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Captain Nelson's body identified, 1908

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 Lakewood Citizen 31 Jan 1908

The wreck of the "Maggie and Lucy", 1877

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 New Jersey Courier 8 Mar 1877

Items related to the loss of the bark Tasso, 1857

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Ocean Emblem 7 Jan 1857

John De Wolf II runs ashore, date uncertain

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Brig ashore, 1856

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Ocean Emblem 13 Feb 1856

Items found by the wreckmaster, 1857

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Ocean Emblem 25 Feb 1857

Joel Haywood's letter about the recent shipwrecks, 1856

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Ocean Emblem 23 Jan 1856

Schooner Lydia B. Cowperthwaite runs aground at Absecon, 1857

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Ocean Emblem 7 Jan 1857

David Lowery obituary, 1879

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New Jersey Courier 30 Jan 1879

John Jones body recovered, 1857

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wreck of the Faithful Friend, 1855

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from the Ocean Emblem 26 Sep 1855

Barnegat Pirates, 1855

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from the Ocean Emblem 3 Jan 1855

Ocean Emblem 1 Dec 1853

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the tragedy of the Charles K. Buckley

New Jersey Courier 24 Apr 1914 Long Branch, Apr 18--In the Morris Chapel here are the bodies of the seven victims of the schooner Charles K. Buckley which was beached Wednesday night. The last body, that of the Portugese cook, was found opposite the public pavilion this morning by a life-saver. Captain Hardy and brother Abijah, the first mate, will be buried at Deer Isle, ME. The body of Mrs. Hardy, the captain's wife, will be buried at Bristol, RI and the men of the crew at West Long Branch.

Wreck of the James D. Nichol

from the New Jersey Mirror 27 Jun 1894 The tug James D. Nichol , with sixty-three excursionists and a crew of 12 men on board, sank in a squall three miles off Atlantic Highlands, while returning from the fishing grounds on Sunday. Fifty one of those on board were rescued alive, three bodies were recovered, and the remainder, it is believed, were drowned. The New York Times actually ran an article about this one