortunate shippers lose their vessels along here, or are obliged to jettison a part of their cargo to get away from the dangerous shoals in front. When the alert town boys begin to throng up from the shore with bunches of bananas or boxes stenciled with foreign marks which look sus- piciously like fine imported wines, it's high time to make a break for the beach and take a chance in the lottery of the sea, which sometimes rewards the patient searcher in a most magnificent fashion.
famous Wrecks
Prior to the establishment of the Life-Saving Service along this coast no systematic record of wrecks was kept ; the only data obtainable was to be found in the often unreliable pencilings of the older natives and their ances- tors, scribbled upon the fly-leaves of old books, or existing in the traditions of the families who formerly gleaned considerable profit from the misfor - tunes of those who were cast upon this forlorn and inhospitable coast. There are tales without end of big ships which have been broken upon the bar and swept in piecemeals to litter the shore far and wide with twisted and
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torn wreckage. One of the oldest of these local records refers to the wreck of the British transport Mermaid, at Egg Harbor Inlet in 1779, while bring- ing troops from Halifax, when 145 persons were drowned.
The wreck of the ship Gherges Kahn occurred in 1830. The majority of the passengers were saved, but Captain Busk, the commander, is said to have deliberately submitted to drowning rather than face the underwriters. Soon afterward the John Willetts SANDY HOOK 1 came ashore with some loss of life, ·FLAMACETI DE SLADMIGHT and in 1845 the Rainbow was lost WOyunuTe BEACH LONG BRANCH here. Upon Long Beach the brig SPRING LARE -MARK RIVER Patapsco was lost in 1847, not far NORTH M BBTHEAD from the remains of the schooner MANTOL BIRD PCHSOWICH 5 General Scott, wrecked seven years earlier, whose captain was the only LEDAR CALER survivor. In 1856 the Charles Col- .. 4.40 1 HaHYCI gate came ashore at Long Beach, JUMS ULP and two years later the Flying COND'S LITTLE EGG FRITTLE BEACH Dutchman drove in.
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FOURTH DISTRICT
LIFE-SAVING SERVICE
1892
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SEA COAST LIGHT
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Upon Brigantine and Abse- Len try con shoals in 1847, '48 and '49 the P1 schooners Ann Nile, Ida, Walter A. Merchant, Brook Haven, and barges HEBLI Chester and Mary Ellen were lost. These disasters probably represent an average of the vast destruction of life and property upon this coast before the laggard authorities of the general government could be induced to light and patrol this dangerous sea- line, as, between 1847 and 1856, sixty-four vessels were lost here. The fearful wreck of the barque Powhatan, upon Long Beach, twenty-five miles north of Atlantic City, took place in 1854, when all of the passengers, mainly
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immigrants coming from Havre, with the crew, numbering in all 311 souls, perished. Nearly fifty bodies came ashore upon Absecon beach. Upon the same night the schooner Manhattan was lost at the same place, eight being drowned. Since the light- house was founded one of the worst wrecks was that of the Santiago de Cuba in 1867, upon Long Beach, which was attended by seven fatalities.
WATCHING THE CREW
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One of the most curious wrecks which ever came upon the Atlantic City beach was that of the steamer Rockaway, a great excursion vessel, which was launched with much ceremony upon March 23, 1877 ; started in tow for New York harbor, and having broken away from the tug in a gale, broke her back upon the shoal and came upon the shore in front of the hotels in two parts, being driven so high that visitors could board her dry-shod at high tide.
Upon January 9, 1884. a fine, large, three-masted schooner, the Robert Morgan, of New Haven, came ashore at the foot of New York av- enue, and five months later she was taken off with but little injury ; although during her involuntary visit she was so high and dry that people could walk around her at low tide, and an admission price was charged to see her decks and interior.
THE " ROBERT MORGAN "
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Che Love Among the thronging memories of far away winter nights spent upon Letter the tumultuous beach with the men of the coast guard there comes to the writer the thought of a letter rescued by him from a mass of drift two days after one of the most fearful wrecks ever known upon the Atlantic coast, and which gave occasion for these lines :
HER LETTER.
We walked at night the wreck-strewn sand, We walked and watched the dying storm : With eager eye and ready hand We sought to find some sea-tossed form.
And as we walked, the guard and I, The tide crept out till broad and gray
The shingled sand lay smooth and dry, Beneath our fitful lantern's ray.
On either side and everywhere Lay limp and broken bits of wreck, Of clothing, ropes, of wooden ware- All kind of things one finds on deck.
From out this scattered wreckage waste I stopped and picked a little note ;
A dainty monogram was traced Above the lines the owner wrote :
" My darling," but it gave no name, As if he only of mankind
To such sweet title had a claim ; The words were coined her love to bind.
