Accident Collection (page 12)

Firefighters and police in London Underground
Firefighters and police in the London Underground during an incident on 28 February 1975. An underground train had failed to stop at Moorgate station

WW2 safety poster, Don t Take Risks, Take Care. Use a ladder to top bins or the unexpected is just what is to be expected! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Tatler internal cover, 22nd July 1914
An internal cover of The Tatler, dated 22nd July 1914. A monocled gentleman regards advertisements for Schoolbreds electric lighting, the Royal Hotel Whitby

Rickshaw accident, Japan

Railway cartoon(2 of 2)
A comical cartoon showing elves, or possibly pixies, involved in a train crash

Bonzo Quite Agrees! by George Studdy
Bonzo Quite Agrees! He falls into a hole in the road, which confirms that the maintenance work is necessary. Date: 1923

Device fitted to larger submarines by G. H. Davis
In response to the accident experienced by the British A7 submarine, a new device is fitted to all the larger submarines, allowing the men inside to put on their diving costumes

Accident to submarine A7 by G. H. Davis
The accident to the British submarine A7, embedded in soft sand and mud at the bottom of Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, with her nose raised at an angle

Battling Bonzo wins in the first round by George Studdy
Battling Bonzo wins in the first round. He tackles a black dog bigger than himself, and takes the credit when the enemy accidentally falls down a manhole

Two diners pull a wishbone rather too energetically much to the amazement (or annoyance) of their waitress. Chicken, plates

Pentathlon fall, 1932 Olympic Games
Olympic riding at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Retnehazy, a Hungarian athlete, take a nasty fall during the cross country ride in the pentathlon

Landing aircraft in fog by G. H. Davis
The dot and dash radio beam system of landing aircraft in fog: a method which prevented many accidents during the Second World War. Date: 1945

British submarine A7 which failed to come to the surface
Diagram of British submarine A7 which failed to come to the surface while exercising in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, was one of the oldest submarines left (at the time)

Jeek the puppy with Jacky and Gerry in the snow
Jeek the mongrel puppy with Jacky and Gerry in the snow -- they have fallen off a toboggan on their way down a hill. Date: 1940

Lorry in motoring accident
A lorry (Lewins Lorries for Loads) which has fallen off a low bridge onto a grassy area. People stand around looking fairly helpless. Date: 1926

Nursery Rhyme -- The Carrion Crow. A tailor sits sewing, and is irritated by a carrion crow making a noise in a tree. He aims at the crow with his crossbow

Nursery Rhymes -- accident, children in rain
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- an accident on a country road involving a pedestrian and a horse-drawn cart. Below -- a girl and boy shelter under a tree during a shower of rain

Nursery Rhymes -- washday, horse and crow
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a man and a woman on wash day. Below -- a crow startles a horse so much that the two riders are thrown off. Date: early 20th century

Street scene with damaged car
Street scene with people gathered round a damaged car. Water from the broken radiator appears to be running into the gutter

Two cars in a ditch
Two cars which have somehow fallen into a ditch. People look with curiosity, wondering how to get them out again

Bus in a ditch
A bus which has somehow fallen into a ditch. A group of boys stand around, wondering how to get it out again

Samuel Miller
SAMUEL WOOD - miller who had to operate his mill single- handed on account of how he lost the other one in an unfortunate accident, as depicted. Date: CIRCA 1737

Voluntary First Aid Road Accident Service - No Fees Accepted : A nurse gives roadside first aid to a female motorist at the scene of a car accident. Date: early 1930s

Roadside First Aid
A voluntary nurse gives roadside fist aid to a female motorist at the scene of an accident. Date: early 1930s

TOBOGGANING ACCIDENT
Two young people in fur hats and coat, curled up with laughter after a tobogganing accident in the snow! Date: early 1930s

Comic Postcard - unfolding drama on the broken bridge - Ernest is regretting his boast to Letty, Agnes, Dot and Prunella that the structure would take their combined weight. Date: circa 1905

Bizerte, Tunisia - Crash (and death) of Captain Madon
Bizerte, Tunisia - Crash (and death) of Georges Felix Madon (1892-1924), (the fourth ranked French ace pilot of the First World War) on 11th November 1924. Madon was born in Bizerte

Accident - Commercial Union Assurance Company Building
The Commercial Union Assurance Company Building, Cornhill, London fell at midnight on 6th August 1927. Being a Saturday the premises were empty and nobody was killed or injured

The New Compensation Act of 1906
" The New Compensation Act" - " Never mind Bill, we re insured!" - a pair of labourers are not unduly concerned at the blocks of stone falling on their heads

Nursery Tale - Humpty Dumpty - HD takes a nasty fall and it is unlikely that all the Kings Horses or indeed all the Kings Men will be able to exact a repair... Date: 1880

Scorchers Progress - Embankment - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress VI - The Thames Embankment, London - An errant city cyclist finally gets his comeuppance having caused havoc with his erratic cycling across the city

Scorchers Progress - St James Palace - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress II - St James Palace, London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users. Here the mounted guards around St

Scorchers Progress - Royal Exchange - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress V - The Royal Exchange, London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users. Here pedestrians

Scorchers Progress - Whitehall - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress IV - Whitehall, London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users. Here horses rear in alarm, throwing their riders as the cyclist approaches at speed

Scorchers Progress - Trafalgar Square - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress III - " Twas in Trafalgar Square" - London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users

Billiards Illustrated - A Little Too Fine
A fisherman fly fishing in a Scottish Loch is thwarted in his attempts to land a sprightly salmon by his choice of fishing line, which appears to be far too thin

Uncle Podger playing cricket
Uncle Podger shows the children how to play cricket, with disasterous results! Date: circa 1907

Rufus Stone, New Forest, Hampshire
The Rufus Stone, New Forest, Hampshire, England, marking the spot where King William II ( Rufus ) (1056-1100) was killed by Sir Walter Tyrrell, deliberately or by accident, whilst hunting

Medals of Valour for Heroes of Pit Disasters
Postcard celebrating (with a poem) the medals of Valour awarded by King Edward VII to the Heroes of the Pit Disasters at Whitehaven

Caister-on-Sea - Lifeboat Memorial
Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, England - Lifeboat Memorial (dedicated in 1903 at Caister Cemetery) to the lives lost in the Caister Lifeboat Disaster of 13th November 1901. Date: circa 1903

Fierce shot blasts Goalkeeper into his own goal
A fearsome shot from an opposing striker smashes into the face of a hapless Goalkeeper, carrying the ball and the keeper back over the line

Lt John Cyril Porte (1884-1919) in his Deperdussin shortly before his accident in the Circuit of Britain in 1911. ???????

Antoinette V following an accident

Lt John Cyril Porte (1884-1919) in his Deperdussin shortly before his accident in the Circuit of Britain in 1911. Date: 1919

An Elevated Subject (1830) [Caricature depicting an accident to a balloon] [Cuthbert-Hodgson Collection]

Roger Sommers Farman flying over Molons Bleriot monoplane
Roger Sommers Farman flying over Molons Ble

Working Elephants 1907
Elephants help to extinguish the flames when a train carrying a menagerie crashes in West Virginia, USA. Date: 1907

Accident Averted
While under repair, a locomotive runs away but mechanics succeed in halting it before it can do any damage to itself or others. Date: 1924

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