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Crash Collection (page 6)

Background imageCrash Collection: Fire crews attend the aftermath of a plane crash

Fire crews attend the aftermath of a plane crash at Heathrow Airport

Background imageCrash Collection: Car crash at a bus stop

Car crash at a bus stop
Scene of a car crash -- a car has collided with a bus stop sign, crumpling up the bonnet and side

Background imageCrash Collection: LCC-LFB Car crash, SW London

LCC-LFB Car crash, SW London
The Brigade attending the scene of a car crash in Cromwell Road, SW London involving three vehicles

Background imageCrash Collection: Wreckage of German bomber on house in Bromley, WW2

Wreckage of German bomber on house in Bromley, WW2
Blitz in London -- inspecting the wreckage of an enemy plane that crashed onto a house in Bromley, Kent

Background imageCrash Collection: Bodies removed from a crashed balloon

Bodies removed from a crashed balloon
The bodies of a man and a woman being removed from a crashed balloon in a deer park. 1824

Background imageCrash Collection: German DFW CV biplane crashed in a field, WW1

German DFW CV biplane crashed in a field, WW1
A German DFW CV reconnaissance two-seater biplane crashed in a field during the First World War. 1916-1918

Background imageCrash Collection: Motorcycle racing

Motorcycle racing
Thrill-fiends on wheels! An exciting motorcycle race in which one competitor skids and flies into the air. Date: 1933

Background imageCrash Collection: Racing car smashing its way to victory

Racing car smashing its way to victory
Racing cars smashing around a course but carrying on regardless. Date: 1932

Background imageCrash Collection: Accident in fog and black ice, Marks Tey, Colchester, Essex

Accident in fog and black ice, Marks Tey, Colchester, Essex
Accident in fog and black ice, near Marks Tey, Colchester, Essex, 31 December 1959, in which an Austin van was a write-off but the driver received only minor injuries. Date: 1959

Background imageCrash Collection: The Broken Wing by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard

The Broken Wing by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard. First produced in England at the Duke of Yorks Theatre on 15th August 1922

Background imageCrash Collection: Accident on the North-Western railway, Near Watford

Accident on the North-Western railway, Near Watford
Engraving illustrating a railway accident just north of Watford, on the North-Western railway. Luckily on this occasion there was no loss of life. 1858

Background imageCrash Collection: Junkers JU88 shot down at Belmont, Glos, WW2

Junkers JU88 shot down at Belmont, Glos, WW2
Junkers JU88 shot down at Belmont, Gloucestershire, on 27 July 1940. 1940

Background imageCrash Collection: The man Who Said Big Ben Was Wrong by H M Bateman

The man Who Said Big Ben Was Wrong by H M Bateman. This illustration shows what would happen when the establishment is doubted. The whole world jars, a wobble in the time contiuum

Background imageCrash Collection: Caudron G111 crash landed at Maktau Camp, Kenya, WW1

Caudron G111 crash landed at Maktau Camp, Kenya, WW1
Caudron G111 crash landed at Maktau Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1 (possibly Caudron no. 3880). 1916

Background imageCrash Collection: Wicked rascals

Wicked rascals
Doctor and basket crash to Loft floor. Part of Box 22 Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

Background imageCrash Collection: Motorbike speeding through flames

Motorbike speeding through flames. Date: 1976

Background imageCrash Collection: Car crashing through front of truck

Car crashing through front of truck
Car crashing through the front of a truck. (2 of 3) Date: 1976

Background imageCrash Collection: Motorbike crashing through glazed frame

Motorbike crashing through glazed frame
Motorbike crashing through a glazed frame held up by two women. Date: 1976

Background imageCrash Collection: Air crash investigators with sniffer dog

Air crash investigators with sniffer dog
Three air crash investigators with a sniffer dog in an indoor location with pieces of wreckage from a plane crash set out on the floor. Date: 1960s

Background imageCrash Collection: Air crash investigator examining debris

Air crash investigator examining debris
An air crash investigator examining a vast pile of wreckage following a plane crash. Date: 1960s

Background imageCrash Collection: Air crash investigator with sniffer dog

Air crash investigator with sniffer dog
Air crash investigator Ken Jones with Rusty the Alsatian, an air crash investigation sniffer dog, whose task it is to search a vast pile of wreckage for the vital black box (flight data recorder)

Background imageCrash Collection: Air crash investigation sniffer dog

Air crash investigation sniffer dog
Rusty the Alsatian, an air crash investigation sniffer dog, searches a vast pile of wreckage for the vital black box (flight data recorder), following a plane crash. Date: 1960s

Background imageCrash Collection: The motorist who took the blame by H. M. Bateman

The motorist who took the blame by H. M. Bateman
Amusing scene of the motorist who took the blame, for what seems to be an awfully messy crash. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch

Background imageCrash Collection: Air crash investigation, clerical staff at work

Air crash investigation, clerical staff at work
Air crash investigation, three clerical staff at work in an office. Date: 1960s

