Burn Collection (page 4)

Homes in Poland burnt
Rebels in Galicia burn the homes of aristocrats favourable to the Russian occupation

Alfred Bungles Cakes
Whilst sheltering at a neatherds cottage, King Alfred gets a tongue lashing for letting the cakes burn

Templars Burn (Mouchot)
Jacques de Molay and other leading Knights Templar are hastily burnt at Paris, on the orders of Philippe le Bel, king of France

GENERAL SLOCUM BURNS
The American excursion paddle- steamer catches fire in New Yorks East River, and a thousand passengers - mostly women and children - burn or are drowned

Villette Docks Burn
The Docks de la Villette, Paris, are set alight by the Communards during the fighting

Candle Timer
King Alfred is credited with the invention use of CANDLES as timekeepers, time being measured by how long it takes for the candle to burn from one mark to the next

Wick Timekeeper
WICK TIMEKEEPER of the ancient Chinese and Japanese : time is measured by how long it takes for the smouldering wick to burn from one knot to the next

Scottish Washing Day
A Scottish girl kneads the washing with her feet by the side of a Scottish burn

New York Fire 1835
New York firefighters attempt to tackle the blaze on Wall Street as many buildings burn (including the Fulton Fire Insurance Co.); the fire lasted from 16 to 17 December

Bubonic Plague, Portugal
When Portugal is struck by an epidemic of bubonic plague, the population burn infected homes in hope of destroying the source of the trouble

The Gaspee Burnt
THE GASPEE INCIDENT - The citizens of Rhode Island, angered by British tax demands, board the grounded revenue schooner Gaspee and burn her

Turks Burn Serb Town
SERBIA Turks burn the town of Kujaschewatz

Watching Moscow Burn
When his Russian expedition proves disastrous, he watches Moscow burn

Heavenly Taxes
CHINA Chinese bonzes burn paper money as heavenly taxes, trusting that the gods are so stupid, they won t notice the difference

Grimm / The Owl / Barn Fire
The townsfolk burn down the barn in which the Owl is hiding

French burn a Cuban town
The French occupy the Spanish-held town of Chiorera (Chorrera) in Cuba, pillage it and finally destroy it by fire, because of the perfidy of its inhabitants

Archimedes demonstrating reflecting mirrors
Archimedes, Greek mathematician and inventor, demonstrating the use of reflecting mirrors to set fire to enemy ships

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