Broke Collection (page 3)

Margaret Whigham and the Earl of Warwick, 1932
Photograph showing Miss Margaret Whigham (1912-1993), later the Duchess of Argyll, with Charles Guy Greville, 7th Earl Brooke, 7th Earl of Warwick (1919-1984), pictured c.1932

RAF Typhoons attack German tanks, France; Second World War
Illustration showing Royal Air Force Typhoons, fighter-bombers equipped with rockets, attacking a column of German armour, near Mortain, 1944

British Armoured Vehicles advancing in Normandy; Second Worl
Photograph showing British Armoured vehicles and tanks heading off to attack German positions in Normandy, France, during July 1944

Great Sheffield Flood
The Great Flood (or Inundation) at Sheffield on 11th March 1864 when the Dale Dyke Dam broke flooding Sheffield. Scene showing the wrecking of Coronation Bridge

Flooding Sheffield 1864
The Great Flood (or Inundation) at Sheffield on 11th March 1864 when the Dale Dyke Dam broke flooding Sheffield and surrounding areas and wrecking nearly all

Queen Mary inspecting troops
Queen Mary, accompanied by Prince Albert (later George VI) and Princess Mary, at an inspection of troops near Aldershot, Hants

American Prairie on Fire
A Fire broke out in Monticello prairie, a few miles away from Alton, destroying buildings and causing much loss of life

American oli powered diesel electric locomotive
The Streamline Union Pacific Train for high speed passenger service. This oil powered diesel electric locomotive is fitted with a 900 H.P twelve cylinder diesel engine

Buoys and Grapnels used in recovering the Atlantic Telegraph
Engraving showing the buoys and grapnels that were used to recover an Atlantic Telegraph Cable, September 1866. The telegraph cable, which was laid in 1865 by the Great Eastern

The Melbourne Riots
A plain clothes policeman, in centre, using his revolver to keep strikers apart from a free labourer during the Melbourne Waterside Workers strike of 1928

Prince and Princess Louis of Battenburg feeding rescued emig
Illustration showing Prince and Princess Louis of Battemberg feeding rescued emigrants from the ship Cairnrona, which caught fire in the Channel, at Dover Docks, 1910

Russian cholera epidemic
Transporting those who have died of cholera to the burial ground. Cholera broke out in St Petersburg in September 1908, with the first cases among people living in particularly unsanitary conditions

SS Umbria, 1893
Engraving of the Cunard steamship Umbria. During a crossing from Queenstown to New York in December 1892, the Umbrias propellor shaft broke and she was disabled

On board the luxury liner, L Atlantique, the central stree
On board the French luxury liner, L Atlantique. A unusual feature at the time, the central street of shops, over 150 meters long, with the spacious embarkation hall

Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine
Sketch of the Danish inventor Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine. The motor was a significant development from earlier electro-magnetic engines

The Normandie, the largest liner in the world
The burning of the luxury liner, the Normandie in 1942. The Normandie was the largest liner in the world. As World War II commenced the liner was taken out of service

On board the luxury liner, L Atlantique, the chapel, where
On board the French luxury liner, L Atlantique. A unusual feature at the time, the decorative chapel, where passenger could attend religious services and practise their devotions during a voyage

Burnt out liner L Atlantique, successfully brought into port
The burnt out liner, L Atlantique successfully brought into port at Cherbourg. The fire broke out in the early hours of 4th January 1933, at 6am the abandon ship order was given

Creswell colliery, where eighty men perished in a fire. Aeri
Creswell colliery where eighty miners perished in a fire at the junction of two conveyer belts. An aerial view showing ambulances approaching the pithead and anxious families gathered at the offices

Mr Eyston in his M. G. Midget
Breaker of Sir Malcolm Campbells world speed record for baby cars seen here in his M.G. Midget. Eyston established more records during his racing career than virtually any other driver

Fireball at Cartagena
A great globe of fire, in the space of some minutes, broke into four lesser balls, which flew off towards the four cardinal points, attended with a clap of thunder

Chesapeake and Shannon
A famous frigate action between the Shannon, under command of British Captain Broke, and the Chesapeake under the American Captain John Lawrence

Wright Rounding Pylon
Wilbur Wright rounds a pylon at Auvours, to demonstrate the manoeuvrability of his biplane; while here he broke both duration and altitude records

9th Duke Marlborough
CHARLES SPENCER CHURCHILL, ninth duke of MARLBOROUGH, with his American bride Consuelo Vanderbilt : alas, their made-in-heaven marriage soon broke up

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