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...North Sea harbor was calm but cold at 7:50 p.m. as the ferry Herald of Free Enterprise pulled out of the slip at Zeebrugge, Belgium, to begin its regular 85-mile run to the British port of Dover. Darkness had just fallen, and the 543 passengers and crew, most of them British, were settling in for the 4 1/2-hour journey. Some were day trippers returning to Dover after a promotional tour sponsored by the Sun, a London tabloid. Others were British soldiers on leave from their units in West Germany. The ferry was about three- fourths of a mile...
...British coast guard at Dover, England, the ferry's destination 85 miles away, said earlier that at least 26 people were known dead and that there were approximately 300 survivors. The later information from Belgian government authorities upped the toll of the missing and presumed dead...
...Dover coast guard spokesman said the ferry hit the harbor's east pier, while the Martime Rescue Cordination Center at Plymouth, England, said it struck the harbor wall...
...member schools of NECCA compete in numerous fall and spring tournaments, one of which was the Wellesley College Invitational held last weekend in Dover...
...club was bailed out by Dr. John Schott, a Harvard alumnus who happened to own a well-manicured court at his house in Dover. The team holds serious practices in Dover only about once a week, using the Quincy Courtyard for more informal sessions...