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Bicycle Race Starting - All Ceylon Cycle Road Race
Cyclists who take part in the All Ceylon Cycle Road Race
The Times of Ceylon Press
Watch those skillful hands at work. Most of these men are very good at their jobs, even though they might not know the correct name of each part of a bicycle. What they learn mostly is in the school of experience.
Morning Times
Pozarevac in Yugoslavia is a town with high traffic, especially during the days when the market is held. During these days cyclists have to take careful measures to prevent bicycle theft. Two cyclists have tried a new solution to this by tying the...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Body Sensors on Astronaut Grissom
"Body Sensors" -- Body sensors attached to U.S. Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom are examined by Project Mercury equipment specialist Joe W. Schmidt at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The electrodes adhesively attached to the pilot's body permit medical monit...
The Times of Ceylon Press
This CTB bus accident, that also destroyed a railway gate, caused the deaths of three and caused several people to be laid up permanently. The picture shows the remains of the destroyed CTB bus after the accident.
The Times of Ceylon Press
A private bus that was travelling to Kiribathgoda got turned on its side after an accident near the Thunmulla junction at about 1.40 p.m. It is said that this bus turned on it side (left) after colliding with a lorry. (Middle) Some passengers that...
The Times of Ceylon Press
A driver prevented a possible fatal accident due to a front wheel of the bus veering off road at Kahawatta. However, while the CTB engineering division were attempting to lift the bus from the culvert, the bus tumbled off the culvert and turned up...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The CTB bus which was reduced to matchwood at the level-crossing near Palavi. The two sections of the Bus, sliced by the train are clearly visible on either side of the train.
The Times of Ceylon Press
A CTB bus carrying passengers from Angoda to the National Eye Hospital veered off road and tumbled into a drain near the Kolonnawa government factory. A child who was injured was admitted to the hospital.
The Times of Ceylon Press