Accidents Collection (page 6)

Late Victorian 1890s Card Cards Greetings Man
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Ice skating accident with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Nitrate fire in Iquique, Tarapaca, Chile, South America
Nitrate storage fire at the Gildemeister company premises in Iquique, Tarapaca, Chile, South America. Nitrate is extremely flammable. Date: circa 1910

Alhambra Theatre, Leicester Square, destroyed by fire 1882
Cover of the Illustrated London News, 16th December 1882, showing the destruction of the Alhambra Theatre in Londons Leicester Square by fire on 7th December 1882. 1882

Cottage on fire, Exminster, Devon
Fire-fighting on behalf of the Dawlish (Devon) County Fire Service: a fireman hoses down a burning thatched cottage at Exminster. Date: 1960s

The Lifeguardsman who Dropped It by H. M. Bateman
One of H. M. Batemans most brilliant cartoons - a guard of honour at a wedding goes horribly wrong. 1935

Pan Catching Fire
A cautionary tale in the use of pans which are not made of aluminium branded with an official safety mark from the Societe Francaise des Metaux Ouvres ! Date: 1928

Train Derailed in Snow
The Great Western Railways Flying Dutchman express goes off the rails in heavy snow at Camborne, Cornwall. Date: 1891

Fire crews attend the aftermath of a plane crash at Heathrow Airport

Car crash at a bus stop
Scene of a car crash -- a car has collided with a bus stop sign, crumpling up the bonnet and side

LCC-LFB Car crash, SW London
The Brigade attending the scene of a car crash in Cromwell Road, SW London involving three vehicles

Breakdown lorry lifting car from basement area
The breakdown lorry, from Lambeth fire station being deployed to raise a car from the basement area after it crashed through the railings

Steam Roller Accident
A man sits down on the pavement in shock and is comforted by a kind policeman. Behind him is the cause of his consternation: a steam roller in the bay window of a house! Date: 1960s

Boy Falls from a Tree
A boy tumbles from a tree Date: circa 1900

Traffic accident in Brandon Grove, Ilford
A night time traffic accident in Brandon Grove, Ilford, Essex. The bollard in the middle of the road says Keep Left, but this car kept a little too far to the left

Worthing Pier Fire 1933
Crowds watch the terrifying spectacle of Worthing Pier Pavilion ablaze. The flames and smoke could be seen for miles and the pier was completely destroyed

Fireman Uniform 1940S
A fire fighter in uniform

Sapeurs-Pompiers 3
French sapeurs-pompiers roll out their engine before attaching it to the horses who will draw it to the scene of the fire

Spill on a Rural Road
The uneven surfaces of rural roads, interacting with the inherent instability of the bicycle, are, alas, apt to cause occasional regrettable mishaps such as this

Lady Takes a Tumble / 1918
An elegant lady takes a rather less elegant tumble

Orange-peel waste basket on a London street
After numerous accidents in London streets through people slipping on pieces of orange peel thrown onto the pavement, the City authorities instituted a system of wire baskets into which eaters of

Motorcycle racing
Thrill-fiends on wheels! An exciting motorcycle race in which one competitor skids and flies into the air. Date: 1933

Accident in fog and black ice, Marks Tey, Colchester, Essex
Accident in fog and black ice, near Marks Tey, Colchester, Essex, 31 December 1959, in which an Austin van was a write-off but the driver received only minor injuries. Date: 1959

Rider thrown from his horse. circa 1825

The Safety of Londons Underground and Tube Railways
Automatic devices for preventing accidents: the safety of Londons Underground and Tube Railways. How the element of danger from human error or illness is eliminated by mechanical means

Golfing couple on a comic Christmas card -- An ocular demonstration. Date: circa 1900s

Man hit by football on a greetings card
Man hit on the head by a football on a greetings card. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Illustration, After the Avalanche. 18th century

WW2 poster, Work carefully, avoid scrap
WW2 poster, Accidents sometimes happen... Work carefully, avoid scrap. HMSO, Ministry of Aircraft Production. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, War Work Pictorial -- United We Stand! Poster sheet with news articles designed to encourage those doing essential work on the Home Front. Date: circa 1941

Boy dropping pudding on a Christmas and New Year card
Boy dropping a pudding, with a cat chasing a mouse, on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Rail Accident London
Crowds gather to watch workmen as they start to clear up the wreckage after an accident at Camden Road on the North London Railway. Date: 1864

Tuttleburys motor car
Humorous staged motor accident photographed in a studio, with a man in drag collapsed under a makeshift car. " Tell us not in mournful tones of Tuttleburys broken bones

Falling Off Scaffolding
A builder falls off scaffolding Date: 1906

Falling from Skyscraper
Two workmen fall when scaffolding breaks on a New York skyscraper, but they are hauled to safety Date: 1933

Builders Fall Off a Roof
Three builders fall off a roof Date: 1900

Mishap on the Ice
First Aid A mishap on the ice, as a young boy out walking his dog falls through into the icy water below Date: 1920s

Travellers Drown / Mekong
A French General and Doctor and native crew drown in the Mekong River rapids, Vietnam Date: 1910

Rescue of Chimney Sweep
The dramatic rescue of a stuck chimney sweep at a factory in Lisieux. Date: 1898

Staring at Wheel-Change
- I don t know why everyones staring, just because I m changing a wheel ! Date: 1928

A Dramatic Rescue
A daring rescue : when a woman stumbles on the line at Bois- Colombes she is saved by a plucky railwayman from emulating Tolstoys heroine Anna Karenina... Date: 1900

Head-On Collision
Two trains of the Ligne du Nord meet face to face near Arras, with distressing consequences for the coaches and wagons, though the two locomotives survive ! Date: 1864

Rail Crash Near Dawlish
At Dawlish, an exposed section of the South Devon Railway is carried away by heavy seas : passengers make their way by a rocky path to a relief train. Date: 1855

Rail Crash Near Belper
Near Belper, Derbyshire, a goods train goes off the rails at a bridge, the wagons go down the embankment and pile up on the riverbed. Date: November 1859

Rail Crash Kentish Town
On the Hampstead Junction Railway, a train goes off the rails and down the embankment at Kentish Town in north London. Date: 1861

Train Stopped by Snow
A night train stopped by snow - workers clear the drift by the lights from the locomotive. Date: 1854

Train in Bad Weather
Fallen branches halt a train, and a telegraph pole leans dangerously, during a severe gale. Date: 1884

Rail Accident Beckenham
Wreckage from the rail accident near Beckenham, on the London, Chatham and Dover railway line Date: 1866

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