Accident Collection (page 13)

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

AKRON CRASHES 1933
AKRON : always accident- prone, the American airship is caught in a storm and plunges into the sea, never to emerge... Date: 1933

Impending Accident
With his foot on the hem of his partners skirt, a catastrophe seems imminent.. Date: early 20th century

Bell Ringing Accident
A dreadful accident in a church near Fribourg, Switzerland Date: 1909

Orient Express Accident
A dramatic arrival at Frankfurt station ! Date: December 1901

An overturned lorry spills its load, Cheyne Walk
Road traffic accident - an overturned lorry spills its load of water coolers across the road at 91 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea

Lorry under bridge, Loughborough Lane, SW9
Lorry stuck under a bridge, Loughborough Lane, London SW9

Firefighters attend collapse at building site
Firefighters attending a collapse at a building site in York Way, London N17

LCC-LFB Attending a car crash on a London street
A typical street scene as the fire brigade attend a car crash in a London street. There is some passing interest but life is carrying on

NFS (London Region) HQ staff car
A staff car, with accident damage to front right wing, outside Lambeth workshops. Fire Force Area 38 headquarters was located at Wimbledon where this car would have been allocated

NFS Heavy Unit vehicle accident, Ealing, WW2
An NFS Heavy Unit vehicle accident in Ealing, West London. The driver, having lost control of the appliance, struck a tree while responding to an emergency call

NFS London Region lorry driven into basement area, WW2
National Fire Service -- a London Region lorry driven into a basement area

Sketch of Cockings parachute
Drawing of R Cockings parachute in which he died. Above it is a handwritten note by John Sadler, stating that his last ascent in a balloon was from St Jamess Park, London, on 1 August 1814

Balloon with parachute, tragic accident of Mr Cocking
The Royal Vauxhall Nassau Balloon with Mr Cockings Parachute attached as they ascended from the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. At the bottom are two sketches of the release hook. 24 July 1837

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

Montgolfier balloon, Gonesse, near Paris
General alarm of the inhabitants of Gonesse, near Paris, resulting from the fall of Montgolfiers air balloon. 1783

Humorous Cricket Postcard - Wicketkeeper struck
Humorous Cricket Postcard by Tom Browne. A batsman eyes up a slog to a short-pitched ball, but his backswing makes contact with the wicketkeepers head and the stumps and bails fly everywhere

A crashed biplane. Two policemen and several other bystanders pose for a photograph

The United States Mutual Accident Association. Date c1886

Skiing friends, 1930s
A group enjoy a day of skiing, although one woman appears to have taken a tumble. Date: 1930s

Passers by tripping over a dog lead. The caption reads: " Sorry; My Fault!". Date: 1928- 1929

A Sly Dig by William Heath Robinson
Humorous illustration showing the unfortunate sequence of events due to the energetic trench digging by a little boy on a beach, or, as the captions reads

All aboard! A man about to miss his train after he has tripped and fallen, just as the guard signals to leave. The caption reads; " His Waterloo! Jump in George - We ve just caught it

Business Notes Illustrated - Receiving an Unexpected Rise A Gentleman is accidently lifted aloft by a warehouse crane outside a warehouse. Date: circa 1909

Fisherman landing a Trout fishing ina a river and falling in Date: 1879

River Humour - The Amateur Punter circa 1909

Silhouette, The Fat is in the Fire
The Fat is in the Fire -- silhouette of a conflagration

London taxi in basement crash
A London taxi which has crashed through some iron railings into the basement area at the front of a house. Date: early 20th century

Hobble, hobble, toil and wobble
The hobble waltz-the dance of the season. The hazards of dancing in a fashionable hobble skirt, shown here gathered in at the knee

New Compensation Act - 1906 - Gardener takes a fall
" The New Compensation Act" - " I ken see a life of ease for me!" - a Scottish Gardener is not unduly concerned at his tumble off a ladder and into the greenhouse

Burradon Colliery mining disaster
Report in the Illustrated London News, 10th March 1860, describing the terrible coal mining accident which occurred on 2nd March of that year at Burradon Colliery near Newcastle when a fatal

Anti-German cartoon, on the road to Paris, WW1
An anti-German cartoon by a French satirical cartoonist, showing an ugly German soldier who has fallen off his bicycle by a milestone on a country road 40 kilometres from Paris

Damage caused by fire at Selby Abbey
The damage caused by a fire at Selby Abbey, North Yorkshire on October 20th, 1906. The conflagration was of such intensity that it melted the bells in the central tower. Date: 1906

Advertisement for Sun Fire Insurance
An advertisement for the Sun Fire Office, Threadneedle Street, London, offering insurance against fire damage and other calamities in its 204th year of operation. Date: 1913

The Novice: Anyhow, now I know which is reverse 1927
Young lady reverses her car into the back of a shop window. Date: 1927

Hay - Accident
Farm accident! Haystacks spilling off the hay trailer! Date: 1960s

Motor Accident, Cyprus
A motor car stuck in a ditch on the road from the port of Larnaca to Nikosia, Cyprus. The rough, narrow dirt tracks are really only fit to be used by traditional donkey carts. Date: 1930s

Learning to Drive by Mallet
Tck, Tck! First gear once again, Mrs Turner and this time see if you can t drive RIGHT round the bend. A nervous learner driver has difficulty mastering the most basic of motoring skills. Date: 1953

Two cyclists crash to the ground
The two cyclists (errand boys) swerve to miss the dog, and crash to the ground in the middle of the road. Date: 1937

Koko accidentally trips up a policeman, whose helmet falls off. Date: 1937

Stuck Up - A Punting Disaster
Two illustrations of the phrase Stuck Up. In the main scene, an unlucky man is stuck on his pole as a quiet afternoon punting with his lady loves goes rather wrong (he has lost his hat too!)

Three children playing on a bridge. Tommy thinks he can fly, but soon finds out that he can t. first published 1879

Duchess of Fife (Princess Royal) in Delhi boat accident
Page from The Tatler magazine entitled, Our Wrecked Royals reporting on the unpleasant episode experienced by Princess Louise, the Princess Royal (Duchess of Fife)

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