Accidents Collection (page 9)

Commer Fire Engine
Commer Fire Chassis B with 30 gallons First Aid Engine and 45 feet Pretoria Escape. Date: 1914

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

Dont Go down Mine - 3
DON T GO DOWN THE MINE, DAD the father tells his son that he must go to work despite his sons warning dream... Date: circa 1900

FIRE
A hand hovering over a burning flame! Date: 1971

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

Thomas Amory
THOMAS AMORY Churchman, of whose aspirations, achievements, accidents and adventures we sadly know nothing. Date: 1701 - 1774

A Ghostly Corner by Mallet
A driver careers around a tricky corner on a snowy road and tells his fellow passengers, Time out Council did something about that dashed corner - its always been a bit tricky

Leopard attack on zoo keeper, 1870
An alarming occurance at a menagerie-a keeper attacked by five leopards. Date: 1870

Granpop Gets Down to Brass Tacks by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood featuring his orang utan character, Granpop, descending a ladder only to stand painfully on some brass tacks. His porcine companion seems to find this hilarious

Crashed Avro 504A
A crashed Avro 504A. One of the most famous biplane trainers, it first appeared in 1913. Used in the opening stages of World War One for bombing and reconnaissance. Date: 1914

Vintage Car Crash
The scene of a serious motor accident involving quite a number of cars, somewhere in America. Date: 1930s

Girl & Bathroom Cabinet
A little girl in a matching t- shirt and shorts with cats on them, ventures into the dangerous world of the bathroom cabinet... Date: 1960s

Maid Drops Tray
Maid drops the tray Date: circa 1900

Putting out Thatch Fire
The Fire Brigade deals successfully with a fire that has broken out on a thatched roof Date: 1950s

Bicycle / Girl Falls Off
A girl comes right off - and her bikes a write-off ! Date: circa 1900

Fire / Exeter / 1887 / Graphic
The Theatre Royal, Exeter, on fire. 187 people perish in the blaze. The previous theatre building had burnt down in 1885. Date: 5 September 1887

London Street Fire Alarm
FIRE ALARM Alarms placed in the streets of London give a direct link to the fire stations Date: 1880

Hand pump fire engine
A hand pump fire engine. 1882

Fire engine in Paris, answering a call
An electric fire engine of the Paris Fire Brigade, answering an emergency call. 1900

The Result of Purchasing a Blind Horse : Dr Syntax causes chaos riding a blind horse in the street, knocking over a woman whose donkey bucks and kicks

Scene of mine disaster at Wellington Pit
The under-seas tomb of over a hundred men. The scene of the great mine disaster at Whitehaven: Wellington Pit, which extends five miles under the Irish Sea

Chalked message at Wellington Pit
The Wellington Pit explosion and fire at Whitehaven on 11th May 1910 was one of Britains worst mining disasters in which 136 men and boys lost their lives

Metropolitan Police Specimen Reports book
A Metropolitan Police instruction book: Specimen Reports: A Guide for Police in Reporting Accidents, Collisions, Etc. How to Report a Case for Summons

Spilt Milk by Muriel Dawson
A little blond boy in blue shorts looks upset and worried after spilling and breaking a jug of milk

Collapsed roof, Llanerch Colliery, South Wales
View of a collapsed roof at Llanerch Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales. Some of the thick wooden props have broken

Traffic Accident Group car
A late 1940s Traffic Accident Group car, which was manned by two police officers, with two solo motorcyclists accompanying it

Splinters Poison
British World War Two information poster advising people to get first aid for splinters. Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

The Search for M2
The Royal Navys new deep-sea observation chamber, invented by Robert H Davis of Siebe, Gorman & Co. the inventor of submarine life-saving apparatus

Scooter girl
A policeman shouts out an anxious warning to a little girl who is merrily riding her scooter on the road forcing a chauffeur driven car to slow down

Fire Damage at Union Workhouse, Knighton, Radnorshire
A view of the damage caused by a gas explosion at the Knighton Union workhouse, Radnorshire (now Powys), Wales, in December 1907

Its an Ill Wind. Native Swiss profiting by the misfortunes of an eminent skier using him as a bridge after his skiing accident

Ruins of Pantechnicon
Firemen pick over rubble in the ruins of the Belgrave Pantechnicon after the fire that destroyed most of the building complex

Burning of Pantechnicon
The burning of the Pantechnicon in Motcomb Street, Belgravia: scenes of the fire which devastated the building

Explosion in Victoria
Firemen deal with an explosion in Medway Street, Victoria, London. An interested crowd gathers to watch their progress

Fire Engine
Horse drawn fire engine

Celebrating the Jubilee on Board a Man of War - Extra Ration
Engraving showing the distribution of grog (watered down rum) on board HMS Sultan to celebrate the Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887

Koran Protection
Before setting out a journey camels pass beneath a suspended copy of the Koran, which protects them from accidents and injuries

Crash Amid Crocodiles
To crash in central Africa is sufficient of a calamity in itself, but to crash into crocodile-infested Lake Victoria is more than anyones share of bad luck

Caught by Trailing Rope
When a plane takes off at Prague, a boy is caught up in a trailing rope, but he lands in a tree

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

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