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Korean Ship Is Lost In Heavy Seas Friday; Toll Of 249 Lives Reported As Seven Are Picked Up
PUSAN, Korea, IRA crowded Korean passenger ship foundered in mountainous seas and violent winds last night and sank with a reported toll of 248 lives just outside this big southeast Korean port. The Korean ministry of transportation said today only seven of the 256 aboard the 140-ton Chang Yung Ho were saved when the coastal vessel went down. The captain, Yang Mo, was among the seven. Transportation minister Kim Suk Kwang expressed belief that no Americans were aboard the ship, which plied daily between Pusan and Yosu, 100 miles to the west on Korea's south coast. The ministry said the passengers were mostly a mixed group of Korean men and women—farmers and townsmen—coming to the Pusan markets from outlying points to either buy or sell. The captain was able to provide only a sketchy account of the disaster. He told the ministry his ship was swung around violently by a tremendous gust of wind, that things went black and the next he knew was when he regained consciousness in the storm tossed seas. That was about 10 p.m. Friday. South Korean Navy and police boats picked up the captain, four passengers and two crewmen. They were brought to Pusan for first aid treatment. Rescue boats—still hampered by rough seas—continued a search today but the ministry said there was "no hope" for finding any more survivors. The Chang Yung Ho sank outside Pusan harbor, about 10 miles from the mouth of the Naktong River and in the same general area where another Korean
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