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Talaimannar mail train derailment
Talaimannar mail train derailment near Mirigama on 17.10.1964.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Talaimannar mail train derailment
The derailment of the Talaimannar-Colombo train, between Nagollagama and Ganewatta, on Monday morning caused several carriages to be thrown beside the road, damaging it.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Talaimannar mail train derailment near Mirigama on 17.10.1964.
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Collapse of Two Houses in Manchester
A man and a woman killed recently when two houses collapsed at Cromwell street, West Gorton, Manchester. According to onlookers the houses look "like a pack of cards". An explosion believed to have been caused by gas. Strangely enough both houses ...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Earth Slips At Bandarawela
Rescue work by the army in progress at the scene of the earthslip in Bandarawela on Christmas Day, where over 30 persons were buried alive.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Fourteen coffins containing the bodies of those who were killed in the landslide at Bandarawela were placed in a row at the cemetery there. Picture at left shows a father mourning the loss of his daughter. Inset is a two-year old boy, Wanaja the o...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The R.V. line train derailment
Scene of the derailment of a train on the R.V. line.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Rescue operations in progress at the scene of the earth slip.
The Times of Ceylon Press
