The sun., 1893-12-06
ONLY ONE SO FAR SAVED.
THE STEINER JASON WRECKED ON
CAPE con.
All ths Rest OF uer Crew OF ~ Probably
Lost-Ir Alive, Their Fate Apparent
" bat Deiaysd-schoon.r Wrecked On
Biock I.innd-Otbsr Marine Mi-haps.


HIGHLAND LtaHT, Mass, Dec. 5.-The British
shin Jason. Can't, Mcmillan. Calcutta for Boston.
went ashore to- ri ght OF Eastman. So far but
one OF her crew has been saved. and he was
washed from the rigging aud brought ashore
By the tremendous seas.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the Jason made
the land of Cape Cod and for the rest Of the
afternoon che struggled valiantly to weather
the point. The Captain had lost his bearings
In the binding storm. and when land was
sighted he was go near that It soon became
Men on shore had seen the vessel struggling
in the terrific seas, and the life-s saving crews
from Point River station and the Highlands
station were notified. These two crews were
soon Joined by the crew OF the pamet station.
and all hands hurried the life-savinR apparatus
over the yielding sands to q roint opposite the
stranded ship.
1t was after 8 o clock before ne men were In
readiness with tn cir guns boats. and life lines.
At that time pieces Of boats. spars and other
wreckage were coming ashore, and By the
lights carried by the patrolm en- the great white
crested surges could be seen breaking all
over the ship.
With the wreckage was discovered human
body. and when 1t came up on the beach life
savers quickly sprang and clutchod 1t before
the suck OF the recedng waves could take 1t
back to the sea.
The usual efforts praotised In cases OF drown
Ing persons were resorted to. and. In half an
hour. signs OF life were apparent Stimulants
were administered. and In another half hour
Samuel Evans was able to talk.
According to his story. as soon as the officers
saw that all hope was gone the crew were Or
dered to the rigging. The ship struck In the
changing sands of Eastman. and the seas
began rolling all over her. Evans was cling
ing to the lee rail when she struck. but before
he could reach place OF safety In the rigging
he was swept away.
At 1880 p. NJ. one Of the ship's masts won't
By the board and II was believed that she was
breaking up. The life savers, after several
unsuccessful attempts. succeeded In shooting
life line over the doomed ship. but the sail
ors. who arc believed to be in the rigging. did
not seem to be able to secure It
aarL ,bat thora "a ~ .mrs,r .ha. 80 ,h..a t =. %
uark 'hat lhere 10 no surety 'hat there Isl
live person aboard. About twenty men may
thora 80 -. go, .h.noa =, roa.h,a s,i n..
,no'o n"' 10 no"o ehaneo Vi ieaehink her'
but from tho amount OF wreckage coming
- n,aoas ha,oro ano o ,I,t. ''' Blu WI" Nv "
pie.o' oeioie -a.Anees Ih'e
twonty.sevon In the Jasons crew. She was
huIlt at and halls iron, C;,oenocr Scotland
and is OF 1.54o tons burden.
SALEM. Mass, Dec. 5.-The three mnsted
..hoona. To,orson -, -. - ~
senoone' Ve'eison' Honi o.. oonn' ~. D. IoI
Philadelphia with n cargo OF 100000 laths.
misstayed and went on the rocks north OF the
log pei on DaAeF isiAnu uuring 'ho STORM TO-
day.
She lost her rudder and Mt sunset Law stern
20 poror,o leland A ho.yy a.. was r,rnIn,
W DaAet isianu n h1"'p SEQ was Lunh.ne
yes.oI vith to,rIoc ,o,ca ago,nst tho rocvo
III. ,hanaht shs Iii 90 80 IT,. ,o,ar. o.
Nis thought she wiz 20 10 pieces peiore TO-
morrow morning The schooner was In COM
n mau VI ] ps ; IN. w Sn,n wv" n,a'11 1ooa,
ana Blk seamen iahued saleV on BAKERS
Island. and are being cared for by the keeper
Of the lighthouse.
The Jefferson Is 324.os gross tons register.
1240 feet long. 80 feet beam. and 11.5 feet
da.n she waa huiIt nh Rrooklvp In 1874 and
80 - -, u r s, . so
halls from New YORK. 4. T. Scanned Is man
Providence, h j.. Dec. PA lumber-laden
two-masted schooner was driven ashore on the
east side oi Block Island during the height OF
the gale this afternoon.
o'clock to- night In the brooches buoy during
bllnding snow storm, after spending six hours
In the rigging.
owing 70 the SITUATION OF the wreck and the
could not be learned. -
PTIL.pEIPHIAi Dec, h.-The British steamer
Asphodel. which went ashore at Rehoboth.
Del. this morning while proceeding to Della
ware Breakwater' sailed IRON Samarang. Java
signed 70 Smith shlppen. New York. This
firm sold the cargo In transit to the Sugar
Trust for delivery at philadelphia.