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IOKWBS I A THE D AILY JOURNAL SALEM; OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1903. IN A LIFE BOAT hrilUng Experience of the Passengers and Crew of the Siteam Collier Titani, In Abandoning the Sinking Ship and Finally Being Picked Up-Stories of the Stfrvivors-- San Francisco Chronicle Nov. 10.) ison, Mato Karl KJellln,' Second Qui- ;apimn x nonius uunuerson, twenty CBr donn uarngwanain, unier engin r men and nine iiassensors arrlvol 8r Al Sweon. Steward F. w. Staf- liossengors arrived Cth" Norwegian collier Titanla yos- fday morning and told of the thrill- disabling and abandoning of tho bam schooner Charles Nelson oft Bipqua. on tho Orogon coast, and of to experienco of forty hours In two ?c-boat3, through nil of which hard- ll3 every person from the unfortu- ito schooner passed with no soriouc lury and no losa but personal effect ao men and tho slnglo woman who aboard speak In most cordial rms of Captain Qundoraon, .to whose iv Ty and coolnoss thoy attribute plr doliveranco from death. ford, Seaman Gas Andenion aud a number of pawengera, who were In. tervlewed aa to the cnuee of the ac cident, agree perfectly. The Charles Nelson crossed th bar from Astoria at noon last Tuosilay, and thnt even fng ran Into a gale. By Wednesday night she was In distress, and booh after mldnjght she was linking badly. She carried 706,000 feet of lumber, and tho very heavy deckload causod tho samson post to snap off short, leaving It freo to work about, wator poured into tho holo thus made In the deck and through the openings of seams In the aide. The cutting away fho courageous spirit of the skipper 0' the deck-load did not help matters. Sfar imbued his crow and passengers !ah'i the vessel settled, at the stern, thoy profoafl not to have felt it f nr for tholr lives, and say that the mllst of tho daugors they were Bo to nnpieclaie tho ludicrous situ- Bona, which apprnr to hnve arisen lth frequency. rho moit trj'lng hours wero during (to wnolo or Thursday night, when Po two Hfc-bont3, each loaded to Its all with s'vnioon persons, rocked th- li of tho abandoned ship. irfu' of pmhlng off Into the raging sis and tho sweeping gale. In tho Ildbt of It a portly Englishman. Billln Bradley, Insisted upon trying reboard the ship for dry clothes id fell Into tho ocean. Ills llfo pre- firvere buoyed him up, and tne pectr.cle of four sailors laboring with ropes to holsl the burly passenger ito tho ltfcbonto again caused peals 5f laughter from tho wrotched r.nd Kyct refugees, who hnd no aseuranco that all might not speedily go swirl ing down 1o Davy Jonoa. After forty hours of drifting m a tinning sent tho captain was stand ing on n scat and straining his oyoa it what seemed to bo a lighthouse on rock. Bradley clutched Captain lundorson'o coat and jorked him Bown Into tho boat. "Tell mo quick I nevor thought of before what In tho name of heaven Bo they do with lighthouses in tne has plied up and down the coast and Baytlmo?" cried the Englishman. been across the ocean." lie believed "Oil Uioy fold thorn up and tuck the ship was about 26 miles from land with the weight of the machinery, the 300,000 feet of lumber in the hold, keeping her bow afloat. The ship was abandoned Thursday evening, though the captain remained aboard all night. With the others In the two lifeboats, which had hovered In the leo of the ship all night, he pushed away from the Nelson early Friday morning. Once they sighted land, but fearing ( to attempt a landing through tho surf, wero Anally picket! up by the tug Sea rtovor, bound north Saturday morning, and in half an hour wero transferred to tho Titanla, which brought them to this port. When last seen the half sunken Nelson was being towed townrd this port by tho steam schoonor Aurelln, which was having a hard time with hor prizo Captain Gundorson bolloves tho Nol son will be towed In hero. Hnd to Leave the Ship. Captain Gundorson said that he did his beet undor tho clrcumstancoa, and thnt had not both of tho llfo- boat been required to convey tho passongors and crow from the untafo ship ho would have kopt a boat for emorgoncy