Explosion Collection (page 6)

Boiler explosion caused by corrosion from report by Robert Longridge. CE. Boiler Insurance & Steam Power Co. Ltd. Manchester. c.19th C Date: 19th century

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

Spain. Second Republic (1931-1936). 6th October

Spain (1884). Barcelona. Explosion of a grenade at0 Rambla Santa M󮩣 a, at the doorway of Mr. Mas shop (5th June 1884). Etching

Spain (1893). Fear scene at the exit of the Gran

Firefighters at the scene of an explosion at 157 The Broadway, London

GLC-LFB Propane cylinder involved in a fire
A propane gas cylinder is placed in an emergency dam to cool after being involved in a fire and explosion at Liddell Gardens, Kilburn, NW London

GLC-LFB IRA bombing of the Palace of Westminster
Aftermath of the IRA explosive device planted in Westminster Hall. The 20 lb explosive device caused extensive damage and the explosion ignited a gas main that caused additional fire damage to

LCC-LFB Period fire display at Southwark HQ
London firefighters putting on a weekly display for the public at Southwark, Brigade Headquarters. They are using a Victorian manual fire pump in a reenactment of the days of horse drawn fire engines

Firefighters deal with small fire caused by explosion, WW2
Firefighters dealing with a small fire caused by an explosion

Another explosion at hand. Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan, using the hot-air from his speeches, to inflate a large balloon labeled Imperialism

Explosion of the Maine. Print shows the U.S.S. Maine blowing up in the harbor at Havana, Cuba; a small portrait of Captain C. D. Sigsbee decorates the lower left margin. Date c1898 June 21

Ashcrofts patent low water detector for preventing the explosion... Date c1866

Explosion of the Alfred Thomas at Easton PA. March 6th 1860. Date ca. 1860

The explosion of the United States Steam Frigate Missouri, at Gibralter sic, Aug. 26th, 1843 To Captn. Sir George Sartorius and the Officers of the H.M.S

Explosion in rock formation with people running, man diving into water, and woman in water. Date c1895

Damage to houses in Corporation Lane
Damaged houses and buildings in Corporation Lane, east London, caused by the explosion at Clerkenwell Prison which was an attempt to free two Fenian prisoners, Burke and Casey. Date: 1867

Damaged house interior in Corporation Lane
Damage to a house interior in Corporation Lane, east London, caused by the gunpowder explosion at Clerkenwell Prison, an attempt to free two Fenian prisoners, Burke and Casey

Silhouettes of wartime scenes with soldiers
Silhouettes of wartime scenes, showing soldiers in various situations. From the top: every dog has his day, the last straw, empty vessels cause the most sound, and a couple is not always a pair

Comic wartime scene on the Western Front
A comic wartime scene on the Western Front, showing soldiers and explosions on the right, and a woman in a bombed-out building on the left. 1914-1918

The Great Halifax (Nova Scotia) Explosion (4 / 4)
Disaster at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 6th December 1917, when a French cargo ship, the SS Mont-Blanc caught fire in the harbour and drifted inland

The Great Halifax (Nova Scotia) Explosion (2 / 4)
Disaster at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 6th December 1917, when a French cargo ship, the SS Mont-Blanc caught fire in the harbour and drifted inland

The Great Halifax (Nova Scotia) Explosion (1 / 4)
Disaster at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 6th December 1917, when a French cargo ship, the SS Mont-Blanc caught fire in the harbour and drifted inland

The Great Halifax (Nova Scotia) Explosion (3 / 4)
Disaster at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 6th December 1917, when a French cargo ship, the SS Mont-Blanc caught fire in the harbour and drifted inland

American tanks in action, western front, WW1
American tanks in action on the western front during the First World War. Date: 1918

Fighting in Champagne, France, WW1
Reproduction of a painting or sketch by Leon Broquet entitled Champagne, depicting fighting in north eastern France during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Battlefield in Champagne, France, WW1
Scene on a battlefield in Champagne, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: circa 1917-1918

Italian steamer torpedoed by German U-boat, WW1
An Italian steamer torpedoed by a German U-boat during the First World War. Date: 1915-1918

Sea battle in progress, WW1
A sea battle in progress during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Plentiful crop of Babies - Utah, United States
A plentiful crop of Babies from Utah, United States. Date: 1906

British tanks under German fire, WW1
British tanks under attack from German heavy artillery and Minenwerfer (short range mortar) fire towards the end of the First World War. Date: September 1918

Scene during the Battle of Jutland, WW1
Scene during the Battle of Jutland, in the North Sea near Denmark, during the First World War, showing a German salvo falling near a British cruiser. Date: 31 May - 1 June 1916

Captured British tank with German markings, WW1
A captured British tank with German markings crossing a trench during the First World War, with a biplane overhead and an explosion on the horizon. Date: 1914-1918

Indian carts transporting ammunition, Middle East, WW1
Indian carts transporting ammunition along a road across the desert in the Middle East during the First World War. A shell has just exploded in the distance. Date: 1914-1918

Austro-Hungarian battleship at sea, WW1
An Austro-Hungarian battleship at sea during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German poster giving air raid instructions, WW1
A German poster giving air raid instructions, warning of danger from enemy aircraft, and telling vehicles not to stop in this location. Date: 1914-1918

Italian naval action with sailors in a boat, WW1
Italian naval action at sea during the First World War, with sailors in a boat in the foreground. Date: 1915-1918

Cavalry Charge - World War One
A propaganda patriotic postcard from World War One, showing a cavalry charge. " Theirs not ro reason why" For King and Country! Date: circa 1910s

Derelict ship being blown up, WW1
A derelict ship being blown up during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British attack, Fort Dschang, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
British attack on Fort Dschang, German Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. Showing the blowing up of the main gateway. Date: 1914

Aerial photograph of a battlefield, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (French) of a battlefield on the western front in France or Belgium, described as Les Carrieres d Hauchemont (Orchimont?), during the First World War. Date: 22 June 1917

Aerial photograph, Fort Douaumont, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of a bomb exploding in Fort Douaumont, north eastern France, during the First World War. The village of Douaumont was destroyed during the Battle of Verdun

Howitzer smoke barrage, Salisbury Plain, WW1
A smoke barrage from a 4.5 inch Howitzer, formed by ten shells bursting similtaneously, during the First World War. Probably at the Chemical Warfare School at Porton on Salisbury Plain

Naval gun firing behind Canadian lines, Vimy Ridge, WW1
A naval gun firing over Vimy Ridge behind Canadian lines at night on the Western Front in northern France during the First World War. Date: May 1917

Prams, Babies & Mothers
Population explosion: prams and babies lined up outside a building in Ware, Hertfordshire; several women mind the children Date: circa 1965

Scene of mine disaster at Wellington Pit
The under-seas tomb of over a hundred men. The scene of the great mine disaster at Whitehaven: Wellington Pit, which extends five miles under the Irish Sea

Chalked message at Wellington Pit
The Wellington Pit explosion and fire at Whitehaven on 11th May 1910 was one of Britains worst mining disasters in which 136 men and boys lost their lives

Explosion at Faversham
The remains of a gun cotton or gun powder mill at Favershams Marsh Works, Kent, which was destroyed in a violent explosion in 1847. The blast was so strong that it was heard 17 miles away

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