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Beira Lake

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  • 1965-1-9

Four wagons loaded with desiccated coconut fell into the Beira Lake on Sunday, when the concrete lakeside embankment at the Colombo Goods Yard collapsed. A portion of the desiccated coconut has been recovered.

The Times of Ceylon Press

Bolawatta train

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  • 1959-8-2

Train disaster which occurred at Bolawatte Negombo railway.

The Times of Ceylon Press

Bombay train crash

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  • 1962-6-7

Two people were killed and seven injured when a passenger train crashed into a line of stationary petrol-tanks and box cars at Bombay recently.

The Times of Ceylon Press

Broken timber sleepers

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  • 1963-5-14

The overturned oil tankers and the broken timber sleepers, as a result of the derailment that occurred at Parasangahawewa, situated between Anuradhapura and Medawachchiya.

The Times of Ceylon Press

CTB bus ran into a train

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  • 1963-5-21

One man was killed and three others were injured when this CTB bus ran into a train at the level crossing on the old Kottawa Road, about ten yards from the Nawinna railway station, yesterday evening. The man who died was Mr. S.A. Richard of Mahale...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Coffins of the victims of the train crash at Farukhabad

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  • 1961-11-1

The Governor-General looking on as Ceylon Army men this morning carried to a specially constructed platform at Ratmalana airport the coffins flown here by IAF plane containing the bodies of the 16 Ceylon pilgrims who died in the train crash at Far...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Collapsed Building

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  • 1980-5-20

Part of the Building's Three Floors That Collapsed

The Times of Ceylon Press

Collapsed of Municipal Reading Room

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  • 1954-5-13

Picture shows the collapse of the two-storey Municipal Reading Room at Darley Road which collapsed during construction. The constructor maintains that the fault lay in the specifications and plans. The question is who will meet the cost of clearin...

The Times of Ceylon Press

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