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Show Panic Ensues When . SleamejJits Rock Three Hundred Passengers Aboard General Frlible Have Narrow Escape San Francisco, March 29. With 300 passengers on board, mostly women wo-men and children, including forty-live forty-live orphans, tho General Friable, a small bay steamer, struck a submerged sub-merged rotk 100 yards off tho Panama Pana-ma Pacific exposition grounds tonight nnd began to sink. Life boats from United States warships anchored near by promptly took off all hands and brought them ashore. All, It was said, had been accounted for. The party on tho General Frlsblo were part of a county delegation to tho exposition. Tho orphans woro from a homo nt Vallejo. At 9 o'clock tonight all returned to tho steamer for tho homeward trip. Tho General Friable, after leaving the dock, cruised along closo to tho shore to give tho party n tlnal vlow of tho exposition. Just In front of tho Idaho state pavilion she Jammed her noso Into tho rock. Tliero was a rending crash of Mm bers that could bo heard plainly by tho crowds on tho Marina, tho exposition's expo-sition's wnter front promenade . Cries of tho excited passengers mingled with prolonged distress whistling r.f tho craft. Panle prevailed on tho stetmar. Tho impact threw many passengers from their seats. Many rushed about wildly, especially the children, nnd it was with difficulty that the ship's officers of-ficers managed to calm -them. Boats from the warships near by Immediately wero launched and with littlo trouble all tho passengers wcie taken off tho Frlsblo ami rowtd ashoro. The vessel llstlnlng heavily, Is supported by tho roclc and prob ably will bo saved. |