Arizona republican., 1908-05-05

When she had drifted north of Va quina Head, the captain seeing the hopelessness of her condition, ordered the craft abandoned and directed the lifeboat. which was large enough to hold the entire crew, to be lowered.
 While engaged in clearing the life boat the vessel suddenly shipped a tre- mcndous sea which swept overheard the deckload of lumber and with it the after deckhouse. both boats and elev- en men. The lifeboat was pitched on to the floating lumber. hanging one end off, at a sharp angle. In chamber ing into the lifeboat the men capsized her. They succeeded in fighting her again and about seven sailors climbed . in. leaving four others on the wreck.
 The captain ordered the boat to pick up these men but for some reason the order was not obeyed.
 Within a few minutes the lifeboat and wreckage with the unfortunates on board drifted away from the Kel-
 ton. By this time the steamer had drifted close to the shore and Captain
 MCkenna let go the anchors in the hopes that they would hold him off shore. Shortly afterward a squall shut out from view the lifebOat and men on the wreckage. They were not seen again until three bodies were picked
 up on the beach on Sunday. Mean time the men remaining on the KeltOn took refuge in the rigging, but fearing they would be washed overheard they
 crawled along the cargo booms and in this precariouS manner succeeded in gaining the forecastle where they re- mained until rescued on Sunday after noon. They had neither food no: wat CT and suffered greatly from hunger. thirst and exposure.
 During all this time signals of dis tress had been flying but failed to attract the attention of either the life saving station or passing vessels. The first intelligence of the wreck was brought to the Yaquina Head life say ing station about noon on Sunday by Paul Chatterton. a farmer living near the scene of the wreck A lifeboal was sent up the coast to the Keltor and a surfman with signalling ap- paratus went along> the shore to the | craft. The lifeboat took off the re- { maining members of the crew and landed them safely about two miles above the wreck.
 A search was then made for those 1 of the crew who might have beer washed ashore. The ships lifeboaI ! was found short distance further north with one man lying dead in tht ! bottom. Half a mile further up the i beach another body was found and . l h ind h..rl : Wreckage near the second one.
 \. J. Nelson. one of the men whC
 had been abandoned on the wreckage managed to save his life after under
 going horrible experience. When tn,
 Wreckage struck the beach SaturdaN night the breakers piled the lumber onto the unfortunate sailors. Nelson with d leg broken above the ankl, managed to eXtricate himself from tn I griding mass and reached shore abOu
 9 o'clock that night. With the broker bones protrudirg through the flesh and enduring fearful agony, the maj laid all night. On Sunday mornin he attempted to crawl along the beacl
 when he was discovered by Andrey | Wisnewski. a farmer. who carrie, Nelson to his home and came to thi place for physician.
 Chief Engineer Lund was last seei
 in the cabin a moment before it wa
 washed overheard. He is believed t,
 have been killed.
 ] The steam schooner Washington i early today ran in near the KeltOl
 and apparently made no effort to talk
 her in tow.