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Accidents

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  • 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...

The Times of Ceylon Press

The Saravanamuttu Family

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  • 1968-2-14

Above: The Saravanamuttu family pictured yesterday: Muraley (20), Shanthi (18), Manjula (13) and Sudharshan (8) with their widowed mother.

The Times of Ceylon Press

Victim (3)

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  • 1968-2-12

The Times of Ceylon Press

Miracle Crash

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  • 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 ...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Rail Crash Averted

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  • 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...

The Times of Ceylon Press

London bound express crash

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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...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Triple Derailment

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  • 1964-11-4

Triple derailment. Acheres, France: Three trains are strewn across the twisted rails of the main Paris-Le Havre Line, here, after a triple derailment this morning. Four plate-layers were killed and six people injured. The crash occurred near the G...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Galle to Colombo train running off the rails near Balapitiya

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  • 1960-1-14

Trains running to and from Galle operated off schedule last Saturday as a result of the 5 a.m. Colombo-bound train from Galle to Colombo running off the rails near Balapitiya. Our picture shows the derailed train.

The Times of Ceylon Press

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