Background imageCrash Collection: Air crash investigator at work

Air crash investigator at work
An air crash investigator at work in an indoor location with pieces of wreckage from a plane crash set out on the floor. Date: 1960s

Background imageCrash Collection: Train crash in Helmand Province, Afghanistan

Train crash in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, with people in a field in the foreground. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageCrash Collection: Fantastic Adventures - Land of the Shadow Dragons

Fantastic Adventures - Land of the Shadow Dragons
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, May 1941, featuring the story Land of the Shadow Dragons by Eando Binder. Man in overall defend a pretty woman from a huge dragon after their plane crashed. Date: 1941

Background imageCrash Collection: Aircraft crash

Aircraft crash
CCFF members attending the scene of an aircraft crash somewhere on the south coast. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Background imageCrash Collection: George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo and broken window

George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo and broken window
George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo walks past a window just as a brick crashes into the glass. Will he get the blame? Originally published as Valentine postcard no

Background imageCrash Collection: Tuttleburys motor car

Tuttleburys motor car
Humorous staged motor accident photographed in a studio, with a man in drag collapsed under a makeshift car. " Tell us not in mournful tones of Tuttleburys broken bones

Background imageCrash Collection: Rail Crash Near Dawlish

Rail Crash Near Dawlish
At Dawlish, an exposed section of the South Devon Railway is carried away by heavy seas : passengers make their way by a rocky path to a relief train. Date: 1855

Background imageCrash Collection: Rail Crash Near Belper

Rail Crash Near Belper
Near Belper, Derbyshire, a goods train goes off the rails at a bridge, the wagons go down the embankment and pile up on the riverbed. Date: November 1859

Background imageCrash Collection: Rail Crash Kentish Town

Rail Crash Kentish Town
On the Hampstead Junction Railway, a train goes off the rails and down the embankment at Kentish Town in north London. Date: 1861

Background imageCrash Collection: Michelin Air Prize / 1910

Michelin Air Prize / 1910
A selection of photographs from the Michelin Special Air prize, awarded to air crews of two, who could make the trip to the summit of the Puy de Dome in under six hours. Date: 5 March 1910

Background imageCrash Collection: De Groofs Fatal Crash

De Groofs Fatal Crash
DE GROOFs device is launched from a balloon over Cremorne Gardens, London. Unfortunately, something goes terribly wrong, and he plunges fatally to the ground. Date: 9 July 1874

Background imageCrash Collection: Rail Accident Beckenham

Rail Accident Beckenham
Wreckage from the rail accident near Beckenham, on the London, Chatham and Dover railway line Date: 1866

Background imageCrash Collection: Crash at Meudon 1842

Crash at Meudon 1842
At Meudon, on the Versailles line, two trains collide with fearful consequences Date: 8 May 1842

Background imageCrash Collection: Mother in her Car

Mother in her Car
Lady waving goodbye in her Anglia is about to crash into a little boy in his toy car Date: 1960s

Background imageCrash Collection: Wall Street panic 1890

Wall Street panic 1890
Panic on Wall Street in New York, America in 1890 Date: 1890

Background imageCrash Collection: Sedan chair crash, c. 1820

Sedan chair crash, c. 1820
Sedan chairs jostle and crash into one another in a city street, c. 1820 Date: C.1820

Background imageCrash Collection: Crash at Abbots Ripton-Cambridgeshire

Crash at Abbots Ripton-Cambridgeshire
Railway accident at Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon. Raising an Engine from the wrecked Train. Date: 1876

Background imageCrash Collection: Boonville railway train wreck, New York State, USA

Boonville railway train wreck, New York State, USA
Boonville railway train wreck, on the New York Central Railroad, New York State, USA, 4 July 1908, in which five people died. Date: 1908

Background imageCrash Collection: Elephant in a motor car

Elephant in a motor car
An elephant in a motor car. He has just crashed into a wooden signpost, which a pig and a bear are examining. Date: circa 1933

Background imageCrash Collection: WW1 - Seaplane crash, 1915

WW1 - Seaplane crash, 1915
WW1 - A derelict mine-sweeper seaplane seen crashed in the ocean and discovered by a Dutch trawler YN7. Two men row in a small boat towards the aircraft. Date: 1915

Background imageCrash Collection: Plane Crash at RAF Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire

Plane Crash at RAF Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. World War Two Date: 1942

Background imageCrash Collection: Steam Wagon Accident - Crash

Steam Wagon Accident - Crash
Steam Wagon Accident / Crash, England. Date: 1925

Background imageCrash Collection: World War One German Biplane - Crash Landing, France

World War One German Biplane - Crash Landing, France. Date: 1910s

Background imageCrash Collection: Cartoon, There are none so deaf, WW1

Cartoon, There are none so deaf, WW1
Cartoon, There are none so deaf, showing a typical pessimist talking about the war to two women in a restaurant. Surrounding them is a border of barbed wire, keeping out any item of good news



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