'Twas written full, and crossed again, All interlined with afterthought ;
'Twas spotted o'er with salter stain Than e'en the sea could yet have wrought.
" My darling ; " there a fold was pressed. The words just here were fainter yet, As though 'twere worn upon his breast, A prized and sacred amulet.
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Anon, she wrote her hopes and fears, Of fickle fortune's smile or frown, Of homelike joys in coming vears, When they were wed and " settled down."
She spoke of spring and Easter flowers, Of silk and satin for her bonnet, Of sick friends, funerals, marriage dowers, Her new suit and the trimmings on it.
And so this unknown maiden wrote Her loving letter to its end, And little dreamed the waves would float Her writing to a stranger's hand.
Somewhere, to-night, a girlish face Is raised to God in mute despair ; Somewhere a woman prays for grace And strength of soul her load to bear.
Somewhere along the wintry coast Her hopes lie buried in the sand, While this tells of the love that's lost- This sea-stained letter in my hand.
F. H. T.
It is pleasant to relate that after a time there came a letter from a Western town bearing the same "dainty monogram " claiming the stray love-missive from the author of the verses, and beneath the maiden's peti- tion were a few nervous lines from the young officer himself, who had been dragged from the surf as dead, but who was, at the writing, slowly recov- ering at the home of his boyhood. "And so they were married," and this little true story of the sea turns out just as things should, but seldom do. And then there was the bottle
A WINTER VICTIM
found rolling up and down the sand in the shallows which held a pretty message from a romantic little maiden away up the coast at Asbury Park, who hoped that her venture, which had been adrift now half a year, would come to some handsome youth in a far-off land, and that he would lose no time in his response. Alas ! little maiden ; it was picked up by a middle-aged man with a family, who printed it in a news- paper and sent you a marked copy as a warning.
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The publishers of this work take pleasure in stating that in its preparation they have been supplied with the fol- lowing complete data in re- gard to the various marine casualties which have occur- red upon this coast since the Life- Saving Service was instituted, by General Superintendent, S. J. Kimball, of Washington. As a record for future reference this list will doubtless prove one of the most valuable features of this publication :
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List of Casualties to Vessels
Which have occurred within the scope of the operations of the Life-Saving Stations, located in Atlantic County, Coast of New Jersey, from November, 1871 to June 30, (897. It is a noteworthy fact that in not a single instance was there loss of life.
DALE
RIG AND NAME
LOCALITY
Estimated value of
property involved
Estimated value of
property saved
Estimated value of
property lost
Number of persons on board
1871-November 25
Sc. Ware
Absecon Beach
3 500
$ 3 500
6
1872-November 16
Sc. Alfred W. Fiske
395
Brigantine Beach
27 500 $ 27 000
500
7
1873-August 23
Sc. Yht. Mary McCabe
34| South Brigantine Beach
4 000
4 000
1 2
November 14
Sc. Ella Arnsden
258
Brigantine Beach and Shoals
17 140
17 140
7
1874
-January 16
Sc. Atlantic
63
Brigantine Beach and Shoals
0 000
6 000
January 18
/ Sc. Seabird
40
Brigantine Beach and Shoals
4 000
4 000
4
March 29
Sc. Kate C. Rich
425
Brigantine Beach and Shoals
20 000
20 000
8
April 16
Str. Nederland
1900
Brigantine Beach and Shoals
700 000 675 000
25 000
60
May 13
Sc. Northern Light
240
Brigantine Beach and Shoals
10 000
10 000
6
November I
Sc. West Wind
29
Absecon Beach
4 500
4 200
300
6
1875-February 3
Sc. Brandywine
Absecon Beach
22 000
22 000
6
September 2
Sc. R. J. Corson
262
Brigantine Beach
16 000
16 000
7
November 15
Sc. Elizabeth W. Godfrey
58
Absecon Bar
2 660
2 060
600
4
1876-January 10
Yht. N. King
5
Brigantine Inlet
1 000
1 000
2
May 14
Sc. Benjamin Franklin
75
Absecon Bar
3 765
3 765
6
1877-February 18
Sc. Mary Standish
400
Brigantine Shoals
1 010
9 910|
100
7
August 13
Str. Richmond
2000
Brigantine Shoals
200 000
200 000
47
November 18
Slp. W. W. Wallace
15 Absecon Bar
I 560
1 560
2
1878-January 6
Sc. B. N. Hawkins
Brigantine Beach
23 000
23 000
I
January 26
Sc. Twilight
479
Brigantine Beach
15 000
15 000
I
January 30
Sc. Annie S, Carll
75
Absecon Bar
4 900
4 900
5
November 2
Se. Dick Williams
175 Little Egg Harbor Bar
10 000
9 925
75
7
December 4
Bk. Wilhelmina
664
Little Egg Harbor Bar
7 950
7 950
14
December 6
Sc. Asenath A. Shaw
557
Brigantine Beach
43 000
40 500
2 500
S
December 20
Sc. J. B. V'an Dusen
222
Brigantine Beach
II 000
IO 790
210
5
December 24
Sc. C. and C. Brooks
135
Brigantine Beach
2 435
2 435
5
1879-June 21
Slp. John Leach
75
Little Egg Harbor Bar
2 500
2 500
5
June 27
| Sc. Lydia Budd
50| Absecon Bar
I 920
I 920
0
Tonnage
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List of Casualties -- Continued.
