D.M. Sumith Wasantha Dissanayaka
D.M. Sumith Wasantha Dissanayake from Nagoda, Kandana won the newcomer cycle race for the Ja-Ela electoral division organized by the 'Sri Mali' Sports Association of Nagoda, Kandana.
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'Bolivar' Lies on a Sandbank
Norwegian ship wrecked off Irish coast while on maiden voyage: 45 rescued by lifeboat.
Twelve passengers and a crew of 33 were rescued by Dun Laoghaire lifeboat when the 5,000 ton Norwegian motor-ship "Bolivar" broke her back on a sandbank six mil...
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The Flying Enterprise
The Flying Enterprise, listing badly, seen from the air while in tow during the last stretch of her momentous voyage to port. In background (extreme right) is the American destroyer Keith Willard, which is acting as escort vessel. The Flying Enter...
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Thetis Cove Before the Gale
Thetis Cove, before the gale, showing the salvaging tackle suspended over the sea.
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65 Children missed in Trincomalee Harbour
A small boat that was carrying 65 small children capsized at the Trincomalee fishing port. The beach is filled with worried people while several boats are searching for the children out in the sea.
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The Blazing Corinthic in Mersey
Britain's biggest post-war merchant ship, the 15,000 ton Corinthic caught fire in her fitting put yard of her builders, Messrs. Cammell Laird at Birkenhead, on the river Mersey.
More than 10 firemen fought the fire and had to stop pumping water in...
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'Ambassador' in Atlantic
Pictured listing badly in the storm-swept waters of the North Atlantic off the Halifax coast recently, was the British cargo ship, AMBASSADOR (foreground), whose engines were flooded by heavy seas during the night leaving her floundering helplessl...
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The Crack Japanese Liner
Crack Japanese liner mined off East coast.
These dramatic pictures of the sinking of the Crack Japanese liner Terukuni Maru — which went down after hitting a German mine off the East coast — were taken by the ship's cameraman K. Asami.
British res...
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