Ten divers left Shanghai yesterday for Ningpo to pick up the bodies of more than 200 unfortunate passengers believed to have been drowned on Saturday when a lighter carrying them to à Shanghai-bound German steamer anchored off Chinghai, river-port gateway to Ningpo, capsized and sank during an air attack alarm, 'The' bdd news greatly shocked Ningpo residents in Shanghai, many Of whom are awaiting. information about their friends or relatives who might have perished in the mishap. The Shanghai Ningpo Residents Association has sent $10,000 to the lighter company in Ningpo to carry out relief measures, It has now been ascertained that the ill-fated boat carried 202 passengers and more than 30 members of the crew. It is learned that most of the passengers were trapped inside the boat, which has several decks, and therefore divers are needed to Pull them out from the wreckage under the water.
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