MONTROUIS, Haiti (AP) Ñ Divers saw more than 100 bodies trapped on two decks of a sunken ferry Tuesday, and disputed earlier accounts that as many as 400 people may have died, saying the number is closer to 250.

President Rene Preval, who visited the site Tuesday, blamed HaitiÕs poverty for the calamity, saying that if this eastern fishing village had had a dock the disaster might have been averted. The ferry, anchored 200 yards from shore, toppled Monday as passengers raced en masse to one side in a rush to get off.

But Canadian divers from the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti said Tuesday there was no evidence of massive overcrowding on the Pride of Gonave, contradicting initial police and coast reports that put the passenger count at up to 800.

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A woman is consoled by her son Tuesday shortly after arriving at the site where family members were identifying the victims of a ferry disaster in Montrouis, Haiti. Family members continu a vigil by the shores as United Nations peacekeepers and the Haitian Coast Guard pull bodies from the waters. Divers recovered 99 bodies Monday and Tuesday.

ÔÔThere just werenÕt that many,ÕÕ said Cpl. Donald Candie, one of the Canadian divers.

Officials said 276 tickets were sold for the ferry Ñ a new, motorized three-deck metal boat purchased in Miami. Fifty swam to shore Monday.

Divers recovered 99 bodies Monday and Tuesday, according to the United Nations. They counted 100-115 bodies floating in the two lower decks of the ferry Tuesday.

Survivors say the boatÕs doors had been locked after it departed to prevent passengers from rushing off, leaving those on board no way out once the vessel began to list. The ferry had no life jackets.