European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes sunday March 8.1987 la i Townsend Tho flesh ferry Herald of free Enterprise capsizes 1 mile from Harbor Dovar Folk atone Calais France ferry from Page 1 ship s huge car and cargo loading doors fore and Afi gaped open and its propellers jutted above the water lapping at its half submerged Hull. Tugs pushed at the vessel from both sides to keep it from tilling further. The ferry capsized after being flooded and iwas speculation that one or both of the Cargol May have opened allowing frigid seawater to in Orange Green and while ferry Wilaj Lufte Passen Ger decks was surrounded by Rescue vets from which divers plunged in search of bodies. Van nest said no official passenger Lis Rols available but he said most of the passengers Safe britons and the remainder included three or Artur austrians a swede four poles 18 dutch i turns and a few Danes Ger mans and ship was Tonj Jet to Dover 85 Miles away. As Many As 4q�\vm from Belgium Britain and the Netherlands inf find overnight and Early saturday All the Myers have had real Heartbreak unbelievable her break said it. Cmdr. Henny peelers of the Dulce Navy second in command of diving operations. Belgium 60 mlle Lar Ltd picture of the ferry thai rapist Tel a Raj s ship had been checked ire was Little Hope of finding place said or. Guy Ore to reach the some a peelers Sal by survivors. There wind fetes Allan Hoon Jackt one of the capsized in were no survivors they r 5 not swim in the hulls because oldies. I saw More than a Hundred bodies1. Said Van Hoonakker the Deputy director in Brugge s Miles South of Zeebrugge. Panicked passengers smashed windows in desperate efforts to escape the frigid rising water there was no collision with another ship. Early re ports said the vessel struck a pier or Harbor Wall but Ovington said later the company had been told the ship did not actually hit British prime minister Margaret Thatcher flew Over the 7,951-ton Herald of free Enterprise then landed at this Channel port and described the disaster scene As horrifying sight. Queen Elizabeth ii sent her son Prince Andrew and his wife Sarah to Belgium to Comfort families and survivors most of whom were flew at half staff Over european economic Community Headquarters in Brussels and in neigh Boring France the state radio station dropped sat urday entertainment to play solemn music. We Are faced with a tragic occident this is a real catastrophe said belgian prime minister Wilfric Martens who went to the Harbor along with Belgium King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola. Pope John Paul ii in messages to the roman Catho Lic cardinals in Britain and Belgium expressed his sadness Over the of relatives of missing passengers gathered at the ferry company s offices in Dover wailing for word of their loved ones. The bodies that were recovered were taken first to Zeebrugge naval base for identification and then to a 1s rescued were taken to three hospitals and those g immediate attention were Given first Aid blankets at waiting stations at the Harbor. The Acenet occurred just after the ferry pulled out of the Harby pct what normally would be a 4 a hour trip. Seas were Cama ear the ferry was buhfc�j980 in Bremerhaven is registered in Dover and Runi Kul arly Between Zeebrugge and Dover. Liv it was the seventh accides Jhc past five Yea involving ferries in that Section Otbie Rutish Channel and North sea. To the worst passenger vessel disaster Simu world War ii was the sinking of the japanese ferry Toja Marti int sugar Strait Japan on sept. 26, 1954, when 1,172 people died. Survivors Point of no return and we Start . Some people started screaming. I Don t How Long we stayed in but someone broke a tide win a and we were All Able to climb out Edward said,.dow the water was rising and i was rising water. My Boyfriend looked at a Juiming whal i happening i Haven t restaurant filled with water i i Bari Humes a 33-year-old Book Lonj in Frankfurt. She was staying in Magor picks Compaq a to build laser facility a int in a the do Jose de Friday awarded a $ 197b Ion con tract for obstruction of buildings to other facilities in Nat Mexico needed to Kelop a new laser for the or wars Prog afr. The strategy defense Init Jive organization the Pentagon of that of Knees the program said Fluor constr hrs in was chosen to build the facilities near work will be permed at the White Sand missile Range is expected to be completed by seplernber090bhe Pentagon said. Air Forcari lays Omraam Passeck Farget one test Washington a the of Force Fri Day annoy need a successful lest of advanced medium age air to air missile Amway. The i was conducted at the Wame in new Mexico. An Al at lighter launched a missile against two together the air Force Sale Ine Omraam had to select and at Acyl of at target drones otherwise it could Fly pie Point Between the targets and not Achie Rill the air Force said. A hotel in Brugge eight Miles South of Zeebrugge. Fol lowing the Accident Clifford Byrne 22, of London said "1 fell in the water and reached to save a baby. The water was Freez ing and you had to lose strength when you were in it -. Trapped in a " " s out Jim Garvy 24, from Coventry a Soldier stationed i Bielefeld Germany said plates were moving on the tables. Equipment inthe cafeteria came crashing to the floor. Windows were smashed water came gushing through the were climbing on tables on everything. People helped us out with waited As ankh loved ones or travelling companion s knowing their whereabouts or Wayne Mckenny of Hastings eng land told reporters he and his father Richard escape dashing windows and then climbing ropes by tote re . I be lost my l Don t know what happened to North opposes dual Appow name in Kington a Independent counsel Law rence Watt id riday his additional appointment by attorney i to investigate the Iran Contra affair invalidate Omega Challenge by it. Col. Oliver North however North filed a second l charging that Meese s backup appointment Ofa Justice department prosecutor is Union Stillion said Brendan v. Sullivan jr., one of North s , who was named an Independent counsel within the Justice department on thursday said court Brief now that the attorney general tin to confirm the jurisdiction and Dent counsel the purported Coda Nional basis for plaintiffs action has Van Shedy he said All that to Jinns plaintiff $ desperate de sire to Hall the investigation of the Independent . Disc tit judge barring on Parker is schedule to holc nearing monday on North s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Walsh s court appointment last december under the 1976 ethics in government act the former National Security Council aide contends thai judicial court Asels under the doctrine Only the executive Branch can that the clause of the , has constitutional objections to the ethics As an Independent counsel within the just Lwi in Rome in in order to dispel Legal claims that he had Tram aprily to be prosecutor. Walsh and Meese both contend that no should be dismissed on the procedural basis in constitutionality of a grand jury investigation can challenged Only after an indictment has been returned. Outlines focus of Moscow talks Honolulu a gre1jiniii%ftfllc. Georg Shultz said his Tnp to Moscow next morn Naii Chance to move the Ball along toward an Agre eliminating . And soviet medi urn a missiles from Europe to Ftp Shultz said fridae Bulj discuss a wide Range of arms and regional issues with soviet Eduard Shevardnadze on april 13 1 6, but the talks Are note a Dale for _ stalks will be finding a new Means of used removal of us and soviet fib lib Wieas from Europe Shutlz on a Meair Flimm compliance with an agreement could also talks la Cut superpower arsenals of longer Range said
