Blaze Collection

Holmes & Watson / Train
SILVER BLAZE Holmes and Watson in a railway compartment

HMS Iron Duke and the Great Fire of Smyrna, 1922
A vivid photograph of the burning of Smyrna after its capture by the Turks, with HMS Iron Duke, the flagship of the Mediterranean fleet, in the foreground. Date: 1922

LCC-LFB Serious house fire in Notting Hill
Firefighters using the 50 foot wheeled escape ladder to gain access to the upper floors of this terraced house affected by a serious blaze in Notting Hill, West London

Blitz - Fire at Surrey Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe
Warehouses ablaze (the left wing of the No.8 warehouse) following the heavy enemy bombing raids on the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe

Firefighters at scene of fire at Riverside Drive, Chiswick
Firefighters at scene of fire at 10 Riverside Drive, Chiswick, West London

GLC-LFB Fire in Lambeth Road, SE11
A Merryweather turntable ladder stands ready whilst fire crews wearing Proto oxygen breathing apparatus tackle a blaze in Victoria House & Victoria Mansions, South Lambeth Road, South Lambeth

LCC-LFB fatal warehouse fire, Langley Street WC2
Three firemen died fighting this blaze in a Covent Garden warehouse in Langley Street. The first crews to arrive, from Clerkenwell fire station, found the warehouse well alight

LFB at 25 pump fire, warehouse in Fulham
LFB firefighters in action at a fire in Fulham, where 100 tons of paraffin wax ignited in a riverside warehouse. The major blaze required 25 pumps

LCC-LFB Major fire at Prudential Insurance Building
Massive crowds gather to watch the London Fire Brigade fight the fire in the Prudential Assurance Company building located in High Holborn WC1, 16 June 1932

Fireboat tackling fire at Colonial Wharf, East London
A fireboat tackles a fire at Colonial Wharf, Wapping High Street, East London, 27 September 1935. This was a typical big Thamesside fire of the sort which the London Fire Brigade has tackled for over

London Fire Brigade, second Brixton Riots
On 28 September 1985 the second Brixton riot erupted. After the arrest of a man following a shooting incident, a largely black crowd protested at Brixton Police station in Lambeth, South London

LCC-LFB Serious office fire, Farringdon Street EC4
Two turntable ladders deployed at an office building fire in Farringdon Street, City of London, 16 November 1934. The top of the turntable ladder on the left is totally engulfed in the swirling black

GLC-LFB Warehouse fire, Herring Street, London
A serious warehouse fire in riverside wharfs and a turntable ladder at work in the distance. In the foreground salvage tenders from the London Salvage Corps are in attendance to mitigate damage

Foam applied at oil tank fire, Thames Haven, WW2
Fire crews applying foam to a fire at the Thames Haven oil tank fire, near Thurrock, Essex

Fighting fires at Thames Haven oil tanks, WW2
Fighting fires at Thames Haven oil tanks during the Second World War

Fire in Southwark, London, 1926
Photograph showing members of the London Fire Brigade tackling a blaze at Samuel Ward & Co.s paint and varnish warehouse in Great Guildford Street, Southwark, August 1926

Firefighters in action with hosepipes, Shad Thames, SE1
Firefighters in action with hosepipes at night, at a fire in Shad Thames, 19 February 1958, at the premises of Corry & Co, showing the Gainsford Street/Maguire Street corner of the building

WW2, Firemen At The Blitz
An illustration of a foreground fireman battling a blaze during a blitz of WW2, others are blasting their hoses towards a row of houses behind. Date: circa 1941

Madame Tussaud's fire debris
A fire at Madame Tussauds wax figures museum caused it to be burnt to the ground in 1925. The fire took one and a half hours to get put out. Everything melted within

Fireman fighting a blaze at the equitable building
The Freezing weather of a New York winter in 1912 during a fire in the equitable building. Firemen fighting a blaze whilst being frozen themselves, and their fire engine with icicles on it. Date: 1912

Bulging of the theatre curtain
At Royal, Exeter, fire on stage curtain blows out towards the auditorium and the audience flee the fire. 187 people die in the blaze

