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Tuesday, June 26, 2001, updated at 15:10(GMT+8)
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Shipwreck in South Taiwan Killed 7 Inland Crew

Monday's report says that there have been seven crew proved dead in the recent "Guangyuanlun" shipwreck in South Taiwan. Twelve members were missing and four were saved. The salvage work is still going on.

"Guangyuanlun" encountered typhoon after leaving Hong Kong last Friday and was forced to anchor off Anping Harbor in south Taiwan. At 3 o'clock of Saturday afternoon, it lost contact with the land office. Later, source shows that the ship had sunk under the violent lash of stormy waves. Crew put on life-vests and jumped into the sea one after another.

It is reported that the sunken ship is a Belizean cargo ship carrying more than 5000 tons of sandstone. All 23 crew are from China's mainland and most of them are from Hubei Province. The oldest one is 62 years old, and the youngest 25.

After two days of search, four crew members, Chu Liwu, Zhang Zhiyou, Zhang Sixiong and Chen Lin, were saved. They were found severely dehydrated but had no serious physical problems after giving an emergency treatment in hospital.

Most of the corpses and the survivors were discovered in Chiayi Hsien or even Yunlin Hsien, north of Taiwan, indicating that the sailors were carried to the north by the ocean current.



By PD Online Staff Du Minghua



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Monday's report says that there have been seven crew proved dead in the recent "Guangyuanlun" shipwreck in South Taiwan. Twelve members were missing and four were saved. The salvage work is still going on.

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