Killed Collection (#5)

Blitz in London -- funerals of AFS firefighters, WW2
Blitz in London -- the funerals of auxiliary firefighters (AFS) who were killed on duty whilst serving during WW2. The names of the 300 plus men

Tragic parachute accident of Mr Cocking
The tragic parachute accident of Mr R Cocking. The balloon ascended 5000 feet, the parachute was detached, was found to be damaged, and Mr Cocking fell to his death. He was 61 years old. 24 July 1837

Killed in committee. Illustration shows Nelson W. Aldrich as a large spider on a cobweb labeled Senate Committee Room spread between the US Capitol and a Standard Oil tower

The Place were Stonewall Jackson fell, mortally wounded. Jacksons grave and 5 men on horse-drawn carriage in foreground. Date c1890

Result Three killed by speeding car at dark corner. Poster about the possible hazards resulting from vandalism, showing a child throwing a stone at a street light. Date 1936 or 1937

He killed the albatross. Illustration shows Charles F. Murphy proudly sitting on the bow of a ship with an albatross labeled Tammany Rule, its wings labeled Graft and Patronage

Cold Harbor, Va. African Americans collecting bones of soldiers killed in the battle. Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grants Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864. Date 1865 April

George Custers Last Charge
Brevet Major-General George A. Custer, Lieutenant-Colonel 7th U.S. Cavalry. Killed in the battle with the Sioux, June 25th 1876. Date: June 25th 1876

King Edward V of England (reigned from April to June 1483). One of the so-called Princes in the Tower. Date: 1470 - 1483

Hunt camp - Congo - Zebra Hunting
Hunting Camp pn the edge of the territory of the Kachichi people - Katanga - one of the provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (still the Belgian Congo at this date). Date: 1910

Scene of Welsh floods with damaged bridge, Aberdare
Scene of Welsh floods, with people standing near a damaged bridge in Aberdare, South Wales. Two lives were lost when the bridge collapsed due to heavy rain -- two youths

Assassination of Henri III
The fanatical Domincan friar, Jacques Cl?nt, presents King Henri III with false papers before stabbing him in the abdomen and killing him

Jacques Cl魥nt, assassin of King Henri III
The fanatical Dominican friar, Jacques ClÚ¡Ñnt, who with the encouragement of the Catholic League, stabbed and killed King Henri III, thus bringing to an end the ruling Valois dynasty of France

Male Child found dead -- reward poster

Spencer Perceval
British statesman and the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated. He was opposed to Catholic emancipation and reform of parliament, and supported the war against Napoleon. Date: 1762-1812

Assassination of Henri IV
King Henri IV was assassinated by a Catholic fanatic, Fran

Inlaid Marble panel - Siena, Italy
An inlaid marble decorated panel inside the Duomo (Cathedral) in Siena, Italy, depicting the martyrdom of Absalom (Avshalom), the third son of David, King of Israel

Bayeux Tapestry (8 of 8)
A black and white depiction of the Bayeux Tapestry. In this final section, the battle continues, Harold is killed, and the English flee the battlefield. Date: 1064 - 1066

Mexican Revolution - Dead in the Doorway
Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) - Diligence - The brave dead lying in the doorway. Date: circa 1911

Beaumont-Hamel - Newfoundland Memorial
The building of a log cabin at the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial - a memorial site dedicated to the commemoration of Dominion of Newfoundland forces members killed during World War I

Devastation during bombing, Ostend, Belgium, WW1
Devastation inside a church in Ostend, Belgium, during the First World War. Nuns stand on the right, looking at the bodies of women, and a jumble of wooden chairs. Date: circa 1914

Timber Wolf and Coyote, surround a fallen antelope Date: 20th century

Dead German soldier near dugout, WW1
A dead German soldier, killed by American troops, near the entrance to a dugout on the western front during the First World War. Date: 1918

Memorial to first Portuguese soldier killed in action, WW1
Memorial to Antonio Goncalves Curado (1894-1917) of the 12th Company, 28th Infantry Regiment, who died in Flanders during the First World War

Renwick Williams: suggested protection from the monster
Renwick Williams, commonly called The Monster, assaulted and killed up to 60 women in the streets before his arrest in June 1790

Assassination of President Carnot
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Dalton gang, Kansas
The destruction of the Dalton gang in Kansas, America. Five of the notorious and desperate bandits were killed in a battle with Coffeyville

Mr Carter Henry Harrison, Mayor of Chicago
Mayor of Chicago for many years and recently elected for a fifth term, Carter Henry Harrison was murdered in his home by Patrick Eugene Prendergast. Date: 1825-1893

Lieutenant Guynemer, French military aviator, in flight
Lieutenant Georges-Marie Guynemer (1894-1917), famous French military aviator, who was killed in action during the First World War. Seen here in full flight. Date: 1915-1917

Ned Kelly kills Police Officer Lonigan
While the Kelly gang were in hiding, the police launched a mission to find them, setting up camp at Stringbark, near where they suspected the gang were staying

Charles J. Guiteau, assassin of American President, James A. Garfield, on 2nd July 1881. 1881

Gustav III of Sweden is killed at a masked ball
Gustav III, king of Sweden, is assassinated while attending a masked ball at the Opera House, by Jakob Johan Anckarstrom. 1792

Lieutenant Guynemer, French military aviator, WW1
Lieutenant Georges-Marie Guynemer (1894-1917), famous French military aviator, who was killed in action during the First World War. Seen here in uniform, standing at the side of his aeroplane

Assassination of Thomas Kouli Kan, Emperor of Persia
The Emperor of Persia was assassinated in his tent by five of his Officers, two of whom he killed, before they could dispatch him. Date: c. 1788

Chantreys Famous Shot, with which he killed two woodcocks -- apparently the previous day he killed a hare and a rabbit, also with one shot. It is also claimed that he was blind in one eye

Poster design, I Killed The Count
Poster design for a theatre production by the Station Repertory Company, entitled I Killed The Count, showing at the Station Theatre. A desperate-looking man points a gun at the viewer

Louis Pierre Louvel, assassin of the Duc de Berry
The French assassin, Louis Pierre Louvel, who stabbed and killed Charles Ferdinand, duc de Berry, son of Charles X and second in line to throne, as he left the Opera. Date: 1820

Capture of the Cato Street Conspirators
The capture of Cato Street conspirators in their hayloft hideout as depicted by George Cruikshank in 1820. Police entering the loft shouted, We are Peace Officers. Lay down your arms

The Praslin Tragedy
A floor plan and view of the front garden of the Hotel Sebastiani, Paris, where the Duchess of Praslin was found dead in her bedchamber in suspicious circumstances

Wilfred Owen
WILFRED OWEN English poet, served in France during World War I, killed in action

Richard I Fights Lion
While travelling through Germany on his return from the Crusades, Richard I is captured by Heinrich VI; a lion, put in the dungeon to kill him, is killed by Richard

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