During a gale on the night of Jan. 20, 1903, the barkentine Abiel Abbott grounded on the bar off what is today Ship Bottom. Within hours, keeper Isaac Truex and his crew from lifesaving station number 20 were on the beach with their equipment, trying to effect a rescue.
The official report reads, “The Lyle gun was quickly placed in position and fired, but the projectile did not quite reach the Abbott, although her crew heard it strike near them.
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