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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
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
The oil tankers, pulled backwards by the train engine, derailed and fell on to the main road, 200 ft. below.
The Times of Ceylon Press
The wheels of the derailed engine and the oil tanker were seen separated.
The Times of Ceylon Press
After the fire that occurred at about 10 p.m., the oil tanker was still on flames by evening the next day.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Oil trucks which were hurled above the bridge railings
Derailment of a goods train between Parasangahawewa and Medawachchiya.
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
The oil tankers, thrown off the bridge, having jumped off the rails.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Pile of Driftwood Reminder of the Killing of More Than 4000 people.
this great pile of driftwood caught on a bridge in Longarone, Italy is a reminder of the disaster that occurred when a 300-ft high tidal wave gushed from the Vaiont Dam into the River Piaze Valley, wiping out half a dozen villages, including Laong...
Planet News Ltd.