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300 Believed Killed in Fire Aboard French Ship Georges Philippar
Survivors arriving from Aden report 254 rescued from the Georges Philippar off Cape Guardafui with as many as 1 000 aboard. Fire spread rapidly in the maiden voyage blaze as crews fought to launch lifeboats amid smoke. Other vessels ferried refugees and observers fear many more perished.
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Aden
Arabia
Georges Philippar
Cape Guardafui
Italian Somaliland
and Mahsud
Andrew Lebon
Sovietskaia Neft
Marseilles