🕯️Historic Tragedies1910s
Did you know this about Spring Lake?
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Did You Know?
The 1916 Jersey Shore shark attacks that inspired Jaws included an attack at Spring Lake that killed a swimmer—one of four fatal attacks that summer.
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More Historic Tragedies
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Spring Lake has the highest concentration of Irish ancestry of any town in America at 39.4%, earning its nickname "The Irish Riviera."
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The 1854 wreck of the Powhattan off Surf City killed 311 immigrants, making it one of the deadliest shipwrecks in New Jersey history.
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In 1934, the burning cruise ship Morro Castle ran aground at Asbury Park. The disaster killed 137 people, but morbidly became a tourist attraction as crowds paid to view the wreck.
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