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DISASTER AT OSTEND - PLEASURE BOATS COLLIDER FIFTEEN 1- BODIES RECOVERED (V&IU4 Prw Anoolajfcm—By BIMMc aeh—OopirljtkW (Australian PreM Association! (Received sth August, 11.30 a.m.J OSTEND, 4th August. A pleasure boat entering the-harbour collided close to the \vharf with'andlher which was leaving and-sank iihtnediately. ■ ■ ■ i Over sixty people aboard, -r mostly elderly people and children, were thrown into the water. There was no time to lower boats or to issue life-belts. ' .. Boatmen nearby rushed to the scene and saved between 30 and 40. "' * Fifteen bodies so far have been recovered, and 20 injured have, been-taken to hospital.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 5 August 1929, Page 5
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