The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-12-24
TWO men LOST
Overheard from the Kliki-
tat N a Storm.
Fl-st Kate ana Seanan-They Were
az kgors--Effort 70 Rescue or
Fine -he wer.

TIE American haFkeutine Klikitai
arrived iu no-r late yesterday after
uo1z from Fu-t Townsend with a tale
n sadness from the high seas-a tale
phl-h records The death Of First Mate
Au6e-s01 and seaman, Nelson by
HEuc b. The early morning OF the 18th
ms Whle the wind was blowing
srour from the southeast and the
ralu ras pouring down in torrents.
Is reporter of The Advertiser called
u1 Captain Cuuer shortly after the
arrival of The Eikitat but, not finding
hu ah5a-d the mate was questioned
n -sEr1 -5 tle loss Of the two men.
TIE tlIozine story was kindly fur
1sael-
ia uas "a Htrle after > O'Clock on the
Morning OF the Oh Of December and
ne He-e about abreast OF Monterey,
hundred and fifty miles of shore
and rv0 hundred miles 10 the south
Ezr5 of san Francisco. We had been
lut since the 2lst Of November
had completed NY watch and
Eu1e below 60 take my rest while the
FRS male stood his watch. Shortly
z-er $50 O'Clock. ] was wakened by
-he cry Of Nan overheard and
tss E-ef To -te deck TO find what was
lfe matter / soon learned that the
male and Seaman Nelson had gone
cFH-1uzrd
le Circumstances were that the
HEE had blown ND very fresh from
-te southeast and the mate with the
SEAMAN mentioned had gone in COM
E1-r wan another seaman. Hans by
ulue -C shift the spanker sheet from
ttE clsa- on the starboard side Of the
ore on rhe poF- side The mate and
Nelson ulpuef the sheet while Hans
amended The clezt- The boom must
have given q terrific jerk. for the men,
Sill ClEiuE 10 the sheet. were thrown
u-r over 1he water Something must
hare happened 10 make them relax
-her grin for they could easily have
helc on under ordinary circumstances.
Dr. is ms opinion that the men were
either cauEht IN the ropes or the heavy
hlock Hans was thrown 10 the deck
at -he same time so that he did not
zsr what had happened 10 his ship
nae Az az events he heard Ander-
son calling out for help. The vessel
was then going along al about seven
uiles an hour SO that il was not many
seoauEs before the cries we're alto
Ee-he- lost
be captain and all hands were
E1u- on deck and the sliding top Of
en- of The matches was thrown over
b0ard for the help Of the men in case
-teE happened 10 be anywhere near.
The vessel was stopped and the cap
llir clutaEnr lated sending a boat in
search Of The men but he very soon
gave uH this plan seeing the heavy
So running and noticing the force OF
ehe wiud- To send ont boat in such
weather would have been almost GER
uzlr death for The men in 1t. How
ever We crulsed about for the space
aT aa1Et 1w0 hours. or until ii was
t-ull daylight The poor unfortunate
FELLOWS had hy that time gone 10 the
h1-1m. Fate was dead against them.
Ts was tfuer Geld and they were dress
e[ - -leir heavy coats and boots, so
-ia- a1r attempt on their part 10 swim
u-s surely hsre been checkmated at
u-oz
There IS a Very touching fact about
thz fe and death q the two men.
Tlr wa-e both Norwegians and were
brought I'D together in their native
COUNTY gong % the same schools and
resting each another like brothers all
sfeh their lives where one went.
ere u-her followed. did il happen TO
D. Coz pleasure or for work Living
ttus as friends. there seemed to be a
E-t 17-izteuEss about their meet
ING lez-h together
Anderson had been running to this
r-- or -he klikirat for the past seven
years and was very ven liked by the
crair of The vessel as well as all
thoss wl-h whom he had anything to
DR. Anderson leaves 3 family. He
Vas hard worker and steady. The
sane can be said Of The unfortunate
seaman Captain Cutler is very much
srec,e5 tv the sad occurrence.