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Police and ambulance workers attending to some of the people who were injured recently by lightning.
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Locomotive went out of control and crashed into a wall at the Fort railway station. 3 persons were injured.
The Times of Ceylon Press
At least 12 people were killed and 45 injured, when a London electric train ran into the back of a goods train whilst going though a tunnel. The first of the four coaches on the train overturned and crashed onto the live electric line, bursting in...
The Times of Ceylon Press
26 people were injured and the driver and one passenger killed when a Penzance to London G.W.W. express crashed into some trucks which had become detached from a coal train at Shrivenham, near Swindon, Wilts, on Jan. 15th. Most of the injured were...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Two wagons loaded with furniture overturned at the Maho railway station, while being shunted. The driver of the shunting engine and the shunter have been interdicted and an inquiry is being held by the Railway Department.
The Times of Ceylon Press
A crane about to lift a wagon derailed at the new yard of the Maho railway station.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Two rail wagons loaded with furniture were derailed at the Maho railway station while they were being shunted. The driver of the engine and the shunter have been interdicted pending inquiries.
The Times of Ceylon Press
The wagon wheels of the goods train that was derailed at Mankulam on Wednesday cut several of the sleepers in two, as this picture clearly shows.
The Times of Ceylon Press