Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-06
LATE NEWS BY WIRE.
Twenty-Six Lives Lost Off Massa-
chusetts' Coast.
TOTAL WRECK OF THE SHIP JASON.
One Sailor Washed Ashore and
Rescued.
STORY OF THE SURVIVOR.

HIGHLAND LIGHT. Mass. Dec. 8.-The
British ship Jason, Capt Mcmillan, CAL
cutta for Boston, went ashore last night off
Eastman. When daylight came on this
morning It was seen that the ship had
broken in two amidships. Her main and
mizzen masts are gone and every man but
one of her crew on board. numbering twen-
ty-six, were washed into the sea and lost
The cargo of the wrecked ship Jason
consists Of l0.s16 bales Of jute butts, and
was consigned to the Ludlow Manufactur-
ing Company of this city. The cargo Is
fully covered by insurance.
story of the Only One Saved.
Samuel ]. Evans. the only one saved, in
describing the wreck said this morning.
THE ship struck with fearful force and We
all sprang for the life boats Before We
could cut the lashings. the spars began to
fall and the vessel to go to pieces. This was
too much for the boys. and they all rushed
for the lee mizzen rigging. Only half Of
them succeeded in gaining a footing. Some
of them were swept overheard and seen no
more. I chung desperately to the rigging
for a few moments. when a great wave
broke my grip and 1 went into the bowling
sea. 1 thought II was my end, but the water
threw me here and there for while, when
suddenly l found myself on land. Soon
station. / am thankful that / am saved.
but my poor shipmates are all gone. All of
them had life preservers on, and 1 don't
see why some Of them could not reach the
shore as well as j.
How do you account for the fact that no
bodies have come ashore?"
1T is very strange. but 1 think they must
have been carried in the very strong tide
toward the south and some of them may be
dashed to the spars which are now along
side Of the ship or tangled with the
rigging"
WAS 1t not a pretty bad night?'
II do not remember ever to have seen
anything equal to it in all my experience
on the beach"
Partial List of Those Lost.
OF the lost the following partial list was
obtained: Capt Mcmillan of Greenock,
First Mate Walker of Valkirk, Second Mate
Galbraith, Boatswain Black. The crew was
of several rationalities There were John
Callahan of Cork, Mike Mulligan, William
Cotter of Queenstown: Jerry O'Leary of
Plymouth. c. Nelson. NJ. Carse of Portland.
Greg; - Murphy of ST. Johns, Johnson
and Henderson of Sweden. Capt. Cole OF
the Capoon's Hollow Hfe-saving station
says everything that could be done was
done to save the unfortunate men on board
the ship.
Worst storm of the Year.
SANDWICH, Mass, Dec. 6-The gale
which struck the cape yesterday, was the
most severe of the year.
PROVIDENCE. r. l., Dec. 8. The
schooner Mawry Matz Is ashore at Block
Island. She will be total wreck.
SALEM. Mass. Dec. 6.-The schooner
JEFFERSON, reported ashore on Bakers Is
land. went to pieces early this morning.
LEWES. Del, Dec. 8-Norwegian bark
Faust. reported last night as dragging on
Hen and Chickens shoal. is ashore and full
OF water Her crew took to their boats at
1 O'Clock this morning and landed.
At o'clock yesterday afternoon the
Jason made the land off Cape Cod and for
the rest Of the afternoon she struggled
valiantly TO weather the point. The cap
tain had lost his bearings in the binding
storm, and when land was sighted he was
so near that 1t soon became apparent that
his ship was lost.
Men on shore had seen the vessel strug-
Cling in the terrific seas. and the life-sav-
ing 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 hur-
ried the life saving apparatus over the
yielding sands to point opposite the
stranded ship.
1t was after 8 o'clock before the men
were in readiness with their 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
patrolmen the great white crested surges
could be seen breaking all over the ship.
With the wreckage was discovered a
human body, and when 1t came up on the
beach life savers quickly sprang and clutch
ed it before the suck of the receding waves
could take 1t back to the sea.
The usual efforts practiced in cases of
drowning persons were resorted to- and, in
half an hour, signs of life were apparent.
Stmulants 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 ordered to the rigging. The ship
struck in the changing sands of Eastman
and the seas began rolling all over her.
Evans was clinging to the lee rail when
she struck. but before he could reach a
place of safety in the rigging he was swept
away.
At 1890 pm. one Of the ships masts
went by the board. and ii was believed
that she was breaking up. The life savers,
after several unsuccessful attempts, sue
ceeded in shooting a life line over the
doomed ship, but the sailors did not seem