Show NARROW NARRON ESCAPE SCAP OF V MANY KANSAS CITY May 10 Panic HI Panic stricken by the realization that they wore were on a sinking steamer passengers men women and children struggled and fought ought madly to escape from tho the excursion excursion sion slon steamer Uncle Sam when whon it struck a sandbar r and capsized in tho the Ml Missouri river near here late yesterday Only the coolness of the boats boat's crew prevented loss of or life The accident occurred In midstream where the river Is wide v.-Ide and deep Tho turn around steamer was as attempting to and while backing down the river with I Ithe the rapid current struck the large sandbar sandbar sandbar sand sand- bar squarely crushing In the entire starboard side of the boat I The Tho boat filled swiftly and men and women began bes-an to scream sinking She's sinking Instantly the officers and crew found themselves in the midst of or a no struggling mass of or humanity The boat was headed d for or the tho shore but before shallow water was reached It listed to starboard submerging half hn the tho deck A few Jew people Jumped overboard but the they were vere rescued without cult culty Officers of or the government steamer steam steam- er or Missouri seeing the plight of or the Uncle Sam rushed to the rescue The crew of the excursion boat found it Impossible impossible im tm- possible in u use e the lifeboats In less than ten minutes after the boat sank 1 every eory passenger was taken off ort safely sl Tho The boat was wa feet long and thirty thirty- two feet beam boam Tho The loss is estimated at atS S 2000 |