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Lighting Struck

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  • 1955-7-20

The flash knocked her over. Stunned with shock, hair streaming wet from the torrential rain is helped into an ambulance and taken to the hospital.

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Little Boy Injured when a Wall Collapsed on Him

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  • 1962-6-20

This little boy was injured when the wall of a house in Kotahena Street collapsed on him. He escaped with four stitches. The tenants continue to occupy the house despite the grave risk to their lives. The municipal authorities and the landlord hav...

The Times of Ceylon Press

London Bridge Station

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  • 1926-10-27

Twelve people were injured— none seriously— when two electric trains collided head-on outside London Bridge Station. The drivers of the train braked hard when they saw their trains speeding towards each other on the same track. Here a priest comfo...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Lonon-bound train derailed

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  • 1986-11-26

A number of passengers were reporters killed and many injured when an excursion train jumped the rails at Milton Bridge near Steventon, 10 miles south of Oxford and 45 miles northwest of London. The train, a Sunday special, was bound for London fr...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Louvain Train Crash Injured in Hospital

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  • 1954-12-4

Train crash injured in hospital. Two of the injured in the train carrying German football supporters home from the England v Germany football match at Wembley - which crashed near Louvain, Belgium, on Thursday - photographed in hospital.

The Times of Ceylon Press

M. Piyadasa

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  • 1957-2-25

M. Piyadasa, one of the men who was working with Simeon who was buried alive in an earth slip yesterday pointing out the spot where Simeon was buried.

The Times of Ceylon Press

Maho Train accident

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  • 1973-11-21

This is the goods train from Gal Oya to Maho which collided with another goods train near the Railway Running Shed at Maho at 10.15 a.m. on Sunday. The other train which had arrived at Maho earlier was shunting in the yard. About 10 wagons were d...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Malani's Family Mourning Her Death

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  • 1984-5-24

The mother and younger sisters of Malani grieving her death with their relatives in front of the collapsed house.

The Times of Ceylon Press

Man Trapped In Crane

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  • 1939-6-21

Five minutes before he was due to knock off work after delivering a portable crane, F. Harris of New Barnes Street Shepherds Bush, was trapped under it in Bury Street, W.C when it overturned. Fireman, helped by officers on their way home, worked f...

International Graphic Press Ltd.

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