Burning Collection (#12)

Winter Evening. Children ice skating on a frozen river in winter with a blazing bonfire burning on the riverbank. Date: 1854

Plague in China 1911
Stacking coffins containing victims of bubonic plague, preparatory to burning, at Tientsin, China. 1911

Viennese Resraurant
Owing to the high price of electricity in Vienna, Austria, consumers have gone on stike, dining out in restaurants with candles burning from bottles! Date: 1933

Ship on fire in mid-ocean, WW1
A ship on fire in mid-ocean in an unknown location during the First World War. Date: 1914 -1918

Huts of Charcoal Burners - Nevers
The conical huts of charcoal burners in the woods close to Nevers, France Date: 1903

WOOD FIRE
Burning wood. Date: 1960s

Making Scythe Blades
Charcoal burning in Germany to make scythe blades for harvesting on farms. Date: 1930s

Charcoal France 18th C
People at work in a field burning pyramids of wood to make charcoal. Date: Circa 1760

Emden Bombards India
The German cruiser Emden cruises the Indian Ocean doing what damage she can : she shells the Anglo-Persian oil installation near Madras - seen burning here. 22nd September 1914

Burning Guillotine
The Paris Communards burn the guillotine - symbol of the despised government - in the place Voltaire. Date: March-April 1871

Plague in China 1911 2
Burning coffins containing victims of bubonic plague, at Tientsin, China. 1911

Damaged by the Emden
The German cruiser Emden cruises the Indian Ocean doing what damage she can : she shells the Anglo-Persian oil installation near Madras - seen burning here. 22nd September 1914

Kettle holder maker - West End, London
Lady who makes kettle holders in the West End. These holders were small round pieces of thick cloth used to hold over a metal kettle handle to prevent burning ones fingers! Date: 1908

Amazing Thread Trick
How to put a thread into a candle flame without burning it! The silk thread is a good conductor of heat, so it passes the heat to a key and does not get burnt - wow! Date: 1930s

FIRE
A hand hovering over a burning flame! Date: 1971

Peak Cavern
Cottages around the entrance to Peak Cavern, Castleton, Derbyshire, England. Date: 1930s

Burning Rubbish
Billowing smoke pollution caused by burning rubbish. Date: 1960s

Burnt-Off Stubble
Burnt-off stubble in the fields of a British farm, after harvesting. Date: 1960s

Wheat Stubble on Fire
A wheat stubble fire, out of control, seen on farmland near Chapel Brampton, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1960s

Oil well burning, Romania, WW1
An oil well burning in Romania, having been set ablaze by the British during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917

Petrol tanks burning, Constanza Harbour, Romania, WW1
Petrol tanks burning in Constanza Harbour, Romania, during the First World War. The harbour was evacuated by the Romanians on 22 October 1916. Date: October 1916

Burning petroleum wells, Buzau, Romania, WW1
Burning petroleum wells at Buzau (Buzeu), Romania, during the First World War. Date: 1916

Cressets and Street Lamp
Paris streets illuminated by lamps of slowly-burning material placed in strategic locations : the nightwatchmen carry cressets using similar technology Date: 16th century

Feu Follet on Lake
A feu follet burning on the surface of a lake Date: 1875

Tibet / Burning Lama Body
Burning the body of a Tibetan Lama Date: circa 1870

Luther Tears Papal Bull
He tears up the Papal bull preparatory to burning it in front of the East gate of Wittemberg Date: 10 December 1520

Politics / Pacifism
Britains idea of disarmament is to burn some obsolete vessel while building up her modern fleet Date: 1907

Death, skeleton
A wonderfully macabre grinning skeleton with a full head of hair and wearing a robe, crouches by a fire of burning human remains to warm its hands

Vulcans Cave, Italy
The burning valley called Vulcans Cave near Naples

Origin Species, CH Bennett, grieving man - crocodile
A crocodiles tears. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a crying, grieving man from a crocodile. Fresh from the funeral of a friend this mans tears conceal an ulterior

Double page spread in a diary for 20-25 April
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 20-25 April. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Sketches in Africa - Burning Shells for Lime
Native farmers on the Mozambique coast, near the mouth of the Zambesi river pictured collecting and burning shells in order to make lime to fertilise the soil they are working

Miner cutting coal in a narrow seam, South Wales
A miner undercutting or holing the coal in a narrow seam, Plas y Coed Level, South Wales. A solitary candle provides him with light

Cauldron and kettle at a gipsy encampment
A cauldron and a kettle heating over a log fire in the open air at a gipsy encampment

The Return by Ethel Parkinson
The Return -- three children bring a large log home with them, to the delight of their little dog. Two girls are pulling the log along, while a smaller girl sits on the log, cradling her doll

Industrial furnaces
Workmen in front of two Meldrum Brothers patent furnaces, manufactured in Manchester. The furnaces may be " destructors", for the purpose of burning town refuse

Omiecourt 1918
Stores and hutments burning at Omiecourt. Gun teams are seen pulling guns out of the smoke after the German attack on the Western Front in France during World War I in March 1918

Tower of London Fire
The burning of the Great Storehouse during the disastrous fire

Partition - burning towns and villages in East Punjab
Aerial view above the East Punjab showing towns and village inhabited by Muslims which have been burned by Sikh Jathas (warriors) seeking to rid the area of Muslims

Article on Pantechnicon
A page from the Illustrated London News with an article on the burning of the Belgrave Pantechnicon, a fire that destroyed most of the building

Pantechnicon Fire Report
Page of The Graphic featuring an article on the burning of the Pantechnicon in Belgravia, a fire that destroyed most of the building complex

Burning of Pantechnicon
The burning of the Pantechnicon in Motcomb Street, Belgravia: scenes of the fire which devastated the building

The Burning of the Alexandra Palace, London, 1873
Engraving showing the destruction, by fire, of the Alexandra Palace, viewed from the South-West, in 1873. In the foreground a large number of people can be seen removing paintings

A London Fog, 1847
Engraving showing a street scene in London, on a particularly foggy day, 1847. This image shows several people carrying burning torches to try to find their way through the gloom. Date: 2 January 1847

A November Fog in London, 1872
Engraving showing a street scene during a foggy day in London, November 1872. Several people are shown carrying burning torches to light their way

Coventry Burning after an Air-raid; Second World War, 1940
Photograph showing one of the main streets of Coventry, still burning after a German air-raid, 1940. In the background a group of fire-fighters pump water onto one of the blazes

Keeping Home Fires Burning
Humorous depiction of a cheery soldier and sailor home on leave during World War I and feeling that the pessimism of the Home Front

Crashed Heinkel HE-111 Bomber; Second World War, 1940
Illustration showing a crashed German Heinkel HE-111 bomber burning in a wood in Essex, 18th June 1940. This bomber had taken part in one of the large air-raids on London

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