2 Divers Found Dead in Barge Off China
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HONG KONG — Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two divers trapped in a decompression chamber when a typhoon sank an oil barge off China’s southern coast, killing at least 15 people, officials reported Sunday.
Two planes and 10 police patrol boats searched Hong Kong’s coastal waters for a fourth day Sunday but did not find any trace of seven other crew members still missing; 173 people, including 11 Americans, were rescued.
The 1,500-ton Derrick Barge 29 sank 65 miles east of Hong Kong Thursday when it was battered by Typhoon Fred’s 75-mile-an-hour winds.
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