Ferry Boat Hits Bridge; 15 Die
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DOLGELLY (Merioneth), July 24.
Pathetic scenes marked the opening of the inquest on the deaths of four women, three men, three girls and a boy in the ferry boat tragedy at Panmaenpool on Friday.
The inquest opened before covered and the search was the Merioneth County Coron. continuing today.
er, Mr Harry Evans-Jones, at the county hall, Dolgelly. Twenty-six people were rescued after the ferry boat. Prince of Wades sunk when returning from a pleasure cruise, she struck a bridge across the river at Panmaenpool. A horrifying scene followed with parents trying to save children, and men searching for their families as the fastflowing waters swept the holi-day-makers down the river. Eleven bodies were later re-
A police spokesman said later today: “We are now almost certain that there are only two women, a man and a child missing.” This would make the number of dead 15.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31121, 26 July 1966, Page 22
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