29th Collection (page 4)

Members of the rescue parties at Gresford Colliery, Wales
Equipped with oxygen apparatus, these are some of the men who battled for a day and a half to save the lives of miners who had been trapped by flames following an explosion in the mine

Waiting for the news of the Missing, Gresford Colliery
After an explosion in the mine flames trapped the miners and efforts were made to rescue them. The crowd that had gathered could only stand by and wait for news

The Lure of Spring by Edmund Blampied
Coloured fantasy illustration by Edmund Blampied showing a soldier being lured by a cupid and fairy like girls against a spring background

The Tatler Spring Motor Supplement
A front cover illustration showing a couple of lovers lit by a heart shaped headlight

Wherefore art thou radio
Cartoon, Wherefore art thou radio. It is suggested that 2LO should devote a week to amatory music in the spring. A lovestruck couple listening to the wireless radio

Superstition. By A. E. Bestall
A humorous cartoon showing a young woman driving her uncle through the countyside. She is reassuring her passenger about how safe and experienced she is, not concentrating on the road sign ahead

Cambridge speaking to Harvard
The Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, The Reverend G. A. Weekes, having a telephone conversation with the President of Harvard University

Belgian people kissing the Union Jack
Illustration by Lascelles, of a crowd of Belgian people gathered outside the British consulate in Ostend, kissing the Union Jack

Hit
A photograph taken by a French dragoon showing a fellow soldier struck by a German bullet while on reconnaissance duty in the Forest of Champenoux

Belgian soldiers working a Hotchkiss machine-gun
Photograph showing two Belgian soldiers working a Hotchkiss machine-gun. The revolving barrel Hotchkiss machine-gun was invented by the American

Mark Twain on a visit to Britain
Mark Twain, US novelist (1835-1910) in a carriage with the British politician, Mr. Henniker-Heaton, during a visit to London in 1907

Dwight D. Eisenhower and Harold Macmillan at Chequers, 1959
Photograph showing Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), President of the USA, and (Maurice) Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), British Prime Minister, outside Chequers

Snatching a meal
British soldiers from the British Expeditionary Force sharing a railway carriage, and a meal, with some horses, on their way to the front in August 1914, shortly after the outbreak of World War I

The Pandora in Peels Strait, 1875
Engraving showing the Arctic exploration ship, Pandora, in Peels Strait, 29th August 1875. The Pandora was used by Sir Allen Young in two attempts between 1875 and 1876 to find the Northwest Passage

Belgian soldiers retreat
Belgian soldiers in August 1914, retreating to Antwerp, accompanied by dogs pulling machine guns. As the Germans pushed their invasion through Belgium, the Belgium army was forced to retreat

Excavated houses unearthed at Herculaneum
An ancient Roman town unearthed beneath thirty feet of solidified mud from the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D

Belgian peasant refugees
A Belgian peasant family with a dog-drawn cart, walk into Brussels after fleeing their homes in the wake of the German invasion of 1914

Sir Robert Peel, 1846
K0 Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister, sketched speaking in the House of Commons, January 1846

Sir Robert Peel, c. 1850
Engraving of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister, surrounded by illustrations of his political achievements

General Ducrots Forces crossing the Marne; Franco-Prussian
Illustration showing French troops, under the command of General Ducrot, crossing the Marne River to launch a counter attack against the Prussians, 29th November 1870

Drayton Bassett Church, 1850
Engraving of Drayton Bassett Church during the funeral of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister

Sir Robert Peel on horseback, c. 1850
Engraving of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), the English statesman and Prime Minister, on horseback. Peel was a Conservative MP who held strong views on Irish Catholicism

The Zulu Wars. The restoration of Cetewayo(Cetshwayo)
Cetshwayo, King of the Zulus was reinstalled as King of the Zulus at a ceremony at Intonyanere by Sir Theophilus Shepstone on January 29th 1883

Robert E. Peary and Ernest Shackleton, New York, 1910
Photograph showing Robert E. Peary, the US naval commander and explorer (left), and Ernest Shackleton, the British explorer, meeting at the Hotel Astor, New York, 29th March 1910

H. M.s Agamemnon
Launch of H.M.S Agamemnon, the first steam ship to attempt to lay the Trans-atlantic telegraph cable

Roasting fifty six geese at once for the inmates of the old
Man turning the handle of a large roasting spit holding fifty six geese for the Old Mens Hospital, Norwich. The spit is composed of 10 rods, each having six geese on each

Marconis new movable radio-telegraphic station, designed by Marquis Solari, Signor Marconis secretary. The station was used for traction or for generating electricity for wireless telegraphy

Explosion at a rocket factory at Woolwich Arsenal. Rockets f
The explosion at a rocket factory at Woolwich Arsenal, as seen from Plumstead Marshes. The explosion occurred in the rocket storehouse, which was completely destroyed after the fire

Rescue workers on the way to the rest hut, Gresford Colliery
Gallant rescue workers on the way to a rest hut accompanied by a nurse. Over 260 miners lost their lives as a result of an explosion that orphaned nearly 800 children

A family group waiting for news at the pit head, Gresford Co
A family wait by the pithead after the great explosion at Gresford colliery in Wales. Over 260 miners lost their lives as a result of raging fires in the pits, orphaning nearly 800 children

War in the Air - RAF exhibition
Two artists seen colouring a large aerial photograph to be seen in an exhibition of the Royal Air Force at the Grafton Galleries in London

Marconis wireless telephone
A wireless telephone transmitter and receiver from 1919 produced by the Marconi Company, capable of transmitting speech two thousand miles from Ireland to Nova Scotia

Dreyfus Charged Dec 1894
Captain Alfred Dreyfus being court-martialed during which he was denied the right to examine the evidence against him

Edward IV Meets Louis XI
Edward IV meets Louis XI on a bridge over the Somme

Leap Year / Phiz / 1864
A solemn warning to single men Ladies take advantage of the custom of proposing to men on February 29th

1392 Masque / France / Burnt
During reign of Charles VI of France - a practical joke goes horribly wrong when a number of men are burnt alive in their costumes at a party

Combustion / Human
Mrs E. M, a Widow who died on 29th January 1958. Was she burnt by the Fire her remains were found by?, or did she Spontaneously Combust?

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