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Background imageDisaster Collection: Scene of the Fatal Explosion at Birmingham

Scene of the Fatal Explosion at Birmingham
Scene following an explosion that took place on the premises of Messrs. Pursall and Phillips, percussion-cap manufacturers, in Whittall Street, St. Marys Square, Birmingham

Background imageDisaster Collection: The Spanish Steamer Murillo

The Spanish Steamer Murillo

Background imageDisaster Collection: Flooded Market 1931

Flooded Market 1931
Marketing waist-deep in water, life at Hankow during the flood from the Yangtze river

Background imageDisaster Collection: The perils of sitting on a freshly-painted park bench

The perils of sitting on a freshly-painted park bench
A humorous postcard cataloguing in 6 frames, the perils of sitting on a freshly-painted park bench. A masher " the vacant seat

Background imageDisaster Collection: The Louth flood of 1920 or Louth cloud-burst was the severe flash flooding in the

The Louth flood of 1920 or Louth cloud-burst was the severe flash flooding in the
The Louth flood of 1920 or Louth " cloud-burst" was the severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth which occurred on 29 May 1920

Background imageDisaster Collection: The wreckage of the crashed British Airship R101

The wreckage of the crashed British Airship R101 near Beauvais, France - whilst on a flight to India Date: 1930

Background imageDisaster Collection: Woman saving baby during shipwreck at sea

Woman saving baby during shipwreck at sea
My Child! My Child! Woman saving baby during shipwreck at sea. Date: ca. 1865

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Titanic, Thomas Andrews

RMS Titanic, Thomas Andrews
RMS TITANIC - THOMAS ANDREWS 1873-1912: Thomas Andrews was Titanic's chief designer and one of the heroes of the disaster

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Titanic, post-disaster photo

RMS Titanic, post-disaster photo
RMS TITANIC: Rare post-disaster privately printed postcard of Titanic at sea

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Titanic, display signs, exhibition, National Maritime Mu

RMS Titanic, display signs, exhibition, National Maritime Mu
RMS TITANIC: A rare collection of display signs used at National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, SE London in 1994, The Wreck of the Titanic Exhibition, various sizes. Date: 1994

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Titanic, Atlantic Daily Bulletin, large collection

RMS Titanic, Atlantic Daily Bulletin, large collection
RMS TITANIC: A large collection of Atlantic Daily Bulletins, The Journal of The British Titanic Society dating from 1994-2013

Background imageDisaster Collection: White Star Line, RMS Titanic, set of four postcards

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, set of four postcards. Real photo and other postcards of the ill-fated liner. Date: circa 1912

Background imageDisaster Collection: White Star Line, RMS Titanic, George W Bowyer

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, George W Bowyer
White Star Line, RMS Titanic, portrait of George W Bowyer, pilot on board the Titanic. Photograph, unpublished family portrait in uniform, seated, three-quarter length in a carved chair. 4ins. 6ins

Background imageDisaster Collection: White Star Line, RMS Titanic - six books

White Star Line, RMS Titanic - six books. A Night to Remember by Walter Lord (2nd impression), The Titanic and The Californian by Peter Padfield (first edition, 1965), The Titanic

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Lusitania - postcard, George Marks and wife, WW1

RMS Lusitania - postcard, George Marks and wife, WW1
RMS Lusitania - postcard dated 5 May 1915 to a Miss Powell in Southampton. The card refers to a George Marks and his wife

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Titanic - two insurance company letters

RMS Titanic - two insurance company letters
RMS Titanic - two letters dated 27 June 1912 and 24 September 1912, from the North British & Mercantile Insurance Co in Edinburgh to the Ocean Marine Insurance Company in London

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Titanic - Charles William Warren, passenger and victim

RMS Titanic - Charles William Warren, passenger and victim
RMS Titanic - memorial card to Charles William Warren, Third Class passenger and victim, with a studio photograph. Date: 1912

Background imageDisaster Collection: Wreck of the Titanic, souvenir napkin

Wreck of the Titanic, souvenir napkin
RMS Titanic - souvenir napkin Wreck of the Titanic, printed by Palentine Printing Co, Wigan. 13 x 13 inches

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Titanic - CS Mackay-Bennett cable-laying ship

RMS Titanic - CS Mackay-Bennett cable-laying ship
RMS Titanic - sepia press photograph of the CS Mackay-Bennett transatlantic cable-laying and cable repair ship which recovered most of the bodies of the victims of the Titanic sinking

Background imageDisaster Collection: President William Howard Taft and Major Archibald Butt

President William Howard Taft and Major Archibald Butt, a presidential aide who died when the Titanic sank. Photo is pasted to heavy cardboard backing, with an incorrect notation on reverse. Pres

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Titanic - Charles Frederick Morgan, storekeeper

RMS Titanic - Charles Frederick Morgan, storekeeper, fine studio portrait of him in army uniform, possibly around the time of the Boer War. 6ins. x 9ins

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Titanic - Nearer My God to Thee postcard with music

RMS Titanic - Nearer My God to Thee postcard with music
RMS Titanic - rare coloured postcard, Nearer My God to Thee, by B.T. Meachan, Petersburg, Virginia. Postally unused

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Titanic - five postcards

RMS Titanic - five postcards. From top left: Titanic Memorial and Seamen's Institute, New York; two postcards of the ship; Belfast shipyard; seven verse in memoriam card, Wreck of the Titanic

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Titanic - The Loss of the Titanic, by Lawrence Beesley

RMS Titanic - The Loss of the Titanic, by Lawrence Beesley
RMS Titanic - book cover, The Loss of the Titanic, by Lawrence Beesley, 1912 first edition, signed N. Partner, 7 August 1912

