Alarms Collection

Protection from fire at sea on British liners 1932
Diagram showing the safety rules on board a British passenger ship in 1932. Date: 1932

SOLDIERS AND GHOST
The ghost of Hamlets father appears on the battlements of Elsinore and alarms the sentries

Chinese Emperor Wu Wang creates loud explosions
Chinese Emperor Yeou Wang (Zhou Dynasty) alarms his enemies with loud explosions. Date: circa 781 - 771 BC

Fire Brigade street fire alarm call post
A passer-by pulls a fire alarm to notify the fire brigade of an incident. By the outbreak of the First World War the London Fire Brigade area was well covered with electric fire alarms

Arcadia (Sannazaro)
Shepherd, Cowherd and Goatherd meet on the plains of Arcadia; galleys ply the waters, flowers strew the meadows, and the music of the musette alarms a dog Date: circa 1500

London Fire Brigade street fire alarm and telephone point
In 1904 the Metropolitan Fire Brigade changed its name to the London Fire Brigade. Less than one year later it was possible for crews to call in to Southwark Headquarters from a remote point

Firefighter using telephone point in street
Firefighter using a telephone point (marked Ambulance Call) in the street

ARP Warden - False Alarm - Pimlico, London
(text taken from photo caption) False Alarm. Mrs Mary Bennet, ARP Warden in Pimlico, London (" river slum district" !)

Browns Fire Alarm: Break Glass, Pull Knob, Wait For Engine

Illustration of an 18th century Bellman and Billman
A London night-watchman who gave warning of fire and who was meant to take first-aid measures to stop small outbreaks of fire. (Original print in the London Guildhall Library)

Silhouette - Children and Birds (" Small Animal-friends" ) - by Karl Frohlich 1856

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

Charles VI Insane
Charles VI alarms his entour- -age by bouts of insanity which though at first intermittent will eventually make him unfit to rule : the feuding ducs govern instead

Hungarian Workers
In Budapest a demonstration by discontented workers alarms the populace but is suppressed by mounted police

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 Alarms Horses / 1555
Northern warriors use fires on mountaintops to alarm horses with flames and smoke

Gulliver / Lilliputians
Gulliver alarms the Lilliputians when he starts to move

Bluebeard and the Girls
Bluebeard alarms the sisters

Runaway Car / Ca 1900
I can t stop it Charlie; it must work differently from the one Father had. Two boys struggle to stop a runaway car as it alarms the locals

Fire Drill 1930S
All saved! The importance of learning a fire drill is fully realised by those in charge of Childrens Homes. Here waifs and strays practice using a sheet as a fire escape

Alarms, Night of 14 July
During the night following the attack on the Bastille, the people expect reprisals from the King : at the Porte Saint- Denis, a false alarm - but the threat is real enough

HAMLETs FATHERs GHOST
The ghost of Hamlets father appears on the battlements of Elsinore and alarms the sentries

Nostradamus & Catherine
Nostradamus, French prophet, alarms Catherine de Medici with his predictions

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