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The Liberian Tanker 'World Sky' on Rocks
At left is a picture taken by an RAF Shackleton search aircraft of the Liberian tanker "World Sky", breaking up on the rocks at Kuria Muria Bay, south Arabia. First news of the disaster came when five survivors struggled ashore and telephoned a me...
The Times of Ceylon Press
This dramatic picture shows what happened when the biggest victim of recent gales, the 6,272-ton liner Venus, went aground. The liner grounded in Plymouth Sound during a 60 m.p.h. gale. Only the crew of 160 were on board. Five tugs tried to refloa...
The Times of Ceylon Press
"The Men For The Moon" Cape Kennedy : The crew for the Apollo 11 pose for photographers in from of their Saturn rocket which is to carry them to the moon for man's first landing in July. Pictured on May 20th after (from left) Neil Armstrong, comma...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
The Nankai Maru Lashed by a Storm
A hundred and sixty persons were drowned when recently, Japan's 500-ton ferry-boat sank, lashed by a storm, on the Pacific Coast. Above a patrolman of the Maritime Safety Board fishes out a straw mat during a desperate search for survivors of the ...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Only Passenger to Escape Uninjured; 12 year old D.H.M.Gnanawathie
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The Post Office Department Signaled the First Orbital Flight
The Post Office Department signaled the first orbital flight of a United States astronaut February 20 with the issuance of a new Commemorative stamp, placed on sale throughout America at the exact hour that Astronaut John Glenn's historic flight w...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Remains of a Car that was in Collision with a Millitary Truck
This is all that remains of a car, which was in collision with a millitary truck here. Both occupants of the car were injured and one of them is being treated at the Anuradhapura Hospital.
The Times of Ceylon Press
The South Goodwin (lightship) which warned shipping away from the treacherous sands now herself lies on the stormswept Goodwin. Seven men are trapped on board. PS: the tide rises on the South Goodwin lightship and all hopes for the crew abandoned.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Danube steamer cut in half. Seven missing. The steamer WIEN of the Austrian Danube Navigation Company collided yesterday afternoon with a pillar of the Reichsbridge, the main bridge connecting Vienna with the suburbs on the left bank of the Danube...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The stem of the CALTEX DELFT after the tanker crashed into the North Pier.
The Times of Ceylon Press