OSTEND TRAGEDY.
RECOVERY OP BODIES. (TTHITXD russ ASSOCIATION—B7 KLXCTBIC TBTJSGRAFH—COPTBIOHT.) OSTEIN), August 5. Nine more bodies have been recovered from the wreck of the Joseph 111., which sank in the harbour yesterday, following a collision with another vessel. Twenty-nine are in hospital, where one woman died. It is believed that there are still 15 bodies lying in the harbour. —Australian Press Association. [The motor-boat Joseph 111. was cut in two by the Knocke just after leaving the Ostend pier. She sank immediately, the 70 passengers, mostly elderly people and children, who were on an excursion, being thrown into the water. Fifteen bodies were recovered and 20 injured taken to hospital.]
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19691, 7 August 1929, Page 11
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110OSTEND TRAGEDY. Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19691, 7 August 1929, Page 11
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