Car Accident
Car Came to Rest after Falling 200 Feet Down a Precipice at Haputale. Two persons were killed in the accident while six were seriously injured. The car was returning from Kataragama.
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Bus Accident
From the mortal bus accident that occurred at Balangoda Imbulpe, three people lost their lives while 27 were injured. This photo shows the corpse of a 60-year-old woman who died inside the bus.
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Car went off the Road at Tholangamuwa
A car veered off the Colombo-Kandy road near Tholangamuwa and fell into a drain, killing one person and injuring two others.
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Bus Accident
The milk bar where the victims were waiting to make their purchases when the bus rammed into them at St. Mary's Road, Mattakkuliya.
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Bangadeniya Train Crashed onto Van
A van that had been smashed after colliding with an express train travelling from Bangadeniya to Colombo at Katunayake airport railway crossing.
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Accident
A van that was travelling from Mahiyanganaya to Tangalle with a pilgrim from Tangalle, collided with a timber lorry. The resultant fire caused three people inside the van to be burnt to death. Five people had died from this accident for now.
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Cement Lorry
The cement lorry that smashed against a tree in Sembatta at the Halawatha-Puttalam road caused the deaths of three people. The lorry faced this accident while transporting cement from the Puttalam cement factory to Colombo.
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The Gaping Hole in Prospector's Side
Merchant vessel which collided with cruise liner towed into Dover.. 13-06-53.
The British Merchant ship PROSPECTOR which collided with the P. and O. Cruise Liner CHUSAN off Dover last night - was towed into Dover Harbour this morning.. The "Prospe...
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'Erling Jarl'
Fourteen people lost their loves in the fire which broke out at Bode, Northern Norway — aboard the Norwegian liner "Erling Jarl". Hundreds of people on the quayside watched as the 300 passengers came ashore from the burning liner — not knowing tha...
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