Destructive Collection

Fire at Inverary (Inveraray) Castle
Destructive fire at Inverary (Inveraray) Castle, the ancestral seat of the Duke of Argyll. Valuable paintings, furniture and books were saved though some were water-damaged

Trixie Kent, blow-up car artist and explosives expert
An exploding car, blown up by Trixie Kent, blow-up car artist and explosives expert. (2 of 3) Date: circa 1969

Diagram of a torpedo by G. H. Davis
The most destructive naval weapon of the Second World War: the torpedo. Its working and methods of firing diagrammatically explained. Date: 1939

British gunners take a break during bombardment of Zonnebeke
Photograph: British gunners take a break during the bombardment of Zonnebeke. From an album of 76 official photographs, 1916-1917. Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)

Destructive boy demolishes radio
A destructive little boy prepares to demolish a radio - a little girl sticks her fingers in her ears to deaden the noise. Date: 1933

Destructive force of flying bomb by G. H. Davis
Blast -- the main destructive force of the flying bomb in use during the Second World War. How and why it creates widespread damage

Shipworm borings
This block of wood was attacked by Teredo navalis, common shipworm about 50 million years ago

Sawfly larvae devouring a leaf
A group of sawfly larvae devouring a leaf as featured on page 71 of Megabugs by Miranda MacQuitty; Natural History Museum publication, 1995

Sirex noctilio, wood wasp
This species was accidentally introduced into Australia 20 years ago and began to cause serious damage to plantations of softwood trees

Tunguska meteorite damage, Siberia
Trees flattened on a hillside by an explosion in the atmosphere probably caused by a small piece of comet which fell on 30 June 1908. Photo taken in 1929

Oceanic subduction zone with island arc
This diagram shows a destructive plate margin, an oceanic subduction zone accompanied by a volcanic island arc

Tornado in Kirksville, Missouri, 1889
A tornado in Kirksville, Missouri, tears off the rooves of buildings, snatching up debris into the air. Date: 27th April 1899

A Capital Levy by George Studdy
Bonzo finds that Labour policy is worth following on occasion, and makes Capital Levy on his little mistresss presents. A rather tragic scene showing a little girl weeping after her naughty dog

Destructive Dachsies
Three dachshunds have a great time with masters papers

Emile De Girardin / Don Qu
EMILE DE GIRARDIN French journalist depicted as a destructive bulldog

Shiva Drinks the Poison
The god SHIVA saves humanity by drinking the poison which springs from the churning of the ocean, showing that he is a protecting deity as well as a destructive one

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