The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Crew of Schooner Lizzie Prien Spend
Christmas Day Battling for Life

While people ashore were celebrating
Christmas day in the comfortable en-
joyment OF the traditional festivities.
the crew OF the schooner Lizzie Prien.
which arrived yesterday from Eureka.
were battling for their lives in
southeasterly gale The storm arrived
about the time children ashore began
their hunt for evidence Of Santa Claus
visit and the fight with death lasted all
DAY.
The gale put in an appearance sud
denly. Like most lumber carriers the
Lizzie Prien was loaded more for reve-
nue. than for safety, and over she went
on her beam ends. AS she lay helpless,
weighted down by the high-piIed deck
load, sea after sea broke over the hull.
compelling all hands TO hang on for
dear life. To save the vessel the order
was given to cut away the lashings OF
the deckload. This was accomplished
with great difficulty and into the nav
Of the sea SLID about 100000 feet of
lumber.
RelieYed OF this great weight the
Lizzie Prien righted herself She was
out OF immediate danger, but the trou-
bles OF the crew were not Yet over.
IL was found that the hull had been
badly strained and when the decks had
been Strengthened all hands were or
until the schooner anchored in Mission
bay the pumps were kept going She
arrived here with four feet of water in
her hold
Heavy Lumber Receipts
Whatever else San Francisco may
lack IN the way OF raw construction
material with which 10 begin the new
years work. the supply Of lumber
should be sufficient TO meet even the
extraordinary demand now prevailing
Every available vessel is now engaged
IN the lumber trade and the daily. re-
ceipts have been large for several
months On the last day OF the old
year all records were broken. the re-
ceipts from sunrise TO dark totaling
more than l4O0O. .OOo feet The receipts
for December 81 and for yesterday, !.
combined, amount TO more than 20.000,-
600 feet
Wharves and buIfheads are piled
high with lumber. and although the
chief wharfnger declares he can berth
Immediately every one Of the more
than twOscore vessels, the discharging
OF them wiz be something OF a prob
lem. particularly II the Harbor Com
missioners keep their promise TO main
tain the open bulkheads clear Of
freight
The buIkheads from Mission to Fol-
som streets have been practically inn
passable throughout the present ad-
ministratfon Of water front affairs.
Prior to april is an alleyway for foot
travellers was occasionally left between
lumber piles, but since then the bulk
heads have been packed solid from
stringpiece- to. roadway and pedestrians
have been compelled to trail either
through the shiny mud OF East street
or 10 risk a perilous perambulation
over the loose and rotten planking
FOR SIR
west side Of the street. n
Twenty million feet Of lumber in two
days is a pretty good record, and
stretching from Puget Sound 10 the
GoldeRe Gate Is an endless chai1 OF
vessels, each carrying as much lumber
as il can stagger along with. And San
Francisco has a place for every stick
OF it.
Too Late 20 Pass Quarantine
The Oceanic Steamship cOmpany's
liner Alameda, Captain DowdelL ar
rived yesterday from Honolulu, but
reached the harbor too late TO pass
quarantine. The passengers viii be
landed early this morning
WATER Front Notes
.The bark Biz BONANZA. one Of the
. salmon fleet now doing duty as a lum-
her carrier, left yesterday for Astoria
in tow Of the tug Lamson
The4 British bark Calcutta arrived
Monday night sixty-three days from
Shanghai. The Calcutta belongs to the
British branch OF the Standard Oh
Company
The City Of sydney, which arrived
Sunday. viii sail on Saturday for Pana-
ma and way ports.
The Oceanic Steamship company's
liner Alameda viii sail Saturday for
Honolulu
The Occidental and Oriental Steam
ship Company's liner Coptic is due
next SUNDAY from the Orient