Accident Collection (page 4)

Shrewsbury rail accident, showing the roof of the Great Western Railway coach which was piled up on the top of the engine when train left the rails. Date: October 1907

Consolidated LB-30 - B-24A Liberator N24927 Diamond Lil (msn 18, ex 40-2366, ex AM927). This aircraft was diverted to the RAF but after a landing accident was retained in the US

Boeing WC-135B Constant Phoenix 61-2666
United States Air Force - Boeing WC-135B Constant Phoenix 61-2666 (msn 18342) at McCleelan Air Force Base. Designated Constant Phoenix to collect atmospheric samples for the purpose of detecting

Boy in toy car A Fatal Accident by H G C Marsh

Avro 652 Anson I N4877 - G-AMDA of the Skyfame museum at Staverton Airport N4877 was built at the Avro factory at Newton Heath, Manchester and was taken on charge by the Royal Air Force on Nov 17

United States Air Force Boeing WC-135B 61-2666 (msn 18342) at McCleelan Air Force Base. Boeing C-135B-BN Stratolifter (Boeing 717-185)

The Vinh-Long, French naval vessel (a 5500-ton screw steamship, which was built in 1881) - on 16 November 1922, while carrying 495 persons

Disadvantages of a short cut. "I have kept my dear Amelia waiting a deuced long time
Disadvantages of a short cut. " I have kept my dear Amelia waiting a deuced long time! - but this short cut will soon bring me to her enchanting presence;

Comic postcard, Doctor and nurse, operating theatre Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two women in a crashed car Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Father and son doing the pools Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Boy and girl, accident with a go-kart Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large woman falling off a cliff onto a man paddling in the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, I ve just arrived - Man arrives at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man swearing in front of parrot Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Protection for rollerskating Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Come into the garden, Maud Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Man and woman rollerskating Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman falling off a cliff at the seaside - I ve just arrived Date: early 20th century

A car crash in South-East London
A badly crashed car outside a launderette in South-East London. Date: circa 1950s

Comic postcard, Man falls out of bed onto chamber pot Date: 20th century

Comic birthday postcard, Two children in a garden, falling out of a cart Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two children in a garden Date: 20th century

Comic birthday postcard, Little girl with fallen knickers Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Rickshaw ride - My word if you slip on the gravel! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Edinburgh Exhibition - man collides with woman Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump couple in the sea - don t dive on an empty stomach! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, accident with bacon slicer Date: 20th century

Omnibus nuisances. Caution to ladies who like to occupy the seat next to the door. A mans hobnail boots kick a woman on the head as his feet swing in from the window of the omnibus. Date: 1853

A Striken Caterpillar Tractor which has taken a tumble down the steep bank of a demolition site, ending up upside down in a shallow pool. Date: circa 1946

Vickers Virginia night bombing RAF plane bound from Hawkinge to Boscombe, crashed at Farnham, Surrey. The four occupants escaped uninjured. Date: 1931

Road Accident
We ran across an old friend here the other day. A happy holiday postcard depicting the scene of an accident. Artist: BH Smale Date: 1905

Circumstantial Evidences by John Hassall
Oh you naughty boy! I saw you throw it! Falling snow from a nearby roof has suddenly landed on top of a bemused woman in a large heap, as a innocent boy passes by. Date: 1909

Samuel Foote (1720-1777), a British dramatist, actor and theatre manager from Cornwall. He was known for his comedic acting and writing

Husband holding off his angry wife with mop. A bottle of gin on the windowsill and a sign reading Conjugal Felicity a Romance. A Stag at Bay

A group of writers dining at the house of a rich citizen
A group of writers drinking punch and dining at the house of a rich citizen. Fabricious Description of the Poets. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Regency cobbler mending shoes in a crowded room
Regency cobbler mending shoes in a room full of women and children. Buxom wife using bellows on the fire in the hearth. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Man in his sick bed surrounded by doting wife, children, and maids. Miseries of Human Life. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Men falling on ice skates, another falling through the ice, woman falling off her chair, on a frozen pond. Miseries of Games, Sports, etc

Man forced to kiss an ugly woman at a dance party during a game of forfeits. More Miseries. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Man losing control of his mount while passing a carriage
Man losing control of his mount while passing a horse and carriage on a road. How to Pass a Carriage. Academy for Grown Horsemen

Man standing up while choking at the dinner table
Man standing up, clutching his head while choking at the dinner table while other guests and waiter panic. Symptoms of Choaking

A cart race in an English town with an accident in the foreground with passengers thrown on the street. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Chambermaid pulling on a sleeping guests wooden leg mistaking it for a warming pan. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Title page with calligraphic title and vignette of woman dancing with children. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from William Coombes The Dance of Life

Young English gentleman arriving back home after the Grand Tour. He rides a four-horse carriage and is welcomed by his family

Regency gentlemen riding horses using whips
Regency gentlemen riding horsesat a gallop using whips. How to Ride up Hyde Park. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson after an illustration by Henry Bunbury from Geoffrey Gambados

Regency gentleman on a horse that has bolted. He rides it full gallop into a chicken coop to stop it, and a farmer watches in horror. How to Stop Your Horse at Pleasure

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