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City Of London Deliberately Fired By German Raiders

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• 1940-12-30

City of London deliberately fired by German raiders. General view of the firemen playing hoses in Newgate Street.

The Times of Ceylon Press

Earthslip Colombo-Badulla Road

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• Stuk
• 1954-3-6

The picture shows the entire damage of the road near the 100th mile post on the Colombo-Badulla road in the Sabaragamuwa province outside the Uva boundary.

The Times of Ceylon Press

A Tier Collapsed at the Katukurunda Motor Sports Meet

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• 1959-7-27

Spectators scrambling to safety as one of the tiers collapsed at the Katukurunda Motor Sports Meet yesterday.

The Times of Ceylon Press

House in Welkandala Buried under the Soil

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• 1984-5-24

This house in Welkandala was buried under the soil, along with all the furniture and materials that had been inside it.

The Times of Ceylon Press

Collapsed Building

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• Stuk
• 1980-5-20

Part of the Building's Three Floors That Collapsed

The Times of Ceylon Press

Earthslip At Polhagoda,Kirillapone

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• Stuk
• 1954-10-15

Five men were killed at Polhengoda, Kirillapone, when a 40ft high cabook hillock which they were digging crashed down on them burying them. Three others were seriously injured. They were removed to the general hospital. According to the police abo...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Man Trapped In Crane

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• Stuk
• 1939-6-21

Five minutes before he was due to knock off work after delivering a portable crane, F. Harris of New Barnes Street Shepherds Bush, was trapped under it in Bury Street, W.C when it overturned. Fireman, helped by officers on their way home, worked f...

International Graphic Press Ltd.

A Boy The Sole Survivor

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• Stuk
• 1958-1-24

Only 11 year old Munidasa (standing) lives to tell about the tragedy that befell this family which was trapped in a landslide in Morathiya on Christmas Day. The whole family visited a studio in Kurunegala and sat for this group photograph on Decem...

Morning Times

The Collapse of Two Houses in Manchester

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• Stuk
• 1965-4-7

A man and a woman killed recently when two houses collapsed at Cromwell street, West Gorton, Manchester. According to onlookers the houses look "like a pack of cards". An explosion believed to have been caused by gas. Strangely enough both houses ...

The Times of Ceylon Press

W. Paul Perera

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• Stuk
• 1963-2-27

A watcher, W. Paul Perera of Kelaniya, was found dead this morning under these sand bags which form a part of the 600-ton test platform at the CTO., building site. Perera was the night watchmen. When the workmen reported to work in the morning the...

The Times of Ceylon Press