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Retriveing the Dead Body of the 10th Victim
The body of the 10th victim out of the estimated 13 dead, V. Karuppei, was retrieved from the soil of the Pitakanda earth slip that buried him.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Rhondda-Paddington train crash survivors
Mrs. Sadie Benjamin (29) with her husband Tom, and their 10-weeks-old baby, leaving the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, for the St. Tydfil's Hospital, near their home in the Rhondda Valley. The baby was found near the wreckage of Rhondda-Paddington t...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Between 130 and 140 people were killed in a head-on collision between two electric trains near Rio de Janeiro. Three hundred people are also reported injured. The front carriages of both trains, which were both packed, were telescoped.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Held firmly between two policemen, a 15-year-old boy staggers, wobbly-kneed to safety after being trapped for 28 hours recently in a maze of underground caves. He is Rodney Billesdon, of Markfield Lane, Rathby, near Leicester. With two other 15-ye...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Roman Catholic Cathedral Wrecked By German Air Raiders
Roman Catholic Cathedral wrecked by German air raiders. St. George's Cathedral, Southwark, which to English Catholics ranks next to Westminster Cathedral, has been severely damaged during a recent air raid on London. Picture shows Dr. Peter Amigo,...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Every day books and files are recovered from the wreckage of the office premises destroyed during the recent fire raid on the city. Here is a typical daily scene showing workers salvaging records etc..
The Times of Ceylon Press
The oil train that was travelling to Katunayaka airport from the Kolonnawa oil storage, jumped the rail near the Seeduwa train station.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Newly weds, Shirley and Bill Williams escaped in the train crash at Didcot, (Berkshire), which killed ten people. Here they are with Shirley's eleven-year-old sister, Jacqueline (left) , whom they were taking to visit an aunt in London. Shirley sa...
The Times of Ceylon Press
One passenger was killed and fifty injured when the 7.10 p.m. St. Pancras to Derby express ripped into another slow train halted at Luton station. Some of the compartments were smashed.
The Times of Ceylon Press
The 10-year-old Francis was the sole survivor among his family members who were victims of the train crash. Francis' mother, 6-month-old and 7-year-old little sisters had died on the spot. The family had been returning from the Pesali village in t...
The Times of Ceylon Press