New Era

Shipwreck New Era
This painting is very bad - the masts and sails are all backwards !
Type:
shipwreck, clipper, USA
Specs:
1300 tons, ~500 passengers & crew
Sunk:
November 13, 1854; ran aground during storm - few survivors

Accounts vary, but most of this ship's immigrant passengers and crew died in the storm during the night and the next day after the grounding, just 100 yards off the beach. Bad weather had beset the entire voyage. An outbreak of cholera claimed 46 lives prior to the shipwreck. In the end, the captain got lost and thought he was off Long Island.

Several boats were put out from the stricken vessel to carry a rescue line to land, but in each case, the sailors dropped the line and saved themselves. Finally, a surf boat reached the New Era from the shore, at which point the captain and remaining crew abandoned the passengers to their fate. Several steamers stood by, unable to help. Volunteers massed on the beach but could do nothing until the storm abated. It was one of the biggest maritime disasters to date. Hundreds drowned, and bodies littered the coastline and were looted.

Shipwreck New Era anchor recovery

In 1999 the anchor was recovered and incorporated into a memorial. The rest of the wreck is buried off 6th Street, Asbury Park. Even by 1900, nothing could be found. Someday, a storm may dig it out.


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Tilefish

Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps

Size: to 42" and 50 lbs.

Habitat
Deep waters around offshore canyons

These strange deep-sea fishes are found in the walls of the offshore canyons, far below the range of scuba divers, although they are caught by deep-sea fishermen. Their population is extremely cyclical, with large die-offs from excessively warm water, and this precludes any long-term commercial fishery.

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