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Article: Seaman dies, 19 hurt in cruise ship gas leak on holiday island
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- AP Worldstream
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- August 8, 2003
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Dateline: SANTORINI, Greece
A crew member was killed and 19 others were hospitalized Friday when
a fire extinguisher exploded on a cruise ship anchored at this Greek
holiday island, authorities said.
None of the 1,063 tourists and other passengers on a day trip from
the island of Crete were on board the 116-meter (380-foot) Atlantis
when the incident occurred, the merchant marine ministry said.
The 44-year-old Greek crewman died as a result of carbon dioxide gas
inhalation, the ministry said, while 19 others were taken to a hospital
for observation.
"We tried to bring him ...