Show BARGES RACE TO SEA jersey coast scene of disaster in violent storm ashbury park N J eight lives were reported lost and three barges were known to have foundered on the north jersey coast in a snowstorm and 60 mile northeast gale that overtook took a multitude of small shipping bound tor for new york two barges broke away from the tug thomas howard off scotland lightship according to a wireless message received from the coastguard cuter seminole at the sandy hook station each was manned by four men and one sank immediately the other going ashore at sandy hook no trace of 0 the crew of this barge the phoenix was found by captain elwood butler who got to the scene with a boat crew the barges were loaded with coal and were bound to new york from delaware breakwater the thomas howard was reported bound into new york A second barge came ashore at asbury park it was believed to be unmanned the tugboat susan moran of new york had the barge in tow when last seen at sea the whereabouts of the tug were not discovered |