Jason Shipwreck Monument 1893

IN MEMORY OF
THOSE BRAVE MARINERS LOST IN THE WRECK
OF THE BRITISH SHIP JASON OFF THE BACK
SHORE OF CAPE COD DECEMBER 5, 1893

HERE LIE
GEORGE M MILLAN CAPTAIN
ARCHIBALD GALBREATH
PETER BLACK
JOSEPH F OWEN
ARTHUR R DAWES
WILLIAM YOUNG
HUGH McLEAN
MURPHY
L P CARSE
CAINES
CHRISTOPHER NEILSON
FREDERICK HEMMINGSON
CHARLES ANDERSON
ANTOINE
MICHAEL MULLIGAN
JOHN McHUGH

LOST AT SEA OR
INTERNED ELSEWHERE
JOHN B WALKER
WILLIAM SARP
EDWARD HALE
JOHN CALLAGHAN
JOHN SULLIVAN
WILLIAM COTTER
JEREMIAH O'LEARY
CHARLES JOHNSON
CHARLES RUSSELL

SOLE SURVIVOR
SAMUEL J EVANS

DEDICATED JULY 11, 1976
ERECTED BY THE WELLFLEET BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE
THE WELLFLEET HISTORICAL SOCIETY
THE RICH FAMILY ASSOCIATION

The granite monument is rectangular in shape. The Bristish ship JASON went aground a half mile north of the Pamet river Life Saving Station. Twenty six of her officers and crew perished and only one was rescued. Seven were never found. Sixteen were buried in a common grave in Oak Dale Cemetery. Three were taken for burial elsewhere.

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