Disturbances Collection

Soldiers at Brynkinalt Colliery, 1912
Men of the 2nd Suffolk Regiment on duty at the Brynkinalt Colliery, Chirk. The soldiers (together with a contingent from the Shropshire Light Infantry and some police)

Belfast riots, August 1920
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, reporting on rioting in Belfast that began on the night of the 23rd August, and continued for a week

Belfast riots, July 1920
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, reporting on rioting in Belfast from 20th to 23rd July 1920. 18 people were killed, and 200 wounded during the disturbances

Riots in Jamaica, 1938
Riots in Jamaica in 1938 over a pay dispute. Photograph shows a suspected blackleg, accused of intended strike-breaking in the docks, being man-handled by other workers. Date: 1938

Riots at Salter Hebble, Halifax
Disturbances at Salter Hebble in Halifax, part of the 1842 general strike, also known as the Plug Plot Riots, The riots started among the miners in Staffordshire, England

Arrest of Henri Rochefort 1870
Henri Rochefort (1831 - 1913), arrested for publishing sentiments critical of the regime. Date: February 1870

Camp in St James Park
Encampment, St Jamess Park, of troops brought in to quell the disturbances caused by the Gordon Riots. Soldiers relax with civilians amidst rows of tents, flags & stacks of drums Date: August 1780

Strike / Constables
A detachment of the new civil constabulary - volunteers to act as transport guards and help quell disturbances Date: May 1926

Palestinian Disturbances 1936
An Illustrated London News cover showing two images of disturbances in Jaffa. The top picture shows British Police, armed with batons and shields, dispersing Arab protestors

The General Strike - incidents of the Strike 1926
The arrest of a woman (between two policemen in centre foreground) at Hammersmith Broadway in West London during the General Strike

Disturbances in Morocco. The Kabyle refuses to pay the tax to the Sultans envoy. Engraving

Police arriving during London Dock Strike
London policemen arriving at the scene of disturbances caused by dock strikers. 1911

Stalybridge riot 1863
A company of Hussars arrive from Manchester to support the local police, who have armed themselves with cutlasses, in quelling disturbances on the streets of Stalybridge

The Civil War in America: Riots in New York
Destructiion of the coloured orphan asylum. Anti-draft riots in New York caused at least 120 deaths and $2 million worth of damage

Republican Outbreak - 6
To suppress disturbances by Republican extremists, general Changarnier orders his troops to charge the demonstrators in the rue de la Paix, Paris

Republican Outbreak - 5
In the course of disturbances following a demonstration by Republican extremists, Suchet, one of the leaders, is arrested by the authorities

Republican Outbreak - 4
In the course of disturbances following a demonstration by Republican extremists, the minister of public works is assailed by the insurgents

Prussian Assembly
In consequence of the political disturbances, the Nationalversammlung (Prussian National Assembly) is suspended

Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
The funeral of the duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, agriculturist and statesman, is the occasion for disturbances between his admirers and his detractors

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