On January 14,1895 Capt. Dottridge, commander of schooner Seth Low, a coal barge bound from Perth Amboy, N.J. for Boston, Ma. loaded with 1,639 tons of coal was caught in a storm. The captain's son, Oliver was washed overboard and drowned. The cook, Joseph Johnson, died from exposure while lashed to the bitts on the after end of the vessel. The other three were rescued by the crew of the Life Saving Station off the Long Island coast. Captain Dottridge retired from the sea after this tragedy.
On January 14,1895 Capt. Dottridge, commander of schooner Seth Low, a coal barge bound from Perth Amboy, N.J. for Boston, Ma. loaded with 1,639 tons of coal was caught in a storm. The captain's son, Oliver was washed overboard and drowned. The cook, Joseph Johnson, died from exposure while lashed to the bitts on the after end of the vessel. The other three were rescued by the crew of the Life Saving Station off the Long Island coast. Captain Dottridge retired from the sea after this tragedy.
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