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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
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iy keeping your blood young;
iv supplying it with an
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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
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