This is the fourth in a series.

In the age before wireless communication, when two ships collided near Barnegat Lighthouse, nothing was known of the incident until the next morning, when passing ships saw survivors clinging to the still-visible rigging of the two ships, while others were rescued holding onto floating debris. By Nov. 3, 1890, the Trenton Times was able to give an update.

“There were no new names added yesterday to the list of those saved from death in the frightful collision, sending two vessels to the bottom…