Accident Collection (page 8)

Late Victorian 1890s Card Cards Greetings Man
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Victorian Greeting Card - Mouse Accident
Candle falls over with inquisitive mouse underneath. Date: circa 1890

Ice skating accident with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a Dutch girl, open to reveal a Dutch boy falling through the ice. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Sunderland memorial service, Eastbourne, Sussex
Men laying a wreath on the sea during the Sunderland memorial service, Eastbourne, Sussex. A Sunderland flying boat broke up as it landed on the water on 4 June 1955

Stockport Air Disaster - 4th June 1967
Stockport Air Disaster 4th June 1967, in which 72 passengers and crew died when the British Midlands Airways Canadair C4 Argonaut from Palma, Mallorca

Nitrate fire in Iquique, Tarapaca, Chile, South America
Nitrate storage fire at the Gildemeister company premises in Iquique, Tarapaca, Chile, South America. Nitrate is extremely flammable. Date: circa 1910

The Vacuum - A Masterpiece by H. M. Bateman
Page 1 of 4. Brilliant sequential cartoon by H. M. Bateman depicting a man asking his maid to have a go at a vacuum cleaner, only to find he sucks up everything in his path. Date: 1920

The Lifeguardsman who Dropped It by H. M. Bateman
One of H. M. Batemans most brilliant cartoons - a guard of honour at a wedding goes horribly wrong. 1935

Comic Postcard - Sport - Billiards - Cannon off the cush (1/2) Date: circa 1905

Wreckage of the Flying Scotsman
On the morning of April 14th the Flying Scotsman - the London to Aberdeen express from Kings Cross - came into collision with the engine of a goods train outside Burntisland Station, Fifeshire. 1914

LMS Accident, Lichfield Trent Valley Railway Station, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. Date: 1946

Ford Consul Classic Car Accident, England. Date: 1950s

Avro Lancastrian G-AGWJ BSa LAP
Avro Lancastrian G-AGWJ of British South American Airlines seen at London Airport on 18 May 1946, just 3 months before it was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident in the Gambia

Alexander the Great and the broken ladder, 326 BC
Soldiers, enthused by Alexander the Greats example, swarm up a ladder, used to attack the fortified city walls of the Mallians

New Compensation Act - 1906 - Stableboy kicked in stable
" The New Compensation Act" - " Hurroo! Oim kicked to Death, Be Gob!" - a Yokel Stable Lad is not unduly concerned at being kicked against the stable wall

The second de Havilland DH88 Comet G-ACSR
The second de Havilland DH88 Comet, G-ACSR, undergoing repairs following the pre-race accident

Fire crews attend the aftermath of a plane crash at Heathrow Airport

Firefighter cutting through pipe after road traffic accident
A firefighter cutting through a pipe after a road traffic accident

Car crash at a bus stop
Scene of a car crash -- a car has collided with a bus stop sign, crumpling up the bonnet and side

LCC-LFB Car crash, SW London
The Brigade attending the scene of a car crash in Cromwell Road, SW London involving three vehicles

Breakdown lorry lifting car from basement area
The breakdown lorry, from Lambeth fire station being deployed to raise a car from the basement area after it crashed through the railings

Kislovodsk - Russia - a humourous card
A humourous card depicting an unlucky airship passenger dangling rather precariously over the mountains near Kislovodsk, Russia, suspended only by his jacket and the strength of the anchor rope

Polo Cartoon by Tom Browne
Humorous Polo illustration for a comic postcard by Tom Browne. The gentleman player in the red seemingly needs to work on his mallet control! circa 1905

Steam Roller Accident
A man sits down on the pavement in shock and is comforted by a kind policeman. Behind him is the cause of his consternation: a steam roller in the bay window of a house! Date: 1960s

Boy Falls from a Tree
A boy tumbles from a tree Date: circa 1900

Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Glamorgan, South Wales
Scene at the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, South Wales. There were 439 miners killed in total, making this the worst mining accident in the UK

Traffic accident in Brandon Grove, Ilford
A night time traffic accident in Brandon Grove, Ilford, Essex. The bollard in the middle of the road says Keep Left, but this car kept a little too far to the left

Veritas Mantles 1929
Advertisement for Veritas Mantles...for strength and brilliancy. A clumsy man (possibly a lamp lighter) accidentally breaks the glass of a street lamp with his ladder as he passes...Not broken

Old Kate, seller of race cards
An elderly woman known as Old Kate, who makes her living from the sale of race cards. She is seen here sitting in an open carriage

Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold
The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold - humorous illustrative interpretation of a quote from Lord Byron by Victorian illustrator and postcard publisher Martin Anderson ( Cynicus )

Rolls Royce car accident
A photograph of an upturned Rolls Royce, belonging to Mr. Benjamin Guinness on the road between Pisa and Rome. All the passengers were saved due to the body pillars in the car which withstood

Theresa Neumann 3
German farm girl of Konnersreuth who developed stigmata ater a work accident, especially on Fridays, with her parents

Theresa Neumann 2
Crowds gather for a sight of this German farm girl of Konnersreuth who developed stigmata ater a work accident, especially on Fridays, attracting worldwide interest

Spill on a Rural Road
The uneven surfaces of rural roads, interacting with the inherent instability of the bicycle, are, alas, apt to cause occasional regrettable mishaps such as this

Game / Rebus / 19C
A poor old MAN was driving a PIG TOE mARKet with a STRING tEYEd TOE its LEG wHEN by SUM accident the PIG got loose. The MAN ran after him BUTT PIGgy sCAPEd... now read on

Motorcycle racing
Thrill-fiends on wheels! An exciting motorcycle race in which one competitor skids and flies into the air. Date: 1933

Accident in fog and black ice, Marks Tey, Colchester, Essex
Accident in fog and black ice, near Marks Tey, Colchester, Essex, 31 December 1959, in which an Austin van was a write-off but the driver received only minor injuries. Date: 1959

The Artists Father, the Average Adjuster Lucas von
Carl Fredrik von Breda (1759-1818). Swedish painter. The Artists Father, the Average Adjuster Lucas von Breda, 1797. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Street accident, Spain

Accident on the North-Western railway, Near Watford
Engraving illustrating a railway accident just north of Watford, on the North-Western railway. Luckily on this occasion there was no loss of life. 1858

Kadir Rocks, Sri Lanka, 1871
The Kadir Rocks at the entrance to Galle harbour, Sri Lanka, where the P&O mail steamship Rangoon was accidently sunk after running onto the rocks. Date: 1871

Rider thrown from his horse. circa 1825

The Accident -- a pot of liquid is overturned. circa 1820s

Hotel Bill - Helpful Service. circa late 18th century

Cricket - The Lost Ball. circa early 20th century

The Student by H. M. Bateman
A particularly studious student, so engrossed in the book he is reading, accidentally strides off the edge of a cliff. Date: 1925

Falling To - and In by H. M. Bateman
The Small Boy: Ma! Ma! Quick Ma! Come ere; babys eating all the plum-pudding mixture. Occupational hazard during Christmas food preparation in a busy family home, as imagined by H. M

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