and takon his chances in remaining with his ship, "My mon nctod very well and we all did our boat," said Gunderson. "Tho Nelson wns flvo yoars old and (hem into a ennvns bug," replied Mr. Sunderson cooly. The Captain hnd when she was abandoned. Second o Ulcer John Uaragwanath, lest tho direction, and when he looked who got both legs badly bruised In iKaln thoro was not oven the sug-j launching a lifeboat, praised his cap- kostlon of a lighthouse to guide or j lain and said: "When we lay all of kIvo th"m hope, Most Trying Time. Tho meager provisions In the boat Dnslsted of canned goods, mainly Mined clnms. Bernard Dougherty, a reman, acemed so near famished that Bo was given a whole tin of tho prec- bus food1 He swallowed the clams greedily, lota them through nausea, and grew ' so weak that another can to bo administered, b of ore ughcrty's stomach could bo reau- uted It acecmed that the others muat Mt without any provisions what- per bo continuous was nis cry ior ad and to prompt its rejection. On ip Hond nignt in yio ojwn owns jm ral men became delirious, sad wa. barely rostralnl from losp- ig ovi'uonru. Airs, ueoro w. wo riff and wiaisetnnt of the cook. Stood strain finely and talked InteW- lently of the details of the never-to-je forgo un oxperleneo. Tho men tenorouply gave up their own wet irments to aid in keeping the coW rom her Her staunu-nts of Captain Gunder- ARE YOU AGEING? Dr. Holmes used to say he ps "seventy years young. 5ome men are old at halt that figure. Age is not in years. Xt is In the blood. Scott's Emul sion helps to keep you young iy keeping your blood young; iv supplying it with an abundance of rich, pure, vital Nourishment; earning con stant life and renewal w ivery fibre of your body. It kvih help you to rou auvu..v...6 ears of half their sting. WtfH usd mo a timtU b ! JCOTT & BOWNE, 409 ft! S"' ',t Thursday night in the lee of the ship In tthe lifeboats the wind must have been blowing SO miles an tour, and I have never seen a heavier sea in all the years I have been along the coast." Upon thlr arrival the officers, orew and passengers reported to the office of tho Charles Nelson company and made their statements. Rills Sandvlg, a paeeengor from Astoria for San Krancisoo, had written out tho follow ing detailed description of the acci dent, the abandonment and the res ells, as soon no he had been made snug upon the Titanla: Sandvlg's Statement. "The rough weather bad sprung a leak in the port liwikara. hut It was th breaMng of the ssmson post which made a great holo In the dock and allowed the water to rush in. Tito working of the lumber qulokly made seams open. The captain ordered the deck .load cut adrift, but this did not help much, and the water waa soon so deep in the englas room that the engineers and firemen wore swim ming rather than walking. It waa daylight Thursday when the captain ordered then all to th dock the coal being so wet that tho Bros wont out and the ship waa ketpioso. An attempt waa wade to get a ire In the donkey boiler to work tho bilge pumps but this failed, and the water hmk kjfaer and higher in the hold and the Teasel sank lower. At o'clock a renvoi waa sighted and a knottod nag of distrosi waa run up. The Sag waa either not soon or disregarded and we wero loft aloao. "At 1:M the ship wae kept np only by the lumber forward In her hold, and the captain ordered the HJehoata lowered. Aa the pert heat waa being launched an anumwUr heavy swept It away. The eapUda would aot order any one to ge after It. hat Nelc Alexanders on and Oeear Kelso, seamen, humrhotl a weatt Nfii fa. took after tho boat and encfeded in fetching It back. We etoad b ready to easbark uaUl dark. Red lights ffi9IP.8.t fn Qjb rtggtngjitSthorrn drenched out every few tnlnutea. When tho ship began to settle at the stern and tho deckhouso commenced to give way the captain ordered all into the boats. He was last to ioavo the ship and almost immediately re turned and spent the night upon hor. Sailor and passengers struggled with the oars all through the night to keep the lifeboats from being carried out of U10 lee of the ship to destruction. All were drenched with