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Titanic - SOS Titanic film

RMS Titanic - SOS Titanic film, EMI colour trade brochure Date: 1979

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Titanic - poster, French version of A Night to Remember

RMS Titanic - poster, French version of A Night to Remember
RMS Titanic: poster for French version of film A Night to Remember (Atlantique Latitude 41) by J Fourastre, 45 x 60 inches. Date: 1958

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Titanic - poster, French version of Raise the Titanic

RMS Titanic - poster, French version of Raise the Titanic
RMS Titanic: poster for French version of the film Raise the Titanic, 61 x 45 inches. La Guerre des Abimes (The War of the Abyss). Date: 1980

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Titanic - poster, Spanish version of SOS Titanic film

RMS Titanic - poster, Spanish version of SOS Titanic film
RMS Titanic: rare Spanish colour poster for the film SOS Titanic, 28 x 42 inches. They said that not even God could sink it! Date: 1979

Background imageDisaster Collection: RMS Titanic - poster, Spanish version of Titanic film

RMS Titanic - poster, Spanish version of Titanic film
RMS Titanic: Spanish colour 20th Century Fox poster for the 1953 film Titanic, staring Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck, 29 x 43 inches. Date: 1953

Background imageDisaster Collection: Madame Tussaud's fire debris

Madame Tussaud's fire debris
A fire at Madame Tussauds wax figures museum caused it to be burnt to the ground in 1925. The fire took one and a half hours to get put out. Everything melted within

Background imageDisaster Collection: Aeroplane in Sea, Spithead

Aeroplane in Sea, Spithead
A British aeroplane had fallen into the sea at Spithead due to the bad weather and high winds. The plane can be seen getting towed away by R.A.F Auxiliary vessel Adastral. Date: 1925

Background imageDisaster Collection: Great Fire at Tooley Street, London Bridge, June 1861

Great Fire at Tooley Street, London Bridge, June 1861
The Great Fire at Tooley Street, London Bridge, 22 June 1861 Date: 1861

Background imageDisaster Collection: Aftermath of earthquake at Messina, Sicily 1908

Aftermath of earthquake at Messina, Sicily 1908
Italian soldiers exploring the ruins of a once fine building at Messina, where only one house remians standing. Date: 1908

Background imageDisaster Collection: Oaks Colliery 1866

Oaks Colliery 1866
The colliery at Barnsley, England, where three explosions in December 1866 left a total of 361 men and boys dead. Date: December 1866

Background imageDisaster Collection: The Vinh-Long, French naval vessel (a 5500-ton screw steamship)

The Vinh-Long, French naval vessel (a 5500-ton screw steamship, which was built in 1881) - on 16 November 1922, while carrying 495 persons

Background imageDisaster Collection: Disaster in the Bay of Saint Cast, Brittany, north-west France, 11 September 1758

Disaster in the Bay of Saint Cast, Brittany, north-west France, 11 September 1758, during the Battle of Saint Cast, Seven Years War (1756-1763). Boats full of British soldiers were fired at and sunk

Background imageDisaster Collection: The last of the Leviathan: the Titanic plunging beneath the waves

The last of the Leviathan: the Titanic plunging beneath the waves. Mr Beesley, one of the survivors, described the final scene

Background imageDisaster Collection: Charles Stewart Rolls (1877 - 1910), Welsh motoring and aviation pioneer

Charles Stewart Rolls (1877 - 1910), Welsh motoring and aviation pioneer. Co-founded of the Rolls-Royce car manufacturing firm with Henry Royce

Background imageDisaster Collection: Lockheed U-2G N808X

Lockheed U-2G N808X
Central Intelligence Agency - Lockheed U-2G N808X. One of several U-2s procured by the CIA, for operations from aircraft carriers, fitted with lift-dumping spoilers

Background imageDisaster Collection: Tragedy in the shadow of Big Ben: The breached wall in Grosvenor Road

Tragedy in the shadow of Big Ben: The breached wall in Grosvenor Road, sandbagged after the sudden floods devastated Westminster and Rotherhithe and caused fourteen deaths. January 1928

Background imageDisaster Collection: Front cover of The Graphic, of the pit-mouth immediately after the explosion

Front cover of The Graphic, of the pit-mouth immediately after the explosion, killing 268 men and boys. Date: 11 September 1878

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Comic Postcard - Don t try to enter by the Exit Door or you will get Squeezed! - A smart young Gent is trapped neither within or without this packed rush hour District Line London Underground

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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

Background imageDisaster Collection: Lung Hill Colliery explosion 1857

Lung Hill Colliery explosion 1857
Explosion at Lung Hill Colliery in Wombwell neighbourhood of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. 200 miners went down the pit that day, in which 189 men and boys aged between 10 and 59 died

Background imageDisaster Collection: Lung Hill Colliery 1857

Lung Hill Colliery 1857
Lung Hill Colliery in Wombwell neighbourhood of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, shortly after the tragedy were 189 men and boys died from a explosion. Date: February 1857

Background imageDisaster Collection: Lung Hill Colliery explosion - rushing to scene 1857

Lung Hill Colliery explosion - rushing to scene 1857
Lung Hill Colliery in Wombwell neighbourhood of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, relatives rushing to the scene of the explosion. Date: February 1857

Background imageDisaster Collection: Lung Hill Colliery explosion - resuing the survivors 1857

Lung Hill Colliery explosion - resuing the survivors 1857
Lung Hill Colliery in Wombwell neighbourhood of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, resuing the survivors, were 189 men and boys died from a explosion. Date: February 1857



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