Show EXPLOSION ON A chemical compound dropped by mn min ing engineer kills unfortunate man and causes panic ran san ir incisco A bottle of a chem leal ical compound dropped by or crabbed in the pocket ot of james norbon a well known mining ta ginter ner Is bell believed eNed to 10 have canoed an explosion la a e field friday ty on the southern ferryboat berkeley plying between this cly city and oakland which brought instant death to norbon seriously injured two other men abid created a pinic among the 2000 2 pas engers crowding crowding the vessels decks the explosion occurred in the lava tory in which were ere four others besides norbon Nor bona body waa was blown blonn ialo I alo 40 bits the stunning report which jirred the vessel from stem to stern was as fot fol lowed by a stampede on both lower and upper decks there was has a to the rido of the boat bott opposite the one on on ota which the explosion occurred and several excited passenger passengers raised the cry that the boat was sinking it was thought at first that the explosion had occurred in the engine room |