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Fallen Cassawrina Tree On A Passenger Bus Near Calcutta
Police and rescuers are seen arriving on he scene where a big casawrina tree had fallen on a passing passenger bus near Calcutta during a recent tornado. Four occupants were killed instantly and 12 seriously injured. A dead body pinned under the t...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Held firmly between two policemen, a 15-year-old boy staggers, wobbly-kneed to safety after being trapped for 28 hours recently in a maze of underground caves. He is Rodney Billesdon, of Markfield Lane, Rathby, near Leicester. With two other 15-ye...
The Times of Ceylon Press
A Lorry Enveloped by a Falling Tree
A lorry which was being driven down Turret Road, Colombo, was completely enveloped by a falling tree yesterday. The arrow marks the spot where the lorry stood. The driver escaped unhurt.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Collapsed N.A.W. Charlot Nona from Polonnaruwa Palugasdamana school.
The Times of Ceylon Press
A watcher, Welikalage Paul Perera (60) of Kelaniya, was found buried under a heap of about 1000 bags of sea sand yesterday morning at the building site of the new Overseas Telecommunication Services office in Colombo Fort. Perera was missing yeste...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The newly constructed railway line between Madawachchiya and Parasangahawewa, is seen on the right. A Kankesanturai bound train ran off the rails here last week, between 200 to 300 passengers escaping injury although goods wagons were badly damaged.
The Times of Ceylon Press
A stationary train loaded with limestone at the Puttalam cement factory grounds suddenly drove backwards and derailed before the limestone loaded wagons toppled on top of one another. The wagons moved backwards a few miles passing the Palaviya rai...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Mrs. V.K. Jayasinghe (40), of Hendeniya, Peradeniya, narrowly escaped death when she was knocked down by a train and got entangled in a mechanical device underneath the locomotive just behind the "cowcatcher". Picture shows the locomotive being ja...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Between 130 and 140 people were killed in a head-on collision between two electric trains near Rio de Janeiro. Three hundred people are also reported injured. The front carriages of both trains, which were both packed, were telescoped.
The Times of Ceylon Press