Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-12-14
Loss or the JASON

n Hrttfsh >hip Wrecked "a the R.~ks 90
tao ee.st 90 Mss.s~hss~tss al Az the
Cr~~ Hst om~ surstv~. rhrtfiisx st~ry
Of ss Es~-tfat ssysx~ from gstessts
that tad~a In Dr~ssfml Disaster when
Nearly In ssEhs ef Port
HfsHr.ANp LIsHr. Mass. nrc. -
The british ship Jason. Capt MeNiilin.
from Calcutta for Boston. went ashore
last night. and II a total wreck.
samuel J. Evans. the only Survivor.
teils the following story Of the voyAge
II the ship Jason.
rHE oNLr Survivors STORY.
sailed from Calcutta last Feb
r1asry with n cargo of iut~ hutt~ for
Bn~son- Two DAYS after leaving pprt
We were nearly dismassed IN a storm,
. had 10 pat into Martins fer ~
pairs During thu gale cur mat. ~ss
washed overheard and icst After i~sv-
Ing NsurisiuS we hsa fair weather up
10 \ equator >iu-- November Is
NE hare cnconut~rrf wsssrriv ~alr~
with sr~queut snow squalls We r.m-
In through >~srth ehaun-itass Mcrsfsv.
va smAFrn q ccvEs FoN H.s=rov.
Tuesday morning sh~ ~inf puiied
vi, Ia east southeast. and al , n m IL
hcgzn 10 snow We bad ~ oh~rv-
tim for two DAYS. bat Capt MeNHIia
thought We were wtie 90 Cav~ Cod.
and we kert eur rsssr~~. Towards
noon. the weather getting thnkeF. ~
took in all cur upper saiis and laid n.
ship along nnsier thru igvev ,~rr~aiis
and for->,Avaiix Al IN the Aftr~-
noon We made brv4k~rs right aBsirr ossr
lee and a few moua~ntx Lafrr saw th~
iand We shook oas s,ur urp~r top
sails and tried b. drive By the rsr
str as EGp Va sEs ws-s~.
and at s.fs Endin< that ~ msss ~-s=
strike. the shsr wss heaaesi for tas
h~ach The captain had h~~r h~ssw
examining his charts 90 rvarhir~
the deck h cried We arr la@t The
vessel struck with f~arsai frrc~ ami
~ ST spranw for the life hsatN 10
fere Ne csaid cut thu iashin~ the
EIl snA tk~ vessel 10
90 20 Pie~~~ This vas to- mneh fcr
the b-syS ana they AT ruShsi fsr the
le~ uiExen rigging Only half 90 then
s'rccs~drd In gaining a fossing. Soaas
OF them
wwuE TuEowS oVKHRoAEn
AMI we're seen no more chung fe~
p~ratelv 81 the rigging frr a few mo-
meats. when a grrat wave hrakr my
grip and I went int the bowling ga
! thought il was ms end. bat the water
threw me here and there for awhile.
when suddenly | found myself on tho
sand >csuc men came aud took me 20
the life-~aving station I am thankful
that I am saved, hut NV P-spr ship
mates sre all gone.
rHEY BAD ItFE rRs-EFvtk-
"Aii cf them had ls~fc-pr-~-rvvrs on.
and | don't sr- why sou " thrm epuld
not reach the shore a. wsll a. J.
az tho>r lost the following partial
list was obtained
Capt Mcmillan. Of Grc~nrsS.
FIRST Mate Walker. 81 FaIkirk.
Second Mate GalbrHith
lioatswain Black
The crew was Of s~veral n~ationalf-
ti-S There were John Callahan. o'
Cork: Mike Muliigan. William Cotter.
Queenstown. Jerry oL~ary. Of fivm-
outh: y Nelson. VI. Care. of Portland.
Ore. - Murphy. Of ~ Johns. John.
son and iI-nrig~en. ~ sweden
~IIFE-sAvERS COULDN'T HEfF rHEN-
Capt Cole Of the Cahoons Hollow
~lifc-Saving station SAYS everything tina,
could be don. was done 20 save the m
fortunate men on board the ship
How do you ecoun fur h fte,
that no bodies nave come ashore
, III Il very strange. but ! think thcJ
must have bevn carried in the verJ
strong tide toward the south. and SONS
Of them may he dashed 20 the spar
which arc now along-ide of the ship OF
tangled with the rigging