Damage Collection (page 4)

Photographs of sub-standard safes -- Not Ratner. Showing safes which were too easy to break into, or were not fireproof, compared with the superior quality of Ratner safes. Date: circa 1920s

Damaged searchlight, HMS Dreadnought, British battleship
Damaged searchlight on HMS Dreadnought, British flagship battleship - the searchlight was shattered by the ships own gunfire during a fleet review

Varieties of pyralid moths with fruit and leaves
Varieties of pyralid moths, Pyralidae, causing damage to leaves and fruit. Pyrales. Handcoloured steel engraving from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire Naturelle

People looking at bullet holes after Sidney Street Siege
People looking at bullet holes after the Sidney Street Siege, London. 1911

Air and sea battle between British and German forces, WW2
A combined air and sea battle in the North Sea between British and German forces during the early stages of the Second World War

Experiences on an Ordinary Penny Farthing Cycle. 1892

British ship showing battle damage. circa 1940s

Bomb damage in Coventry, WW2
Bomb damage in Coventry during the Second World War. circa 1940

Malines Cathedral damaged by German shell, WW1
Malines (Mechelen) Cathedral, Belgium, damaged by German shell fire, 3 September 1914, at the start of the First World War. 1914

Finnish steamer Wiima limping into Aberdeen harbour after a North Sea storm, April 1935. 1935

Coastal erosion, Black Rock, Brighton, Sussex, with tourists standing on the ledge. Date: circa 1912

Scenes of destruction in London after Hyde Park riots
Scene of destruction at Marble Arch (left) and broken railings at Hyde Park Corner following riots that took place in Hyde Park in response to the authorities preventing a meeting by the Reform

The Burning of Greytown 1854
In response to British taxing of ships using the Nicaragua route to California, the USS Cyane bombarded Greytown with little damage, before landing ashore and setting the town on fire

The Ruins of the Principal Church at Paysandu 1865
The church at Paysandu was extremely damaged during the Siege of Paysandu during the Paraguayan War, which lasted over a month of Brazilian-Colorado troops blockading

The Dogger Bank Incident or Russian Outrage
The Dogger Bank Incident (or Russian Outrage ) occured on the 22nd October 1904, when the Russian Fleet (sailing to reinforce the 1st Pacific Squadron stationed at Port Arthur during)

Arcos House, Moorgate Street, London, offices of Soviet Trading Delegation after a police raid. 1929

Flood victims, Grosvenor Road area, Pimlico, London
Flood victim residents of the Grosvenor Road area, Pimlico, London, sorting out their ruined belongings

Bombed shop, London Road, Manchester
Bombed shop in London Road, Manchester, May 1939, believed to be caused by an IRA bomb. 1939

Wartime bomb damage in Old Street, London, WW2
Aerial view of wartime bomb damage in Old Street, London, near the Bovril factory. Seen here are the premises of Sumerling & Co Ltd, with debris scattered on the pavement. Date: 1940s

Bovril factory fire damage, Old Street, London, WW2
Fire damage from a bombing raid inside the Bovril factory, Old Street, London, during the Second World War in November 1941. A large number of cardboard packing cases were lost

Bovril factory bombed, Old Street, London, WW2
Bovril factory bombed, Old Street, London, during the Second World War in the autumn of 1940. A large consignment of goods ready for dispatch was destroyed, windows were shattered

Dambusters - breaching of the Eder dam
Aerial photograph showing the breaching of the Eder Dam by the dambusters raid in May 1943 causing serious flooding through the Ruhr Valley

Sphere cover - The Dambusters raid on German dams
Front cover of The Sphere with an official Air Ministry photograph taken by reconnaissance aircraft on May 18 following the successful raid of the dambusters on the Ruhr Valley dams

Haunted House, by Charles Cundall, WW1
Haunted House, by Charles Cundall, July 1916, a ruined building on the Western Front, First World War. 1916

Mount Lassen, California, USA
Mount Lassen (Lassen Peak), California, USA, an active volcano, viewed from Raker Peak. Showing damage done by the 1915 eruption. Date: 1939

Blitz in London -- ladders and rubble, WW2
Blitz in London -- ladders and rubble in a street at night. Date: 1940s

Blitz in London -- damaged vehicle, WW2
Blitz in London -- a damaged vehicle in a street, surrounded by rubble. Date: 1940s

Blitz in London -- Balham High Road, WW2
Blitz in London -- a bus in a bomb crater over an underground station in Balham High Road, SW London, 14 October 1940. Date: 1940

Fire at Rum Quay, West India Docks, East London, 21 April 1933, with firefighters in action with hoses. Date: 1933

Warehouse building in Mare Street, Hackney, after a fire
Warehouse building in Mare Street, Hackney, East London, after a fire. Date: circa 1940s

Repairing bomb damage to the Royal College of Physicians
Page from The Sphere showing repair work being carried out to the bomb-damaged Royal College of Physicians in their building on Pall Mall East on the north west corner of Trafalgar Square

Sudan - Omdurman - The Mahdis Tomb
The Mahdis Tomb - Omdurman, Sudan. Tomb of Muhammad Ahmad, self- declared Mahdi in 1881. In his reform of Islam he replaced the pilgrimage to Mecca with the obligation to serve in the holy war

Poll Tax demonstrator and Met Police van, Central London
A Poll Tax demonstrator aims a metal barrier at the back of a Police van, during a violent demonstration in Central London. Date: 31 March 1990

Mitsubishi A6M7 Reisen (msn 23186, allied reporting name Zeke), on display at Willow Grove Naval Air Station ca1957. This Mitsubishi A6M7 was built by Nakajima Hikoki as their 43rd Model 62 aircraft

Bleriot 71 four engined bomber, one of a series of similar aircraft produced by Bleriot from 1916. Early in its flight test program an incident during landing, on 15 May 1918

Piasecki YH-16A Transporter 50-1270, converted to YH-27 (later redesignated YH-16A) and broke up in mid-air near the Delaware River in December 1955

The first German air-raid by three Zeppelins, dropped bombs in Yarmouth, Kings Lynn and near the royal estate at Sandringham in Norfolk, wreaking buildings and killing civilians

Amhurst Park, North - London
1903

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Aftermath of Earthquake and Fire at Messina, Sicily, Italy. The devastating earthquake and tsunami of 27-28th December 1908 measured 7.5 on the richter scale and claimed 100, 000-200

REPAIRING DOLLS
A dolls hospital in South London: a woman takes a pair of pliers to a broken dollys limb while a girl watches hoping to have her toy repaired in time for Christmas Date: 4 December 1929

REBUILDING BERLIN
The Berliners start to rebuild their city Date: 1945

DUTCH DYKES RUPTURE / 1861
The king of Holland inspects the damage when dykes rupture and massive flooding occurs Date: February 1861

RUE DE RIVOLI DAMAGE 1871
Paris burning: houses falling in the Rue de Rivoli Date: 1871

Cartoons, Improving landscapes
Cartoons, Improving Landscapes, with the addition of smoky chimney-stacks, gas towers, soap factories and drainage pipes. Date: 1880

THE CAT DID IT
The cat did it ! The cats are to blame for every breakage... Date: 1849

FLOODS AT NIEUWaL 1861
A scene of flooding at Nieuwaal in Holland - a few possessions have been rescued from flooded homes Date: 1861

FRANCE / PARIS / TUILERIES
Tuileries Palace in ruins after the Commune. Date: 1895

St Pauls rebuilding
Rebuilding work took place at St Pauls following the damage caused by the Great Fire of London in 1666. Date: 19th century

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