Accidents Collection (page 10)

Fire Alarm Panic
Rushing feet sometimes become entangled. A child trips up and slips to the floor, tripping up the next and the next child, in a domino effect caused by fire alarm panic

Fire Escape, Boston
Fire escapes down the side of a building in downtown Boston. Date: 2000

Fire Engine 1940S
A fire engine from the Durham County Fire Brigade

Fire Hose Pump 1930S
A hose pump operated by members of the Sunderland Fire Brigade

FIREMEN 1934
The fire fighters from Sunderland Fire Brigade

Fireman 1930S
Jack Sanderson, a member of the Sunderland Fire Brigade

Fire Brigade Office 40S
An emergency call comes in to Durham County Fire Brigade

Climber Uses First Aid
The prudent climber - and Germans are ALWAYS prudent - carries a first-aid kit with him in case of accident, for accidents may befall anyone, even a German

George Stephenson experimenting with the safety lamp in a mi
Illustration of George Stephenson (1781-1848) experimenting with his safety lamp in a mine. It was designed by Stephenson in 1815, around the same time as Humphrey Davy invented a similar lamp

Marine telephone
A telephone or marine alarum being used by a sailor. This worked on the principle of sending air through a series of valves and pistons to make various notes

Coal Mine Explosion
An explosion in a coal mine

Dramatic Mountain Rescue
A dramatic mountain rescue

Foot in Chamber-Pot
Ragotin, a careless child, gets his foot stuck in a metal chamber-pot. Break the pot or amputate the foot ? A lock- smith is called in to cut the pot, to everyones relief

Thames Firefighting Boat
Floating fire-engine steamboats on the river Thames, London

Theatre Fire / Tokyo / 1905
A fire at the Chikichima Theatre, Tokyo

Chicago Fire / 1871
At Chicago, this picture shows citizens trying to escape by way of the Ike Randolph Street Bridge

Fire / Scandinavia / 1555
Fighting a fire in Scandinavia

Mishap with an Umbrella
An unthinking young lady in a long horizontal bonnet, while keeping her head down, accidentally stabs a unsuspecting man with the point of her umbrella. OUCH!

Boating Accident 1879
Four boys who have gone out on a boating trip are in danger of sinking

Wwi / Paris Blackout
The blackout in Paris, romantic to some, but also the cause of accidents - as an officer and his lady look on, a man stumbles into a lamppost

Sapeurs Pompiers Engine
French sapeurs-pompiers manoeuvre their engines at the scene of a fire

Sapeurs Pompiers 1
French firefighters are a part of the army. They parade and salute the flag just as soldiers do

SAFETY SAC
People trapped on upper floors escape from a blaze via a sac (chute) which they slide down head first to the sapeurs- pompiers waiting below

Hand-Drawn Engines
Although the larger engines of French sapeurs-pompiers are drawn by horses, smaller appliances are drawn to the scene of the fire by the firemen themselves

Repairing Fire Engine
French sapeurs-pompiers in the workshop of a fire station carry out maintenance and repairs on their engines

Sapeurs Pompiers 2
French sapeurs-pompiers drill with weapons like other divisions of the army

Firefighters Ladder
French sapeurs-pompiers use a long ladder to reach the highest floors of a burning building

French Hand-Pumps
French sapeurs-pompiers use hand pumps at the scene of a fire

Quebec Viaduct
A viaduct at Quebec collapses during construction - this is the scene at the moment it starts to break up. Date: 1907

Thrills and Spills
Thrills and spills of a lady cyclist

Champs Elysees Breakdown
When a ladys car lets her down in the Champs Elysees, Paris (France) lots of willing hands materialise

France / Bridge Collapse
The bridge Pont-Lorois, over the river Etel at Lorient, Brittany (France), after its collapse on 14 November

Albion Mills Fire
The fire at Albion Mills, on the Surrey bank of the Thames at Blackfriars Bridge. Several fire brigades have come to the scene but too late to save the flour and grain

Hazardous Hairspray
An aerosol can of Harmony Hairspray, carelessly left on a hot Belling coal effect fireplace, which could cause a nasty explosion!

Dangerous Plug
A badly wired plug, liable to give anyone a nasty electric shock

Coach Loses Passengers
The Scarborough Coach loses its passengers at a crossroads

Rail Accident Risk
A satirical comment on the remarkably high accident rate of excursion trains

Mending a Lamp Post
A crowd gathers to watch a workman up a ladder mending a broken lamp post, England

Myttons Upturns Gig
English eccentric Jack (John) Mytton (1796-1834) deliberately capsizes a gig by driving it into a rabbit hole in order to scare a nervous passenger

Cottage on Fire
Fire-fighting on behalf of the Dawlish (Devon) County Fire Service : A fireman hoses down a burning cottage

Crowd of Derby Revellers
Epsom Races: The Return From " The Derby". The merry and somewhat worse for wear crowd (from all social classes) make the return journey after a day at the races

Stuck in the Snow
Lady motorist stuck in the snow

Domestic Fires
A hot night in the old home

Citizens of Chicago flee the burning city
The panicking citizens of Chicago flee the burning city

Romsey Fire Brigade
The Romsey Fire Brigade display some of their fire- fighting techniques

Fire Brigade & Engine
The Romsey Fire Brigade and their horse pulled engine

Fire / Opera Comique / 1887
As fire takes hold of the Opera Comique theatre in Paris, firefighters attempt to rescue those trapped on the roof by ladder

Racing Accident 1903
The PARIS - MADRID race this year is notorious for its accidents : this encounter between vehicle and vegetation is just one of many

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