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Article: Fed: Crew survives after cargo ship rams fishing boat
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- November 10, 2001
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AAP General News (Australia)
11-10-2001
Fed: Crew survives after cargo ship rams fishing boat
By Miranda Korzy
SYDNEY, Nov 10 AAP - The crew of a fishing boat rammed by a mystery merchant ship off
the NSW north coast overnight had just one minute to escape before their vessel sank.
Police said the three men spent about five hours in a life raft in heavy rain before
they were rescued.
Coffs Harbour Water Police Senior Constable Dean Hancock said the boat's 35-year-old
skipper, from Currumbin in Queensland, and two deckhands, a 30-year-old man from Maroochydore,
Queensland, and a 23-year-old man from Nambour, Queensland, were now safe and well.
The men were picked up by another ...