Explosion Collection (page 3)

Ship struck by a submarine-fired torpedo between the boiler and engine compartments. Date: circa 1910s

Arlington, Virginia, USA - USS Maine Mast Memorial - honouring those who died aboard the USS Maine (ACR-1) on February 15th, 1898

Domestic Gas Accident - Explosion blows man out through roof
Song Titkes Illustrated: " I Arise from my Dreams of Thee". Domestic Gas Accident - An explosion blows a sleeping man out through his roof after his wife has unwisely investigated a strange

321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
One of three photographs showing 321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, managing the controlled explosion of a stolen Datsun 120Y, Omagh district, 1975

Cartoon, After the explosion, WW1
Cartoon, After the explosion. A naive new recruit in a trench on the Western Front comments that these shells break as soon as they hit the ground! Date: 1916

Cartoon, In the trench club, WW1
Cartoon, In the trench club. Some French soldiers are playing cards for money in their trench when an explosion goes off nearby

WW1 - The Battlefield of Neuve Chapelle (10th - 13th March, 1915) - British trenches under shell fire. Date: 1915

German soldiers on a battlefield, WW1
Artists impression of German soldiers on a battlefield on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Stick of dynamite
Nobel - Stick of Dynamite/ Dynamite Cartridge

Northern Ireland - construction of a roadblock etc
One of twelve photographs showing the construction of a roadblock, checkpoints, patrol and the aftermath of an explosion, Northern Ireland, 1970s

Cartoon, Two Horses, WW1
Cartoon, Two Horses on the Western Front, hearing explosions. One horse asks the other: Doesn t all this noise scare you? The other horse replies: No, I m used to it

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

Gunners sheltering during a bombardment, 1917, Matania
With our artist on the Western Front - No II. New Series. Front cover of The Sphere featuring the first of a new set of drawings done by the magazines special artist during his latest visit to

WW1 - RMS Laconia torpedoed, 25th February 1917
WW1 - RMS Laconia was a Cunard ocean liner torpedoed by SM U-50 while returning from the USA to England with passengers. The first torpedo struck the liner, but did not sink her

Canadian Navigator Cargo Ship Explosion, Barbados, Barbados. Date: 1925

Explosions at Houses of Parliament 1885
The front cover of The Graphic, 31 January, 1885, reporting on dynamite explosions at the Houses of Parliament, part of a bombing campaign by the Irish Republican Brotherhood, nicknamed the Fenians

Anti-tank mines by G. H. Davis
Anti-tank mines: a deadly defensive weapon in mechanised warfare during the Second World War. Types of British and German land mines -- a desert minefield being laid, and in operation. Date: 1942

Fleet of warships, Bikini target, by G. H. Davis
The original Bikini Atoll target: the fleet of more than 70 warships at anchor in the lagoon awaiting their fate. The fleet included famous American and ex-enemy warships, most of which

Lone British gunner near Mons, Belgium, WW1
The Last Gunner -- a lone British gunner of the Royal Field Artillery in action near Mons, Belgium, during the First World War. He carried on valiantly after all his colleagues had fallen

Poppy superimposed on mine explosion, WW1
A bright red poppy superimposed on the image of a mine explosion on a battlefield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Bikini attol (in the Pacific ocean). Aerial view of clouds raised by test explosion of an atomic bomb. Date 1946

Explosion on American Front, WW1
An explosion on the American Front, probably in France, during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Rolls Royce armoured car being shelled, WW1
A Rolls Royce armoured car belonging to the Dunsterforce, with explosions from shelling in the background, during the First World War. 1917-1918

Courage! On les aura
A morale-boosting message from General Petain at Verdun, urging courage as the war drags on

Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Glamorgan, South Wales
Scene at the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, South Wales. There were 439 miners killed in total, making this the worst mining accident in the UK

Bombardment of allied positions
Allied forces and encampments being bombared by Turkish forces from the Asian side of the Dardanelles during the Gallipoli campaign - June 19th 1915

Nobel Dynamite Factory
Nobels dynamite factory at Arigliana, Italy, destroyed by an explosion on 13 May 1890

Talke-On-The-Hill Mine
Talke-on-the-Hill colliery, near Hanley, Staffordshire, the scene of an explosion causing nearly twenty deaths on 18th February 1873

Solar Eclipse 1919
The eclipse of the sun - a photograph taken by British observers in Brazil, showing the prominence, like an explosion, which passed around the sun

Chinese Emperor Wu Wang creates loud explosions
The Chinese Emperor Wu Wang (Zhou Dynasty) uses gunpowder to frighten the enemy

Abu Yusuf using gunpowder, Morocco
MOROCCO - Abu-Yusuf, Sultan, use gunpowder to bombard Sidi- Mesa

Star shell bursting near British lines, WW1. 1914-1918

British mine exploding at Beaumont Hamel, France, WW1. 1914-1918

A mine exploding on the Western Front, WW1. 1914-1918

Construction of a roadblock, checkpoints
One of twelve photographs showing the construction of a roadblock, checkpoints, patrol and the aftermath of an explosion, Northern Ireland

A British bomb on a Turkish fort in Palestine
Aerial photograph of a British bomb on a Turkish fort in Palestine, avoiding the adjacent town. 1918

Crimean War, attack on Sebastopol, 30 October 1854, view of the harbour. 1854

Blowing up of the Royal George
Wreck of the HMS Royal George blown up after failure of the attempts to raise her. Date: 1782

Cartoon, Explosion on a battlefield, WW1
Cartoon, Explosion on a battlefield. A French soldier guarding a trench sees a dramatic explosion on the battlefield. He hopes he will be able to get back to civilisation so that he can watch it

Susi - bursting a balloon, the moment of explosion! 1950s

Cartoon, Ace of Diamonds, WW1
Cartoon, Ace of Diamonds. An ordinary French soldier on the Western Front, carrying his kit on his back. The title suggests that every soldier is an Ace, not just the high-profile heroes. Date: 1917

Civil Defence Handbook, introduction and basic facts
Civil Defence Handbook introduction and facts, pages 4 and 5. Highlights the events following on from a H-bomb explosion

The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of G
Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen (c.1577-1633). Dutch painter. The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of Gibraltar, c.1621. Detail. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Cartoon, Hell for Horses, WW1
Cartoon, Hell for Horses. A horse on the battlefield says that those who say Paris is hell for horses should give this place a try. Date: 1917

Bruce Bairnsfather, The Herald of the Dawn. 1914-1918

Caricature of Henry James Byron, dramatist
Caricature of the English dramatist, editor, journalist, director, theatre manager, novelist and actor, Henry James Byron (1835-1884) -- A " Special" Engagement. 1881

Cartoon, The Martians, WW1
Cartoon, The Martians. During the First World War, the residents of Mars complain to their neighbouring planet about the noise, and ask them to be more considerate. Date: 1918

Silent Partner / Sci-Fi
Silent Partner (Story bys A Lombino) Date: 1952

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