{"product_id":"ksc46765","title":"1958 Press Photo Sugar Workers Evacuated over at Temporary Bridge in Ceylon","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhoto measures 10 x 8.25 inches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhoto is dated 1-3-1958.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhoto back:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/pictures.historicimages.net\/pictures\/_8\/7684\/7683479.jpg\" width=\"340\"\u003e","brand":"KSC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38625672961,"sku":"KSC46765","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0257\/3165\/products\/7683478.jpg?v=1508433726","url":"https:\/\/historicimages.com\/products\/ksc46765","provider":"Historic Images","version":"1.0","type":"link"}