Bus Accident at Meegoda
- 0112
- Unidad documental simple
- 1984-3-20
Two people were killed from the accident that occurred at the Meegoda junction on the High Level road by the collision of a CTB bus (left) from Awissawella depot and a lorry loaded with sand (right). Both the victims who lost their lives were pass...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Lorry Crashes After Bomb Attack
- 0180
- Unidad documental simple
- 1965-11-15
A bomb attack by a masked gang on a Springwood Transport Service lorry at Rakwana ended in the death of the cleaner one Nadarajah who died on the spot.
The lorry crashed into a culvert, after running off the road.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Lorry Accident at Ambanpitiya
- 0067
- Unidad documental simple
- 1981-1-19
A lorry from the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation veered off the Colombo-Kandy road at Ambanpitiya, tumbled and smashed as shown in the picture.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Police Jeep Accident
- 0220
- Unidad documental simple
- 1961-9-25
A police jeep accident at Horana Millewa killed P.C. — Mr. K.S. Banda.
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Liner Venus
- 0025
- Unidad documental simple
- 1957-4-5
This dramatic picture shows what happened when the biggest victim of recent gales, the 6,272-ton liner Venus, went aground. The liner grounded in Plymouth Sound during a 60 m.p.h. gale. Only the crew of 160 were on board.
Five tugs tried to refloa...
The Times of Ceylon Press
'Corinthic' Caught Fire
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- Unidad documental simple
- 0
Liner blazing in the Mersey.
Britain's biggest post-war merchant ship, the 15,000-ton Corinthic caught fire in her fitting out yard of her builders, Messrs. Cammell Labrd at Birkenhead, on the River Mersey.
More than 150 firemen fought the fire an...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Nankai Maru Lashed by a Storm
- 0066
- Unidad documental simple
- 1958-2-6
A hundred and sixty persons were drowned when recently, Japan's 500-ton ferry-boat sank, lashed by a storm, on the Pacific Coast. Above a patrolman of the Maritime Safety Board fishes out a straw mat during a desperate search for survivors of the ...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Two of the Survivors
- 0043
- Unidad documental simple
- 1956-11-6
Two of the survivors — A.M. Nizar and G. Piyalsena. They said they helped to rescue some of their fellow workmen.
The Times of Ceylon Press
'Sumatra'
- 0036
- Unidad documental simple
- 1939-12-10
The Times of Ceylon Press