Double Decker Had Hit a Bullock Cart and Electric Post
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1963-4-8
This double-decker had hit a bullock cart and then crashed into an electric post at Peliyagoda this morning. Several passengers and the carter were injured.
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Accidents
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1979-8-25
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
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1968-2-14
Above: The Saravanamuttu family pictured yesterday: Muraley (20), Shanthi (18), Manjula (13) and Sudharshan (8) with their widowed mother.
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Victim (3)
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1968-2-12
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Miracle Crash
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1955-8-20
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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Rail Crash Averted
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1962-9-25
A serious railway accident was averted yesterday morning when a train pulled to a halt a few yards of another train that had jumped the rails between the Fort and Maradana stations. The derailed train was put on the rails again. Following the dera...
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London bound express crash
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- Unidad documental simple
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26 people were injured and the driver and one passenger killed when a Penzance to London G.W.W. express crashed into some trucks which had become detached from a coal train at Shrivenham, near Swindon, Wilts, on Jan. 15th.
Most of the injured were...
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