New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-07
PERISHED WITH THE JASON.
TWENTY. SIX MARINERS DROWNED.
WRECK THAT WILL LONG BE MEMORABLE on
THE MASSACHUSETTS, CoAsT-oNLY ONE
MAN WASHED ASHORE ALIVE.


MAN WASHED ASHORE ALIVE
Highland Light Mass. Dec. 6.-When ship was
reported in the breakers off Nauset yesterday, all
the lifesavng men along the coast looked after
their boats and tackle with extra care. knowing
well that with the terrible gale which prevailed and
was steadily increasing IT was only question
OF a few hours when the ship must be cast ashore;
and they were not mistaken. for at 1l5 the teie-
phone from Pamet told that the ship. which
proved to be the Jason. from Calcutta to Boston,
was ashore there. Come. with all your men,
was the word the Highland and Cahoon's Hollow
stations received. Al through the terrible blast
the sound OF rashng timbers came to the ears OF
the anxious watchers the beach. Al O'Clock
bales OF jute began to come ashore. with theHi
came a sailor, who later found to be Samuel
j. Evans one Of the Of the lost ship. He told
this story:
I'VE sailed from Calcutta last February, with
cargo of jute. bound for Boston. Two days after
leaving port we were nearly dismasted In STORM
and had to put in to Maurtius for repairs. III
the gale our mate washed overheard ana los''
After leaving Maurtus. we had fair weather up
10 the equator Since November 10 we encountered
oastcrly gales with frequent snow squalls. We
came in through South Channel last Monday. we
shaped our course for Boston. Tuesday morh'"s
the wind pulled out to east-southeast, ana NJ >
a. IN. It began to snow We had no opserVa''o"S
for two days but Captain Mcmillan thought We
Toward noon, TIE weather getting thicker we
took in all our upper sails ard laid the snip
along under three lower topsails and forestay-
sails At $3.50 in the afternoon We made uredAe'S
right under our lee, and a few moments later 81"
the land We shook out upper topsais ana
tried 10 drive by the Cape. but we had no sen
room and at 7:lj. finding that we must soon s'r'h'
IN. shit, was headed for the beach g.,
The captain had been below eXamining a,Rg ms ms
lost The ship struck with fearful force. ana we an
sprang to the nfeboats. Before we c9uid cut the
1shincs the spars began To fall. ana the N"SSeI
,n o TO- pieces This was too much for the boys.
and they all rushed FOR me - zee ,in fnoiin
Some Of them were swept overheard ana were see"
II cung desperately the rigging for few
moments when "A great wave broke my grip anu /
~nd hut the water threw me- here and there for
a while. when suddenly J. found myself on ,,f ,ne
sand Soon mon came and took me to the ne
saving station. / am thankful that | am saved.
but my poor shpmates are all gone. All OF n mem
"f thom could not reach the shore well as l.
After tn fell the ship broke 20 open 11nd and
ra ttlns and the mast went over the SIDE ana
full twenty Of my shpmates went WIN . me- oi, Du.
] never one Of them auorward. Inc ere"
numbered twenty.siN men
The owners OF the ship are A. J H. Sarmich,ass,lS s,S
Of C;rcenocl She was built In $50 ana was l9lZ
tons burden The vessel and cargo are d toiH, ia
loss The OF OSl6 bales or Jutc was partialiy
insured in New York. The value OF the cargo was
%en,ain cole Of tho Cahoon's Hollow life-savine
station. says everything that could be dohe, was
done to save the unfortunate men on board the
ship IT,. - ,.,t.-
have come ashore
1T Is very strange hut | think they must nay T
b..n carried I'm the very strong tise toward the
south and some OF them may be- ashcd TO the spars
which are alongside Of the snip or tahsed
with the rigging. ,o.,
Was IT not a pretty bad night Captain?
II do not remember ever 10 have seen ahylhliS
cqual To- IT in all my experience on the beach f.ari
I'm the evening We put a shOt-lnc over the vessel
but the crew on board could not reach H. In iact,
I'm the Pitch darkness Of the nght theN coun nor
10 the line. and. he waves wer" breaking over
them every minute. they had all they could 90 TO
cling 10 the rigging and then could only keep ,h'rc
hv ashlng themselves 10 IN" shrouds. We had our
g.rf boat there but human power conll iauhcn
her through the surf. II came In llke Solu wan
and t. shove boat into IL was oniy - u'SuoS "o'
and every man who stepped into her.
When the tide cbhcd this afternoon the h"'iN nt
one of the Jason's crew WAS discovered tanSled IN
tho rigging over the vessels side. but tho hcrce
sca prevented its recovery. 1t Is expected that To-
morrow IL Will be- possible to reach tn" snip wn"h
other bodies may be- found. Nreckcrs are saving
the iutc bales on the belch.