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Show Pleasure Seekers Near Death Eleven Persons Have Narrow Escape Es-cape From Drowning- in San Francisco Bay. SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, With her mainmast snapped off at the deck, her rudder gone, sails torn to threads and a foot of water In her cabin, cloven pleasure-seekers aboard tho sloop Olympic, five of whom were young ladles, havo bad narrow escapes from death. At 11:30 yesterday morning tho yachting party left South San Francisco and headed for Sauslllto. expecting to return re-turn by rundown. Strong winds wcro cncpuntcrcd and the mast of the sloop was carried away. Tho little vessel drifted drift-ed about the harbor entrance all day and night until It was seen by tho Government Govern-ment oteamcr General McDowell, which towed It to porL |