Iphoto wont load photos in database

I had just downloaded new photos from my camera into iphoto and crashed (no power and not plugged in! oops).
Reopended, disk had been improperly ejected. Repaired photo permissions, reparied library now opens but without images. The esternal drive still shows 197Gb size. Have 2 iphoto libraries and the other is OK (not open during crash).
Anyone have a suggestion on how to open my photos again?
OSX 10.10.1
iphoto up to date

Since repairing the database did not fix things rebuild it - Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - from the resulting first aid window
LN

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