Ski-scouts
Eight ski-ers, five of them from the Paris Alpine Club, including M. Jean Maurin, chef de Cabinet to M. Jeanneney, President of the French Senate, were killed when they were buried in an avalanche on the Grand Galibier, near Grenoble, France. A ni...
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Accidents
A van veered off the Kuliyapitiya-Narammala road at the Kithalawa Unaleeya junction, colliding with a massive tree trunk by the side of the road, causing heavy injuries to 13 passengers in the van and a mother and a daughter who had been walking b...
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The Saravanamuttu Family
Above: The Saravanamuttu family pictured yesterday: Muraley (20), Shanthi (18), Manjula (13) and Sudharshan (8) with their widowed mother.
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Miracle Crash
An express train leapt the rails and crashed at Barby, near Rugby, recently. The "miracle" crash came as the 10.35 a.m. Manchester-London express fouled the points. The engine hurtled off the track and plunged down a twelve-foot embankment. Seven ...
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