Cruise Ship on Columbia River Runs Aground
From Times Wire Reports
A cruise ship with more than 250 people on board ran aground on a sandbar in the Columbia River. The Coast Guard was transferring passengers to another ship. Officials said that no injuries were reported and that the vessel was neither sinking nor leaking fuel.
The 360-foot Empress of the North -- a vessel modeled on the stern-wheelers of the 1800s -- ran aground between Portland and Washougal, Wash., the Coast Guard said.
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