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Article: Fishing boat capsizes, seven missing
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 14, 2004
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Fishing boat capsizes, seven missing
FUZHOU, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers are still searching for
seven fishermen who went missing after their boat was hit by an oil
tanker and capsized on Friday near Quanzhou city, east China's Fujian
Province, a local official said on Sunday.
There was only a slim chance of survival for the seven fishermen
because of the low temperature of the water, said Wu You 'en, an
official with the Maritime Affairs Bureau of Quanzhou City.
At 3 a.m. Friday, Daqing No. 93 oil tanker was sailing for the
Quangang Wharf when it came across Minshiyu No. 2380 fishing boat at
119 degrees ...