Consecutive mishaps in East China Sea waters leave 3 dead, 11 more missing

Xinhua News Agency;  November 16, 2005 ;     265 words ...Consecutive mishaps in East China Sea waters leave 3 dead, 11 more...of shipwreck were reported in East China Sea waters as a result of advancing...Company of Ningbo, a port city in east China's Zhejiang Province, corporate...Quanzhou, another port city of east China's ...

URGENT: Two cargo ships collide in East China Sea, 23 missing

Xinhua News Agency;  March 18, 2007 ;     53 words ...URGENT: Two cargo ships collide in East China Sea, 23 missing BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Two cargo...collided with each other on early Sunday morning at East China Sea. One ship sunk with 23 people on board missing. Rescuers sent by the East China Sea Fleet rushed to the scene and ...

At least four miners trapped in flooded coal mine in east China

Xinhua News Agency;  December 12, 2007 ;     88 words ...At least four miners trapped in flooded coal mine in east China NANCHANG, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least four miners were trappedWednesday in a flooded coal mine in east China's Jiangxi Province,local government officials said. The...is allowed to produce 40,000 tons of coal every year. A rescue ...

Flooded coal mine death toll hits 32 in east China

Xinhua News Agency;  August 19, 2003 ;     114 words ...Flooded coal mine death toll hits 32 in east China JINAN, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Rescue workers had recovered 32 bodies in a flooded coal mine in Zaozhuang City, east China's Shandong province, by 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, but three miners...an official in charge of the rescue work, said that the rescue ...

5th Ld-China Focus: Typhoon Saomai makes landfall in east China

Xinhua News Agency;  August 11, 2006 ;     765 words ......Typhoon Saomai makes landfall in east China BEIJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon...made landfall in Cangnan County, east China's Zhejiang Province, at 5:25 p...at a speed of 20 km per hour to east China's Jiangxi Province. The flood control...China's eastern border to boost ...

Rescue operation ends in E. China iron mine

Xinhua News Agency;  May 17, 2006 ;     200 words ...Rescue operation ends in E. China iron mine DALONGSHAN, Anhui Province, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Rescue operation has ended in an iron mine in East China's Anhui Province, where a collapse on Saturday claimed three lives. Rescuers gave up their efforts...

Survival chances slim for 10 missing seamen off east China

Xinhua News Agency;  January 22, 2007 ;     224 words ...Survival chances slim for 10 missing seamen off east China FUZHOU, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The chances of survival for ten seamen missing since two ships capsized off east China diminished on Monday as high winds hampered the search and rescue operation. One of the capsized ships was ...

Building collapse: Expedite rescue operation, says HC

The Hindustan Times;  January 13, 2007 ;     461 words ......Allahabad and alleged slow pace of rescue operation, the Allahabad High Court on Saturday...Nigam who were at present executing rescue operation at the site, to expedite the same. "The rescue operation shall not be slowed down under any...

Rescue Operation Ends in East Iran

Xinhua English Newswire;  May 13, 1997 ;     316 words ...The rescue operation has come to an end in the quake-strick...far. The official said that the rescue operation process is slow because relief...disaster relief work said that the rescue operation has been involved with six helicopters...

NSW: Search and rescue operation under way in burning building

AAP General News (Australia);  November 16, 2002 ;     104 words ...00-00-0000 NSW: Search and rescue operation under way in burning building...Nov 16 AAP - A search and rescue operation was under way this evening...We're carrying out a search and rescue operation, the spokesman said. The fire...

Vic: 98-year-old sunken ferry faces rescue operation

AAP General News (Australia);  February 19, 2008 ;     140 words ......Vic: 98-year-old sunken ferry faces rescue operation The owner of a 98-year-old ferry...says he's not sure how long her rescue operation will take. The historic Sydney ferry...become environmentally hazardous. The rescue operation could prove to be a major drama...

Six hospitalized after east China ferry sinking out of danger

Xinhua News Agency;  February 23, 2003 ;     178 words ...Six hospitalized after east China ferry sinking out of danger BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua...after a Ro-Ro passenger ferry sank Saturday afternoon in east China's Bohai Bay, were all out of danger by Sunday morning...rescue authorities. The ferry, on its way from Longkou in east China's ...

Bangladesh PM orders to expedite rescue operation at collapsed building

Xinhua News Agency;  February 25, 2006 ;     245 words ...Bangladesh PM orders to expedite rescue operation at collapsed building DHAKA, Feb...expedite in a well- coordinated way the rescue operation for the victims of building collapse...and other agencies have started the rescue operation in a full swing. Prime Minister's...

Memorial service held as Kenya calls off rescue operation

Xinhua News Agency;  January 26, 2006 ;     313 words ...Memorial service held as Kenya calls off rescue operation NAIROBI, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- A memorial...silently, signaling the end of the rescue operation. Rescue workers shed tears as tributes...Tuesday, marked the end of the four-day rescue operation and according to Kenyan officials...

1st Ld-Writethru: Storm tide affects 640,000 people in east China

Xinhua News Agency;  March 9, 2007 ;     243 words ......Ld-Writethru: Storm tide affects 640,000 people in east China JINAN, March 9 (Xinhua) -- The strongest storm tide...the province. The 4,360 fishermen marooned in the East China Sea by the storm tide have resumed work as conditions...were unable to return to harbor. Vessels from the East ...