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Show EXPLOSION ON A FERRYBOAT , Ohemlcal Compound Dropped by Mining Min-ing Engineer, Kills Unfortunate Man and Causes Panic. San Francisco. A bottlo of a chemical chem-ical compound dropped by or crushed In tho pocket of James Norbon, a well known mining engineer, is believed to havo caused an explosion lato Friday on tho Southern Pacific ferryboat Berkeley, plying between this city and Oakland, which brought instant death to Norbon, seriously injured two other men nnd created a panic among tho 2,000 passengers crowding tho vessel's decks. The explosion occurred 'n tho lavatory lava-tory In which were four others besides be-sides Norbon. Norbon's body was blown Into bits. The stunning report, which Jarred the vessel from Btem to stern, was followed fol-lowed by a stampede on both lower and upper decks. Thoro was a rush to the side of tho boat opposlto the one on which tho explosion occurred and sevoral excited passengers raised tho cry that tho Boat was sinking. It waB thought at first that tho explosion explo-sion had occurred In tho engine room. |