DATE
RIG AND NAME
Tonnage
LOCALITY
Estimated value of
property involved
Estimated value of
Estimated value of
property lost
Number of persons
on board
July 8
Sc Lydia B.
30
Absecon Bar
$1 600
$ 1 600
2
August 19
Sc. Flora Curtis
83
Brigantine Inlet
8 500
$ 8 500
4
October II
Bk. Antoinetta Costa
618 Brigantine Beach
30 000
20 000
IO 000
14
October 17
Bk. Cutelin Dall Orso
634 Absecon Beach
20 000
15 000
5 000
14
November 5
Sc. Nellie Brown
281 Little Egg Harbor Shoals
6 335
6 335
7
1880-January 8
Sc. A. H. Quimby
68
Absecon Bar
7 000
7 000
5
January 28
Sc. May Montayne
28
Great Egg Harbor Bar
4 000
3 900
100
4
September 4
Sc. James S. Hewitt
204
Absecon Bar
16 000
14 500
1 500
6
October 13
Slp. Lidie Jones
13. Brigantine Shoals
875
700
175
2
December 2
Slp. William Tell
24 Absecon Bar
I 200
I 200
3
December 30
Sc. George W. Rogers
42
Absecon Bar
I 800
I 800
5
1881-January 6
Sc. Anson Stinson
224
Absecon Bar
35 000
35 000
February 2
Slp. John Roach
30| Absecon Bar
2 200
50
2 150,
8
March 26
Sc. L. F. Whitmore
295
Brigantine Shoals
19 000
18 400
600
8
April 3
Sc. W. D. Cargill
141
Brigantine Shoals
5 800
5 800
4
II
Absecon Bar
I 000
I 000
I 2
September 24
Sc. J. and C. Merritt
34| Great Egg Harbor Bar
5 000
4 950
50
3
8
Great Egg Harbor Bar
300
300
3
1882-January 2
Sc. W. C. Wickham
330' Brigantine Shoals
50 000
50 000
7
April 2 2
Sc. Maggie Ellen
217 Brigantine Shoals
9 800
9 800
6
August 28
Sc. Estella Day
228
Absecon Bar
15 000
15 000
5
7
Absecon Bar
900
890
IO
8
September 16
25 Absecon Bar
I 000
I 000
3
November 3
Slp. L. C. Wallace
17 Absecon Bar
I 025
I 025
2
December 29
Slp. William Tell
25
Absecon Bar
830
300
530
3
1883-January II
Slp. Millie
20
Absecon Bar
I 200
I 200
3
January 12
Slp. Mary Ella
8 Great Egg Harbor Inlet
I 000
1 0CO
January 18
Sch. Fred. E. Scammell
Brigantine Shoals
100 000
74 900
25 100
I 7
February 17
Sc. Enterprise
I 385
I 385
3
September 26
Sc. M. B. Mahoney
139 Brigantine Shoals
4 300
4 225
75
5
1
August 15
Slp. Julia A. Reid
Sc. Hattie J.
