In early January 1903, newspapers across the nation published stories about the heroic lifesavers from U.S. Lifesaving Service station number 20 at Ship Bottom, and their daring rescue of the crew of the stranded Spanish ship Remedios Pascual. Several years, before the Camden Courier had painted a picture of winter on Long Beach Island.

“Long Beach, January 12. – To reach this dreary strip of broad beach … is a day’s journey.