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The '' Aluth Sahal Mangalaya'' At Anuradapura
The Times of Ceylon Press
The 'Aida Lauro' Broken in Two
The wreck of the Italian steamer "Aida Lauro" on Castle Point, near Cape Cornwall, which run aground last weekend during a fog, is now a complete wreck, having broken in two.
The Times of Ceylon Press
The 'Corinthic' Saved after Dangerous List
150 firemen fight blaze in Brazil's biggest post-war cargo liner: "CORINTHIC" saved after dangerous list. Britain's biggest post-war merchant ship— the 15,000 tons cargo line "Corinthic" — caught fire in her fitting-out basin at Camell-Laird's shi...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The British ship Dara which sank in the Persian Gulf last Tuesday. The "Dara" 5,030 tons, had left Dubai, on the Persian Gulf, to ride out a storm; fire broke out and heavy explosions apparently destroyed many of the lifeboats. Latest reports give...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The 'Sumatra' in Dartmouth Harbour
The Swedish steamer, "Sumatra", was towed into Dartmouth harbor, Devon, by the Dutch tug, Zwarte Zee, with a fire on one of her holds. She was bound from Calcutta to Gothenburg, when she was picked up off Ushant, France, during the recent gale, by...
The Times of Ceylon Press
There is now little hope that the veteran battleship "WARSPITE", fast on the rocks in Prussia Cove, on the Cornish coast, will ever be refloated. The 31,000-ton vessel, sea heroine of two wars, broke her tow when on her way north from Portsmouth t...
The Times of Ceylon Press
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