30 Great Egg Harbor Bar
900
400
500
3
September 24
October 22
Sc. George Ankerson
September 15
Slp. Alert
Slp. William Tell
1350 22 Absecon Bar
1
property saved
150
151
December 15
Slp. Kate Becker
7 Absecon Bar
$ 800
$ 775
$ 25
2
1884-January 4
Brig Alida A. Smith
ISI Brigantine Shoals
17 000
17 000
8
January 6
Sc. John Anna
29 Great Egg Harbor Inlet
I 600
I 600
4
January 9
Sc. Robt. Morgan
553; Absecon Beach
40 000
39 000
1 000
9
March 7
| St. Sp. Clyssdale
608 Brigantine Shoals
40 000
40 000
27
March 11 Str. Wm. Spicer
44 Great Egg Harbor Inlet
5 150
600
4 550
2
March 16 Slp, Vienna
21, Little Egg Harbor Shoals
I 250
I 250
6
April 9
Sc. George White
42 Great Egg Harbor Inlet
2 450
1 600
850
4
April 29
Sc. Florence L. Lockwood
9 100
9 040
60
6
May 17
Sc. William Tice
6 000
6 000
5
July 5
Sc. Annie M. Reynolds
5 950
5 900
50
5
November 6 Brig Mary E. Pennell
252: Brigantine Shoals
20 000
20 000
IO
8 Great Egg Harbor Inlet
300
300
4
February IT
Sc. Emma St. Sp. Salisbury
1278 Brigantine Shoals
125 000 125 000
26
March 13
Sip. Golden Light
16 Absecon Bar
1 000
1 000
6
243
Great Egg Harbor Inlet
10 320
9 600
720
7
November 11
Str. Absecon
53
Absecon Bar
10 150
7 650
2 500
13
December 26
Sc. Wm. E. Hewlett
1 500
1 500
3
1886-January 11
Sc. Mary S. Roundy
11
Absecon Bar
[ 475
75
I 400
5
12
Absecon Bar
1 000
1 000
3
January 20
Slp. Eugene Seabright
19
Absecon Bar
600
600
January 20
Slp. Idlewild
Io Absecon Bar
620
620
2
January 21
Sp. Georgiana
12 Absecon Bar
1 000
I OOC
3
February 4
Sip. Alert
7. Absecon Bar
1 000
I 000
2
February 25
Stp. Flash
9 Absecon Bar
I 200
I 200
3
February 26
Sc. Edward M. Hartshorn
29 Absecon Bar
[ 530
1 5.30
4
April 22
Slp. Emma
5 Little Egg Harbor Inlet
550
550
2
July 3
Sc. Sylvan Glen
22 Absecon Bar
I 500!
1 500
4
July 3
Sc. Melody
22| Absecon Bar
2 000
I 600
400
3
July 21
Sc. Lizzie
86
Absecon Bar
3 500
3 255
245
4
August 7
Se. Henry Disston
42
Absecon Bar
3 000
3 000|
4
August 8
Sc. Bauvard
168
Brigantine Shoals
2 000
1 850
150
6
October 7
Sc. John W. Fox
82
Absecon Bar
S 500
8 460
40
5
October 17
Sc. Hannah M. Buell
291
Absecon Bar
6 500
840
5 660
7
November 6
Sc. J. and H. Scull
8 500
8 475
25
5
1887-January 20
Sc. Annie E. Fowler
17
Absecon Bar
I 500
I 500
4
March 31
Sc. Cornelia Soule
306
Absecon Bar
17 400
7 200
IO 200
July 26
Sc. Edward M. Hartshorn
29
Absecon Bar
2 700
2 500
200
5
October 22
Sc. Hannah Champion
75 Absecon Bar
2 800
2 750
50
4
1888-February 6
Sc. Gardner Colby
1077 Brigantine Shoals
II 700
II 675
25
4
March 12
Slp. Neptune
7 Absecon Inlet
600
400
200
August 14
Sc. Angie Predmore
94 Absecon Bar
4 500
900
3 600
November 10
Sc. Oliver H. Booth
284 Brigantine Shoals
191 Absecon Bar
61 Great Egg Harbor Inlet
1885-January 2
January 19
Sc. Georgiana
23 Absecon Bar
Absecon Bar
List of Casualties-Continued.
DATE
RIG AND NAME
LOCALITY
Estimated value of
property involved
Estimated value of
property saved
Estimated value of
property lost
Number of persons
on board
May 2
Sc. Sam'1 L. Russell
194
Absecon Inlet
$ 5 000
$5 000
5
May 9
Slp. Greenwood
15
Absecon Inlet
2 100
2 100
2
May 14
Slp. John W. Fox
82
Absecon Inlet
6 600
6 600
5
August 14
Sc. Eva I. Shenton
92
Absecon Inlet
6 300
6 ISO
120
5
December 5
Sc. A. H. Quinby
68 Absecon Inlet
3 000
3 000
5
December 22
Sc. Annie S. CarIl
48 Absecon Inlet
3 000
2 500
500
5
1889-January 5
Sc. Annie Godfrey
18
Absecon Inlet
I 880
I 715
165
March 24
Str. George Law
415
Absecon Bar
25 000
25 000
7
April 2
Slp. J. W. Luce
22
Absecon Bar
I 550
350
I 200
3
April 25
Sc. Louisa B. Robinson
30
Absecon Bar
4 000
4 000
2
August 2
Sc. Louisa B. Robinson
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