Teletext Recovery - 14/09/1994

P324 Teletext 324 Sep14 23:12:13   FERRY  DISASTERS ——————————————————————————————————————— Six people were killed and seven injured when a ferry walkway collapsed at Ramsgate. Firemen told how they found a "pile of bodies". ■ It was the first tragedy of its kind at a port in Britain, but followed a number of accidents involving UK ferries in recent years. ■ These include the worst maritime disaster in recent British history, the sinking of the Herald of Free Enterprise in Zeebrugge harbour in March 1987, in which 193 people died. ——————————————————————————————————1/4—— Six killed in ferry tragedy 307 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p193 Politics News focus Write on Wjather

P324 Teletext 324 Sep14 23:07:11   FERRY  DISASTERS ——————————————————————————————————————— Six people have been killed in Ramsgate in the latest of a series of incidents involving UK ferries. AUGUST 1994 More than 100 passengers and crew were snatched to safety from the burning cross-Channel cargo ferry the Sally Star, after a fire in the engine room left the ship stranded east of Ramsgate. AUGUST 1992 Two children died in their bunks on board the Celtic Pride after being overcome by sewage fumes on the Swansea-Cork crossing. ——————————————————————————————————2/4—— Six killed in ferry tragedy 307 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p193 Politics News focus Write on Wjather

P324 Teletext 324 Sep14 23:47:58   FERRY  DISASTERS ——————————————————————————————————————— Six people have died after a walkway collapsed at Ramsgate — the latest in a series of ferry incidents. APRIL 1990 Soon after the Scandinavian Star disaster, when a fire killed 160 people sailing from Oslo to northern Denmark, there were two incidents in British waters. A man died from a heart attack after a fire on a Brittany Ferries ship sailing from Caen-Portsmouth, and an engineer was killed and a woman injured in a fire on a B&I ferry in the Irish Sea. ——————————————————————————————————3/4—— Six killed in ferry tragedy 307 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p193 Politics News focus Write on Weather

P324 Teletext 324 Sep14 23:11:46   FERRY  DISASTERS ——————————————————————————————————————— Six people were killed and seven injured on a walkway in Ramsgate, the latest incident involving ferries from the UK. NOVEMBER 1989 Three people died when a Harwich-bound car ferry collided with a container ship in the North Sea off the coast of Germany in a force-nine gale. SEPTEMBER 1989 A couple were killed by a fire which started in a linen cupboard during a North Sea crossing to Harwich from Gothenberg in Sweden. ——————————————————————————————————4/4—— Six killed in ferry tragedy 307 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p193 Politics News focus Write on Weather

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