CANADA - 'All saved' as Canada ferry sinks

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Thursday, 23 March 2006,

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'All saved' as Canada ferry sinks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All 100 passengers and crew have been rescued from a sinking ferry off

Canada's Pacific coast, reports say.

The British Columbia ferry is

thought to have struck a rock near Gil Island, 80 miles (129

km) south of Prince Rupert, early on Wednesday morning.

Officials said all the passengers and crew had been evacuated to

lifeboats before the 125m (410ft) ship went down.

The president of British Columbia Ferries said it was a

" miracle " no-one had been killed or seriously injured.

The ferry was sailing through the Inside Passage, on a 15-hour

journey from Prince Rupert to Vancouver Island, when it went down at about

0025 (0825 GMT).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4835698.stm

 

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