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Thaleimannar Mail train Mirigama Derailment

• 326-IM-0064-0121
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• 1964-10-19

The Times of Ceylon Press

Thaleimannar Mail train Mirigama Derailment

• 326-IM-0064-0134
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• 1964-10-17

The Times of Ceylon Press

Thaleimannar Mail train Mirigama Derailment

• 326-IM-0064-0165
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• 1964-10-17

The Times of Ceylon Press

Thaleimannar Mail train Mirigama Derailment

• 326-IM-0064-0112
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• 1964-10-17

The Times of Ceylon Press

The Collapse of Two Houses in Manchester

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• 1965-4-7

A man and a woman killed recently when two houses collapsed at Cromwell street, West Gorton, Manchester. According to onlookers the houses look "like a pack of cards". An explosion believed to have been caused by gas. Strangely enough both houses ...

The Times of Ceylon Press

The Diesel rail car which crashed in to a Stationary train

• 326-IM-0064-0114
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• 1957-12-16

The Times of Ceylon Press

The Earth Slips At Bandarawela

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• 1957-12-25

Rescue work by the army in progress at the scene of the earthslip in Bandarawela on Christmas Day, where over 30 persons were buried alive.

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

The R.V.Line

• 326-IM-0064-0170
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• 1948-12-2

The Times of Ceylon Press

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