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The World - News from Sept. 5, 1989

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London police officers said they have recovered all 51 victims of a collision betweena pleasure boat and a barge on the Thames last month. Authorities have identified the final victim as Antonio de Vasconcellos, the man who chartered the pleasure craft to celebrate his 26th birthday. His brother, Domingo, also died when the Bowbelle, a 1,475-ton sand dredger, hit the 90-ton Marchioness on Aug. 20as it cruised down the river in central London. Eighty-three people on the Marchioness survived the collision; there were no fatalities aboard the sand dredger.

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