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The Nankai Maru Lashed by a Storm
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
The Only Passenger to Escape Uninjured; 12 year old D.H.M.Gnanawathie
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Post Office Department Signaled the First Orbital Flight
The Post Office Department signaled the first orbital flight of a United States astronaut February 20 with the issuance of a new Commemorative stamp, placed on sale throughout America at the exact hour that Astronaut John Glenn's historic flight w...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Remains of a Car that was in Collision with a Millitary Truck
This is all that remains of a car, which was in collision with a millitary truck here. Both occupants of the car were injured and one of them is being treated at the Anuradhapura Hospital.
The Times of Ceylon Press
The South Goodwin (lightship) which warned shipping away from the treacherous sands now herself lies on the stormswept Goodwin. Seven men are trapped on board. PS: the tide rises on the South Goodwin lightship and all hopes for the crew abandoned.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Danube steamer cut in half. Seven missing. The steamer WIEN of the Austrian Danube Navigation Company collided yesterday afternoon with a pillar of the Reichsbridge, the main bridge connecting Vienna with the suburbs on the left bank of the Danube...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The stem of the CALTEX DELFT after the tanker crashed into the North Pier.
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Traditional Oil Lamp To Declare Open The Sri Lanka Tractor Corporation At Buller's Road
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Varvassi still Fast on the Needles
Tugs and tide fail to save ship wedged on rocks. The Greek tangerine ship VARVASSI, carrying 300 tons of tangerines, went on the rocks at the Needles, Isle of Wight. Lloyds experts are puzzled why the ship, and tugs which had stood by to drag her ...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Woman was Nandawathie And Her Man Cornelis
A Dark, slightly build woman who has lost three of her loved ones in the space of a month, yesterday spoke of her faith in her husband now dead, and the love he had for his family.
The Times of Ceylon Press