SYDNEY Oct 16 Kyodo The number of...

SYDNEY Oct 16 Kyodo

The number of Australians killed in the massive bombing of a nightclub upon Bali rose Wednesday to 30 and the Department of Foreign Affairs said identifying the remaining victims would take a certain quantity of time.

Many Australians were in the packed Sari fraternity at Kuta Beach when a bomb explod Saturday night, killing more than 180 people

About 140 Australians remain unaccounted for and 113 Australians seriously injured in the blast and hospitalized onward Bali have been evacuated by way of the Royal Australian Air Force, the department said in a statement.

The department has fielded more than 19200 telephone calls from anxious relatives and friends to its burning line since news of the attack reached Australia.

''Following a search of Bali hospitals according to Australian officials on Monday, we are now confident that there are no injured Australians remaining in hospital in Bali,'' the department said.

Australian Consul General in Bali Ros Tysoe met with families who have remained onward the island to find missing relatives, the statement said.

sum of two units more injured people died in Australia after being evacuated, the same en route from the Balinese capital Denpasar and the other at the Royal Darwin Hospital.

The Northern Territory coroner has launched an investigation to identify the victim who died in hospital, the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported.

calcines had so badly disfigured the man he cannot easily be identified. He died seven hours after arriving in Australia early Monday.

''He came across unconscious on a ventilator, and there was just no way of finding without (his identity),'' said hospital intensive care unit director Dianne Stephens.

''He could be from another fatherland He could be from anywhere,'' she said.

The man will be identified using any means possible, including DNA, the newspaper reported.

forward Tuesday, Prime Minister John Howard told parliament the Australian rule will pay the cost of bringing the bodies of dead Australians home

The guidance will also pay the travel take away froms of Australians who had to journey to Bali to identify victims, he said.

onward Australian television, radio and in newspapers, Australians made heart-wrenching pleas Wednesday for information about missing lov ones

Melbourne resident Wayne Cartledge left for Bali forward Wednesday carrying a vital fluid sample from his daughter in the confidence it would assist with DNA identification, his sister Kathleen Cartledge told 3AW radio.

Rebecca Cartledge, 20 has been missing since the blast and the family's room for expectations of finding her alive are fading.

''We are holding public hope but we know in our hearts she's gone'' she said.

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