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The Scene of the Earth Slips

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• 1957-12-28

Rescue operations in progress at the scene of the earth slip.

The Times of Ceylon Press

The Landslide At Bandarawela

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• 1957-12-28

Fourteen coffins containing the bodies of those who were killed in the landslide at Bandarawela were placed in a row at the cemetery there. Picture at left shows a father mourning the loss of his daughter. Inset is a two-year old boy, Wanaja the o...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Collapsed House In Slave Island

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• 1953-7-27

One person—the breadwinner of a family of 13—was injured when this house in Slave Island collapsed during the gale yesterday.

The Times of Ceylon Press

Eight of the Dead from Pitakanda

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• 1982-12-13

Eight of the dead from the Pitakanda estate earth slip are shown here.

The Times of Ceylon Press

Rail Track in Space

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• 1958-2-7

Repair gangs of the Ways and Works Department of the Ceylon Government Railway are busy repairing the breach to the track between Bandarawela and Badulla — the Demodera loop — which was washed away in an earth slip recently. On one side is a huge ...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Earthslide At Colombo - Badulla Road

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• 1957-6-4

This picture taken shows an excavation and bulldozers at work clearing the earth off the giant earth slide which occurred near the 100th mile post on the Colombo-Badulla Road. The extent of damage is over 13 acres. The scene of the damage is on th...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Salvage Work In The City

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Every day books and files are recovered from the wreckage of the office premises destroyed during the recent fire raid on the city. Here is a typical daily scene showing workers salvaging records etc..

The Times of Ceylon Press

A Victim of the Landslide Undergoing Treatment

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• 1957-12-27

One of the seven persons rescued from the landslide undergoing treatment at the Kurunegala hospital.

The Times of Ceylon Press

M. Piyadasa

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• 1957-2-25

M. Piyadasa, one of the men who was working with Simeon who was buried alive in an earth slip yesterday pointing out the spot where Simeon was buried.

The Times of Ceylon Press

V.A. Sugathadasa

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• 1957-11-19

The Mayor of Colombo, Mr. V.A. Sugathadasa, inspecting the scene where two boys were injured early this morning when a section of a tenement which houses twelve families collapsed. The houses accommodates a private school but the building collapse...

The Times of Ceylon Press