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This is what evacuation means A complete justification (if any is needed) of the Government's policy of evacuating children from vulnerable areas is provided in this series of photographs, which show children from Blackfriars, South London living ...
The Times of Ceylon Press
A Giant Earthslips at Colombo - Badulla Road
A giant earth slip has occurred near the 100th mile post on the Colombo-Badulla Road, washing away about 300 feet of metalled road and disorganizing vehicular traffic. The extent of the damage was over 13 acres in circumference. More slips are lik...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Forty Dead In Flats Collapse In Italy
Forty dead in flats collapse in Italy. So far forty bodies have been found after yesterday's collapse of a five-storey block of flats at Barletta, near Earl, in Italy. There are varying reports as to how many people were in the building. About 20 ...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Prime Minister R. Premadasa at Agalawatte
The devastation following the floods and landslides in the Matugama and Agalawatte electorates are shown in these pictures. Prime Miniser R. Premadasa and National Security Minister Lalith Athulathmudali visited the scene and saw the havoc left in...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Mr.S.Galapathy With Mr.T.N.Amath
Mr.S. Galapathy the only person who was on duty in the building at the time of the crash with Mr. T.N Amath who was the first person to come on the screen after the crash.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Mohamed Falil, a railway porter, his wife and four little children escaped injury yesterday morning when the main living room of his tenement in Dematagoda Road collapsed, breaking into smithereens his furniture and cooking utensils. The four chil...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Bombing of Chungking. Dramatic pictures — the first to arrive in England — of the intensive bombing by Japanese planes, of Chungking, the wartime capital of China, recently. Over 5,000 were killed in one of the heaviest ever air raids. OPS the sho...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Here a tractor at work looking for another two victims of the earth slip.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Here is a picture of the Kanadara Oya rail derailment that occurred last Saturday night. The picture shows oil tankers, which formed part of the train, off the track. In distance are damaged wagons.
The Times of Ceylon Press
A close-up of two of the 27 wagons that were flung off the rails in the Mankulam rail accident on Wednesday night. The wagons rode on the sleepers for three miles.
The Times of Ceylon Press