1958 Press Photo Sugar Workers Evacuated over at Temporary Bridge in Ceylon

Hundreds Perish in the Ceylon Floods. Sugar Workers Evacuated over at Temporary Bridge. It is feared that the death role may reach 1,000 - in the recent floods which devastated vast areas in Ceylon. Supplies to relieve the suffering of the people have been sent by Britain - America - Israel Malaya and Singapore. The floodwaters engulfed nearly half of the island - and for some time the only communication between some parts of the islands was by radio More than a million people are affected, and more than 400,000 were rendered homesless. Photo shows The scene as 400 workers who were marooned for several days at a sugar farm at Gal Oya - in the Eastern part of Ceylon - were evacuated to a safer section over a temporary bridge.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.

Photo is dated 1-3-1958.



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