TANKER IN COLLISION
(N.Z P. A.-Reuter —Copyright) HONG KONG, March 30. 1 Three of the crew of the I British tanker Eastgate < (11,097 tons) were killed and ; 31 others injured today as j fire broke out aboard after ah collision in Hong Kong har-lj hour with a French freighter | The collision occurred at ■ < | the eastern approaches to the!; 'harbour in pre-dawn dark-U ness. • I I Thirteen from the Eastgate | ’were admitted to hospital|i | while the others were dis- j (charged after treatment. The i I condition of five of those kept ; in hospital was described as ; fair. There were no immediate! reports of injuries among the; crew of the French freighter'; the Circea (7224 tons). ;- ■ 1 Haiphong fishing j North Vietnam says that! I the mining of the port of Haiphong by the United States : last year has not affected its! 'fishing industry. Nearly! ; 10,000 tons of fish were caught last year from the, (port, it says.—Hong Kong,' I March 30. 1
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33189, 31 March 1973, Page 15
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