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Morro Castle, New Era shipwrecks to be observed

Disasters occurred 80 years apart off the exact same site in Asbury Park

By Asbury Park Sun

The 80th anniversary of the famous 1934 S.S. Morro Castle maritime disaster [shown at top] and the 160th anniversary of the 1854 New Era disaster will be commemorated at ceremonies in September, according to a news release from the Asbury Park Historical Society. The New Era disaster occurred exactly 80 years prior to the Morro […]

Aug 26, 2014

Asbury Park

New Era monument search unsuccessful

'It's a great mystery and we would have loved to solve it'

By Molly Mulshine

A beachfront search for the lost New Era monument yielded no results this weekend, and the Asbury Park Historical Society [APHS] is looking at replicating the 19th-century artifact. Asbury Park’s founder, James A. Bradley, erected the monument to the New Era shipwreck in around 1893, APHS member Don Stine said. The year after its installation, […]

Sep 17, 2012

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