spray, and Uie awful wind waa blttor cold. When, near morning, a rain began to fall It was a welcome relief, for It was warmer than the spray. "By daylight the gale was decreas ing and several managed to get aboard and find more clothes. In his endeavor to do this Philip Bradley. an Englishman from Chicago, fell Into iie son. His life preservers kept him up while ropes were got about him and he woe hauled Into the boat Hta rage and his helplessness caused shout of merriment. When we got Into the boats the night before three had no llfo preservers, and Captain Gunderson crawled forward over tho shifting lumber and procured beltB for them. Drifting In tho Rain. "At 7:30 o'clock all wero In tho life boats again and tho captain gavo the command to shovo off. The officers hnd held a consultation and agreed to abandon tho wreck, which wns loit from sight In half nil hour Captain Gunderson commanded one boat In which were 1(1 others, and Mate Karl KJellln had the second boat with tho same number. The mate led he hav ing the only cotnpaea. "The boats took what seenml an easterly course. All day Friday there waa a continual mist of rain. The sea was steady. After 3 o'clock wo sighted a high point of land supposed to be near Coos bay, and sails were run up, and oars set to work. In our haele to get closer to the land thoa In the mnto's boat failed to watch the captain's boat, and when we did look for him he wbb two mile nwny and tacking on another course. We went nfter him, abandoning the effort to reach the shore, as the captain had ordored that tho two boats should romaln together. Aa soon as wo came togothor tho captain oxplalned that ho preferred staying In tho path of steamers to attempting a landing In tho surf. The point wo had alghtod wo nltor learned -waa Hackott Head. "By 7:30 o'clock tho wonthor was calm and full moon shown. We hnd canned goods to eat, and all kept up hopo and spirits. Saturday morning we sighted n vessel headed south, supposed to bo the Queen. We pulled In her direction, tho passengers ns woll as the crew taking a turn at the onrs, nnd when wo wore close to her Captain Gunderson tried to light an oil torch which he had prepared, but it would not burn. All we could do was to sit still and watch the voatei pass out of sight. "Up to this time early all had stood the exposure and strain very well, but now lamotitaUons commenced. In the captain's boat the second stew ard, one of the cooks and a fireman ltecamo delirious, and It waa feared that they might soon succumb. Oniw the fireman got to his feet, and waa barely restrained from stepping over Iward. In the mate's boat two be came delirious, and the first assist ant engineer moaned pltooualy. One man beggod to be thrown overboard, but when told that he would be lash ed to a seat he became pensive. "The night seemed long and fnll or agony. At laet caine the dawn and TIMES AT THE OLD CROSS ROADS A Dramatic Story of the Old Romantic South A Brilliant Company, With all the Accessories of Fine Setting and Beaut iful Costumes A genuine dramnUo treat is prom ised the patrona of The Grand Opera Houbo when Arthur O. Alston's Co., will present "At the Old Croea Uoads" here. This play has boon one of Uie moat romnrkable succeeeos of tho past two seasons, having toured from const to coaat, and almost In ovary caso ro colvod by audlencos which toated the cnpaolty of tho theatres. Tho on gagomont at tho Grand Opprn House, N. Y. City, will long bo romembored in the annals of that opurn house na tho big auditorium was nightly, dur ing tho entlro engpimmcnt, packed to Ita utmost cnpaolty. a id tho amount of i''YBBafe M-fV, UiMtm mi uniu iwwuiwh mi" money drawn waa a rocord breaker oven for that theatre which is a houso nolod for Its onorraous receipts. Tho play conceded to bo ono of tho boat storloa of Southern llfo glvon to the stago In recant yoam Each char actor is drawn with a mastor hand, and tho plot of tho play unfolds a deeply Interesting and probablo story. The company which Is headed by Hathor Williams Is a most oxcellont one and contains many namoee of woll known niorlt. 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