From various sources including the New York Daily Times (newspaper) and eyewitness accounts.
Bound with: Story of a journey to America by Heinrich J. Weckesser.
"With Introductory Remarks by Richard E. Huss, Sr., April, 1990."
The New Era was a ship that wrecked on November 13, 1854, with the reported loss of about 150 lives, off of present-day Asbury Park ,New Jersey...The ship was carrying nearly all German emigrants having sailed from Bremen, Germany with a final destination of New York.