Cartoon, A Blaze of Triumph! (Disraeli and Turkey)
Cartoon, A Blaze of Triumph! Disraeli is the hero of the day, having made a deal over Cyprus with Turkey at the Anglo-Turkish Convention, thereby ensuring peace rather than war

Warehouse on fire near railway line, with flames and thick black smoke billowing out, and fire engines in the foreground. Date: mid-20th century

Canada - Ontario - Mining Town - Cobalt - Firefighters on shed roof fighting blaze. Date: circa 1908

A devastating fire at a British Public School for Boys, which appears to have gutted the elegant Victorian Main building and a number of ancilliary buildings

Warehouse fire, Manchester
Simon Snorkel is used to fight a warehouse blaze at night in Shudehill, Manchester Date: circa 1969

LFCDA-LFB Woolworths fire, Crystal Palace SE19
Fifteen pumps were called to deal with a major blaze in the Woolworths store in Westow Hill, Crystal Palace, that seriously damaged the store

Fire at Pengwern Hall, St. Asaph, Wales - The Seat of Lord Mostyn. The treasures of the house (paintings and rare manuscripts) were for the most part saved the devastation

Suffragette Arson Tunbridge Wells. A view of the cricket pavilion in Nevill Cricket ground, Tunbridge Wells, virtually destroyed in a fire on 11th April 1913

Suffragette Arson Felixstowe. The ruins of the Bath Hotel, felixstowe Suffolk, with crowd of onlookers, following the spectacular blaze on 28th April 1914

Bridges of Nieuport (Nieuwpoort), Belgium, WW1
Bridges of Nieuport (Nieuwpoort), Belgium, First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Firefighters at scene of fire, Chesterfield Way, SE15
Firefighters at scene of fire, Chesterfield Way, Peckham, London SE15

LCC-LFB Major fire, Farringdon Street EC4
Fire seriously damages a Farringdon Street office building in Clerkenwell, City of London. Two turntable ladders are at work together with the 15 pumps

GLC-LFB Fifty pump fire, Tooley Street, Southwark
The biggest blaze of the decade was fought at Wilsons Wharf, near Tooley Street, Southwark, in the summer of 1971. It was the same location that cost the life of Londons Fire Chief

LCC-LFB Aftermath of serious house fire in Notting Hill
With the blaze at a house in Notting Hill extinguished, firefighters start to put away their equipment and ladders. The fire affected all floors of this terraced house

LCC-LFB fire, Goodge Street deep shelter
Two LCC-LFB firemen, wearing breathing apparatus, at the Tottenham Court Road end of the Army transit centre located in the deep shelter tunnel system. The fire has been extinguished

Blitz in London -- Surrey Docks, Rotherhithe, WW2
Blitz in London -- roofs of the timber cargo storage areas totally collapsed after the intensity of the fires that devastated the Surrey Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe, SE London

Blackpool Illuminations
The famous Blackpool Illuminations, Blackpool being Lancashires famous City of Light, when six miles of promenade are turned into a blaze of light

Drake by Louis N. Parker. For the revival. His Majestys Theatre is written on the front of the card and 1915 on the reverse, but the run ended on 11th November 1914

Happy Families - Mrs Blaze. circa 1940s

Happy Families - Mr Blaze. circa 1940s

Happy Families - Miss Blaze. circa 1940s

Happy Families - Master Blaze. circa 1940s

London Blitzed 1941
Widespread destruction round the City of London - here a blaze at Temple - bears witness to the intensity of the German attack. Date: January 1941

Fire scene in hat factory middle rooms in June 1906 where the scale of damage at Battersbys Stockport premises can be seen. Oddly it appears some hats have survived the blaze, but very little else

Firefighters in action with hosepipes, London
Firefighters in action with hosepipes at a blazing fire, London

Firefighters in action, Victory Place, SE17
Firefighters in action with hosepipes during a fire at a warehouse in Victory Place, Southwark, SE17, on 27 April 1958. Seen here in the main entrance of the building -- two jets had been at work

Firefighters in action with hosepipes, Poplar, East London
Firefighters in action with hosepipes at a fire in Simpsons Road, Poplar, East London, 25 January 1958. Showing the east side of Block D

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