Hundreds rescued from grounded ship
NZPA-Reuter Gothenburg All 587 passengers were successfully taken off a Danish ferry yesterday after it ran aground in stormy weather and sprang a leak off the port of Gothenburg in south-west Sweden. Coast Guard officials said about 35 of the 100-man crew were staying aboard) the 8658 tonne Winston I Churchill, bound from Gothenburg for Newcastle, Eng-' land, to man the pumps. i
I The men were making ■ headway against the leak in i the hull and there was no ■ danger of the ship sinking. The passengers, most of : them British holidaymakers, . were evacuated, one person breaking a leg. Officials on the island of iVinga, 11km from GothenI burg, said the ferry had run laground in high seas and | winds gusting up to 65km/h ■ .Experts were waiting until I dawn to assess the
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