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The milk bar where the victims were waiting to make their purchases when the bus rammed into them at St. Mary's Road, Mattakkuliya.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Bangadeniya Train Crashed onto Van
A van that had been smashed after colliding with an express train travelling from Bangadeniya to Colombo at Katunayake airport railway crossing.
The Times of Ceylon Press
A van that was travelling from Mahiyanganaya to Tangalle with a pilgrim from Tangalle, collided with a timber lorry. The resultant fire caused three people inside the van to be burnt to death. Five people had died from this accident for now.
The Times of Ceylon Press
The cement lorry that smashed against a tree in Sembatta at the Halawatha-Puttalam road caused the deaths of three people. The lorry faced this accident while transporting cement from the Puttalam cement factory to Colombo.
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Gaping Hole in Prospector's Side
Merchant vessel which collided with cruise liner towed into Dover.. 13-06-53. The British Merchant ship PROSPECTOR which collided with the P. and O. Cruise Liner CHUSAN off Dover last night - was towed into Dover Harbour this morning.. The "Prospe...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Fourteen people lost their loves in the fire which broke out at Bode, Northern Norway — aboard the Norwegian liner "Erling Jarl". Hundreds of people on the quayside watched as the 300 passengers came ashore from the burning liner — not knowing tha...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The stem of the CALTEX DELFT after the tanker crashed into the North Pier and an arrow indicating the long crack on the concrete quay close to where the tanker crashed.
The Times of Ceylon Press
The French fishing vessel "Ben Hur" on a fishing trip to Newfoundland at 11 p.m. on June 9th, stuck an iceberg 150 miles off Newfoundland. The vessel was dismasted and totally disabled and leaking badly and drifting on thick fog for 2 days and 3 n...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Burning Tanker 'Johannishus'
Twenty-two men and one woman — wife of the engineer were rescued and nineteen were missing from the burning Swedish tanker "Johannishus", which caught fire after a collision with the Panamanian freighter "Buccaneer", about 20 miles off Margate, so...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The 'Medea' Ashore Near Padstow
The "Medea", which broke away from the tug that was towing her to Newport for breaking up was dashed ashore near Padstrow, off Cornwall. One of the crew of four on board was drowned, the three others were saved by the rocket apparatus.
The Times of Ceylon Press