The San Francisco call., 1898-06-22
RAN THE RISK
 OF TORPEDOES Lumber SChOonerS in
 Grave Peril. WENT UP THE RIVER DIRECT CROSSED THE LINE IN DANGER OF BEING BLOWN UP. Five-Year-old Harry Bronson Nearly Lost His Life by Firing Off a
 Fourth of July
 Bomb.
WENT UP THE RIVER DIRECT
CROSSED THE LINE IN DANGER
 OF BEING BLOWN UP.

captains of lumber schooners who go up river direct have been taking great chances or late. The course they gener- ally follow has been planted with torpe- does, and some of these days there will be lumber craft missing with all on board. Sunday last the schooner Viking rom Eureka, and yesterday the Lila and IhdltIe rom Usal, sailed right oyer the oaheer hne. while the passengers on the steamer San Rafael stood aghast. expect Ing every minute to see the vessel blown up.
 me channel taken by these lumber vessels while on their way up the river. D salo captain Mackenzie of the San Ra ideI yesterday, Ifs studded with torne- uoes' ana how the Viking and Lila and Mattle escaped I don't know. When the Flhlhg began heading for the danger line t1e t1, tn teu Sier adter him and footed my whis- teI5 sie so nm as a warning, but the captain I@leIu @ on ms way. When I got within a cerialn distance of the danger line I pov 5GHTu 15si,aI ehe San Rafael off and stood on relef that 1 saw the schooner nass tbe udHserouS spot, can tell you
 tIleu 10 warn the Lila and Mattie diso, 5,' put although they must have known | was heading for them and that I was WnlStllng to attract their attention thev pald no heed, but went right along. Az near ne as l could judge the Lila and Mat Go h,,t hent idsnt over submerged torpe- uo, put she escaped. I suppose the can talns nave not received the notices o4 lne placlng Of the torpedoes and went on up the river in blissful ignorance of the danger they were running
 Another victim of firecrackere ond bombs was treated at the Harbor Re eelvlng Hospital by Dr. ZabaIa yester- uay. Little Harry Benson, not vet E 9f f'IS tbrea olu x iqst his right eye and the tops oI three or his fingers through the burst 1T ing or bomb. Harry's parents live at z ehaIna street, and all of yesterday morn ing ne watched some boys in a vacan+ m pdi street near First blowing tP uP miniature forts with bombs One of Ihe boys gave the little chan one of +ba odhgerous things and he ran home fo pat ao,iis Inatch With which to set 1t off. He s0uiu s0 ba not get one in his mothers house t so ne went to his uncle's and got one tneTe- lie was no more than on the sida- wax when he touched the thing off . nd manned name himself for life, The tops of the right bar,d aI1de& ana ana second fingers on his aisHI 5 mana were completely Shattered ana ana Dr. Zabala had to amputate them Q, the 1lrst joint. The right eve was r,,1 a t,iIe su[eu py the concussion and the child viii 1 never see out of it again. Harrv,s Fo,,~t ! or July has been spoiled for this vaor ui U. oI any rate. 'iiS year, al Nidho the steamer Dfrigo sails to-day for st Was 1W5eiael to With about 200 passengers. sb- vas 10 nave got away yesterday bn+ 1rn 1ne s delayed through the river sfe3mer pT' Eia! Tas eIa GI Dawson not being ready. Captain Lev. lnson has resigned from the Dirieo and captain Hall will take her out |'iiu Ihe steamer City of Puebla arrived from the sound yesterday, and as soon as sha mas discharged her inward cargo she will pc ntted out as a transport. She brought down six deputy Sheriffs and ten prison CTS from Alaska. The prisoners were taken to San Quentin as soon as the City of Puebla docked
 The Harbor Commissioners opened bids for the supply of lumber for six months but finally came to the conclusion to re- 1ect the two that were put in and call for new ones. Some time ago the E. K Wood Lumber Company offered to sup ply lumber at S11 a thousand, but later withdrew the same. Yesterday the Paci- fic Pine Lumber Company offered to sup ply rough Oregon pine for s15 a thousand selected Oregon pine for $20 a thousand and flooring for s25 per thousand feet while the S. E. Slade Lumber Company offered to supply the same articles for 50 cents less per thousand.
 Commissioner Colnon was opposed to readvertising as nothing would be gained while Herold favored rejecting all the bids on account of the E. K. Wood offer Har- ney pointed out that the board had been paying $14 50 thousand right along and that it would look as though they had been paying too much if the lowest bid