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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
Vajont Dam Crashes; 6 Villages wiped out and 4000 dead
Survivors embraced each other recently on the ground where earlier a 300-ft. high tidal wave gushed from the Vajont Dam and into the River Piave Valley, wiping out half a dozen villages including Longarone and killing more than 4000 people. So far...
Daily Mirror
A watcher, W. Paul Perera of Kelaniya, was found dead this morning under these sand bags which form a part of the 600-ton test platform at the CTO., building site. Perera was the night watchmen. When the workmen reported to work in the morning the...
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
