Disastrous Collection

The R101 before Flight
THE R.101 : hundreds of men are required to manoeuvre the cumbersome airship on the ground, preparatory to its disastrous first (and last) flight

RMS Titanic docked
The Titanic docked before her disastrous voyage Date: 1912

Covent Garden, 1810
This is the new theatre, built after the disastrous fire of 1808; designed by Robert Smirke, it was the scene of riots when audiences complained of price increases

Joihn Laws Scheme
Satire on John Laws Louisiana fiasco. Scots economist appointed controller-general of finances in France, he launched the disastrous Mississippi bubble

Chartist Housing Estate
The Chartist estate at Snigs End, Gloucestershire, one of several built by Feargus O Connor for workers. Sadly, the promised Paradise is a disastrous failure

DEATH OF SEBASTIAN
Sebastian, king of Portugal, is encouraged by Jesuits to make a disastrous expedition to Morocco where he dies heroically at the battle of Alacazarquivir Date: 1578

MOROCCO/SEB DIES 1578
Sebastian, king of Portugal, is encouraged by Jesuits to make a disastrous expedition to Morocco where he dies heroically at the battle of Alacazarquivir Date: 1578

Disastrous fire, Coney Island Amusement Park, USA
Disastrous fire at Coney Island Amusement Park, USA, when 100, 000 bathers were cut off by the flames in July 1932. 1932

Curtiss-Cox Model 22 - Texas Wildcat
Curtiss-Cox Model 22 Texas Wildcat at the Morane-Saulnier factory in France. After the almost disastrous first flight of the monoplane Texas wildcat

PHAETON AND PHOEBUS
Phaeton, son of Phoebus Apollo (the Sun) asks his father if he may borrow the family chariot. Apollo says yes - with disastrous consequences, nearly destroying the world !

SICILY EXPEDITION 413BC
A disastrous Athenian expedition to Sicily Date: 413 BC

WATCHING MOSCOW BURN
When his Russian expedition proves disastrous, he watches Moscow burn... Date: 1812

Mr. Cockings Parachute
Poster for The Casket July 29 1837 advertising A History of Parachutes recording a full description of Mr. Cockings Parachute, and of its Ascent, and all the Particulars of its Disastrous Descent

Cardinal Alberoni - Head
GIULIO ALBERONI Italian cardinal, 1719 statesman in Spain where his foreign policy will lead to a disastrous war and his banishment from the country. Date: 1664 - 1752

Cardinal Giulio Alberoni
GIULIO ALBERONI Italian cardinal, statesman in Spain where his foreign policy will lead to a disastrous war and his banishment from the country. Date: 1664 - 1752

French Quit Spain 1813
The French evacuate Spain, acknowledging that Napoleons Peninsula Campaign has been a disastrous failure Date: 1813

Rebuilding the hat factory trimming room after the disastrous fire in 1906 had destroyed many of the buildings. Within 6 weeks production had restarted - this photo shows the work in progress to

Emile Ollivier Photo
EMILE OLLIVIER French statesman whose lack of judgment led to the disastrous war with Prussia. Photo 1895. Date: 1825 - 1913

Disastrous Earthquake, Kingston, Jamaica - January 14th 1907 - damage to the Colonial Bank Date: 1907

Leicester Great Fire, church destroyed
The most disastrous fire ever known in Leicester broke out on a Thursday evening in Queen Street, and a series of warehouses and large factories were destroyed

Aftermath of fire, Salisbury Square, London
The aftermath of a fire in Salisbury Square, at the time the heart of the newspaper world of London. A disastrous fire broke out in Dorset Buildings

Tower of London Fire
The burning of the Great Storehouse during the disastrous fire

General Sir John Nixon / Stamp
Lieutenant-General SIR JOHN ECCLES NIXON (1857 - 1921) Senior commander of the British Indian Army who gave the orders for the ultimately disastrous first British Expedition against Baghdad during

Zeitoun Apparitions
Les Apparitions de la Vierge en Egypte - account by Michel Nil of alleged apparitions of Mary in Zeitoun, Cairo - shortly after the disastrous Seven-Day War with Israel

General Monro
General Charles Carmichael Monro, sent as replacement to Sir Ian Hamilton in the Dardanelles. After a disastrous campaign, Hamilton was recalled to England

General Sir Ian Hamilton cheering
General Sir Ian Hamilton, cheering after decorating French officers. Hamilton was recalled to England after overseeing the disastrous campaign in the Dardanelles in 1915

Athenian Defeat - Sicily
A disastrous Athenian expedition to Sicily

A Trip on a Tricycle Chair, 1890
Illustration showing a Trip on a Tricycle Chair that leads to disastrous consequences for the chairs driver. At top right, the young man in the bowler hat purchases the machine

Dieppe Raid Fails
OPERATION JUBILEE - The Allies make a disastrous raid on Dieppe which achieves nothing except to show how difficult the invasion of Europe is certain to be

Austrians V Turks - 1
The Turks are routed by the Austrians in a disastrous battle, in which the Austrians - perhaps with their Russian allies - overwhelm the Turkish camp

Evening Dress 1830
Two ladies, one in EVENING DRESS and her companion in a BALL DRESS hope that their dog won t do anything disastrous to their gowns... that amazing plumed hat is out of its reach

Cassandra and the Horse
The seer Cassandra is desperate because she knows that the Trojan Horse will be disastrous for Troy, but the gods have ordained that no one will believe her warnings

Chandelier / Theatre / Fire
In the 17th century, theatres were lit by chandeliers : disastrous fires were quite frequent

Signal Box at York
Even with colour coding, the signalman at York is faced with a massive array of levers - a mistake could be disastrous

Jack and Jill / Crane
Here are Jack and Jill, depicted just a moment before the disastrous fall in which both of them tumble, requiring them to receive first aid of vinegar and brown paper

Ww1 / 1915 / Constantinople
A musical piece commemorates the SIEGE OF CONSTANTINOPLE, the hoped-for climax of the disastrous Dardanelles expedition : an event which never took place !

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

Roman Soldier 72 Ad
A Roman sentinel in Pompeii, a few years before the disastrous eruption of Vesuvius

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