2 comments so far.Commemoration to mark anniversary of Gozo sea tragedy
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On Sunday morning Jum it-Tragedja is to be commemorated to mark the 64th anniversary of one of the worst sea tragedies, which caused the drowning of 23 persons near the shores of Gozo as they were crossing from Malta to Gozo on the 30th of October 1948.
The Minister for Gozo, Giovanna Debono will preside over the event which will include a Mass aboard one of the Gozo Channel ferries on the site of the shipwreck.
The drowning, which was the worst post war sea tragedy in Gozo, occurred when notwithstanding severe weather conditions, a luzzu tried to make the crossing from Marfa to Gozo, carrying several passengers amongst whom were two policemen, a woman and two members of the crew. This crossing was abruptly brought to an end when the boat overturned as it was near Hondoq ir-Rummien bay, only four of the passengers survived by swimming over to the shore.
As a sign of respect, relatives of some of the victims, as well as distinguished guests, will cast flowers into the sea at the spot where the tragedy occurred.
Biex titfakkar l-64 sena minn din it-tragedja nhar it-Tlieta 30 ta Ottubru fis-1.15pm fuq Radju Malta waqt il-programm tifkiriet se jinstemghu intervisti ma ulied iz-zewg persuni li mexxew il-luzzu u nisimghu mix-xhieda taghhom x’jiftakru.
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I was walking home along with two friends of mine at around 10 PM,in the evening,it
was very stormy night and there was somebody coming toward us and he started telling
us that they their boat drowned ,and was in a hurry to go to report to the police to get
help because more than 30 persons that drowned !
The hero of this story was Carmelo Attard ,but the place where the boat had,
was impossible to reach.I f there was a tunnel from Malta to Gozo, this would happen !!
drowned was impossible to reach in the darkness until the next morning