Talk:Toya Maru

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Shipwreck-related priority open tasks: To Do Shipwrecks Clean up typos Improve grammar Add any additions if needed Discuss desired additions Cattewater Wreck Needs expansion Done Shipwrecks Re-wrote the first paragraph Cleaned up Types of Shipwrecks it felt a bit jumbled Cattewater Wreck Started the article

[edit] Number of dead?

Not sure what is correct.

Intro paragraph says "It is said that 1139 people aboard were killed in the accident, however the exact number of fatalities remains unknown."

Text of article says "Of the 1,309 on board only 150 people survived, while 1,159 (1,041 passengers, 73 crew and 41 others) died."

26 September says "1954 - Japanese rail ferry Toya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan killing 1,172."

I guess what the intro says "the exact number of fatalities remains unknown" is true.

Jons63 12:29, 26 September 2007 (UTC)