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The Nyland and the E. Kirby Smith
The sharp prow of the Swedish freighter SS Nyland almost bisected the Liberty ship E. Kirby Smith after they collided in the early hours of the morning near Norfolk, Virginia. The E. Kirby Smith was anchored when the Nyland plowed into it. No one ...
The Times of Ceylon Press
After the Sinking of the Nankai Maru
A young wife weeps bitterly over the lifeless body of her husband retrieved from the cruel sea. The sinking of the Nankai Maru was one of the biggest sea disasters that occurred in Japan since the end of the World War II.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Some of the Rescued Greek Seamen from the 'Kaptanpantelis'
Some of the rescued Greek seamen from the "Kaptanpantelis", who arrived in the Russian vessel "Chelyabinski", early this morning.
The Times of Ceylon Press
A Raft with the M.G. Ariyapala's Dead Body
About noon on Wednesday, M.G. Ariyapala, a 20-year-old boy working on his father's padda-boat in the Beira Lake, and his friend Piyadasa, went to the Galle Buck, Fort to pick oysters. While standing on a rock, Ariyapala was swept away by a large ...
The Times of Ceylon Press
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
Off Land's Ends: Listing worse than ever before the Flying Enterprise drifts helplessly off Land's End, with the U.S. destroyer Willard Keith in attendance. The vessel, with gallant captain Carlsen, master, and mate Kenneth Dancy of the tug Turmoi...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Lifeboat, Drawing alongside the Merchantman
While flying 150 miles from land the captain of an R.A.F Sunderland flying boat (co-operating with Coastal Command of the R.A.F) saw a white speck on the water. He found it was a small lifeboat with a white jib hoisted and containing twenty men. H...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The 2.055-ton Norwegian steamer, Mildrid, blazing furiously off Harwich—over 20 hours after she caught fire and after an all-day "tug-o-war" by British and French ships to claim her as a prize. The battle to salvage the Mildrid began almost as soo...
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Smashed Timbers and Cradles on the Slipway
Aircraft carrier launches itself. This striking photograph was taken after the aircraft carrier "FORMIDABLE" broke away half an hour before LADY WOOD, wife of the air minister was to launch her. One woman was killed and 20 injured by the hurdling ...
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