Fighting Collection (page 43)

Uprising against French
The populace of Naples rise up against the French

Kaffirs shoot at Storm
Kaffirs fire their arrows at storm clouds in hope of saving their crops : French wine growers try similar methods

Fire / Hose Carriage
Hand-drawn hose-carriage and reel, partly maintained by the ratepayers of London, partly by a contribution from the Fire Insurance Companies, and partly by the Government

Steam Fire-Boat / 1874
A fire-boat designed and constructed by Merryweathers for the River Wear Commissioners. The pumps could throw any type of water, however muddy or salty

Flame-Resistant Clothing
Mefisto flame-resisting clothing introduced by Merryweathers in the late 1920s, allowing firemen to enter a burning area and continue to work

Line-Throwing Gun / 1920S
Merryweather line-throwing gun in use. These guns held 100 yards of line, allowing access to high buildings

Smoke Helmets in Use
Smoke helmets in use by two members of a colliery rescue brigade, allowing breathing in a smoky or poisonous atmosphere for several hours if necessary

Monitor Water Pump / Jet
A large Monitor water pump, providing a powerful jet, mounted onboard the Beta III fire-boat of the London Fire Brigade

Operating a Large Jet
A group of fire-fighters operate a large jet

Fire Motor-Cycle / Sidecar
A motor-cycle fire-fighting unit, with a sidecar accommodating 500 feet of hose standpipes, branch-pipes, turncocks and tools

Fire-Fighting Equipment
Ideal first-aid fire appliances, originally supplied by Merryweathers to The Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society

Fire-Fighting Hose / Tower
A fireman operates a hose from a tall water tower

Fire Spraying Helmet
Automatic spraying helmet in use

Merryweather Turntable
In 1908 Merryweathers designed and constructed the first motor fire-ladder built on the one-engine principle, using the same motor which propelled the vehicle

Bristol Chemical Engine
Horse-drawn chemical engine, supplied by Merryweathers for the City of Bristol. The copper cylinders held the chemical fire-fighting compounds

Quick-Hitch Harness / 1881
Shortly after 1880 the quick hitch harness was developed, allowing faster response to call-outs by the fire brigade

Hatfield Trailer Pump
Merryweathers Hatfield trailer motor fire-pump, able to negotiate narrow lanes and therefore suitable for country districts

Hose and Ladder Carriage
Hose and ladder carriages by Merryweathers. Each ladder was provided with sockets so that they could all be fitted together to form one long fire-escape

LAZY-TONGS FIRE-ESCAPE
Lazy-tongs fire escape, a novel idea in which a sliding stage is mounted on an extending trellis-work frame or support

INDIA FIRE PUMP / 1883
Merryweathers India hand force-pump, for use in country districts and on big estates

Fire Escape Shute / 1884
Merryweathers fire-escape ladder and canvas chute, enabling persons to descend rapidly from a burning building

Handheld Extinguisher
A hand fire suds machine being used to smother burning liquids with a semi-fluid substance containing an inert gas

NATIONAL FIRE ESCAPE
National fire-escape in use. The second or smaller portion of the ladder was fixed at a point on the main ladder and lifetd outwards when required

French Students Protest
A protest or chahut of Paris students in a classroom on the Rive Gauche, Latin Quarter

Fire Safety Net
A child plunges into a safety net, escaping the flames of a burning house

Jean Bart in Action
The French admiral Jean Bart, threatened by a superior Dutch fleet, cries Comrades, no more cannon-shots, use your sabres ! and wins the day with hand-to-hand fighting

Rj War / Suez Canal
The Russian Baltic Fleet passes eastwards through the Suez Canal, the shortest way to the scene of the fighting

Royal Niger Co. Fighting
Soldiers of the British Royal Niger Company form a square to attack the camp of the Emir of Lapaie and subdue West African resistance to British colonial efforts

Jehoshaphat in Desert
Jehoshaphat, fourth king of Judah leads his people into the desert, and the Levites sing, whereupon their enemies turn to fighting one another. A rather confused story

Palamon and Arcite
PALAMON AND ARCITE The two knights, Palamon and Arcite fight for the favour of Emelyne

Gordon Riots
The anti-Catholic Gordon Riots in London

Peregrine Willoughby
PEREGRINE BERTIE, lord WILLOUGHBY of Eresby soldier, mostly in Europe, fighting in the Netherlands and France where he assisted Henri IV. with his autograph

Margaret Ctss Cumberland
MARGARET countess of CUMBERLAND, wife of George Clifford, earl, who spent his time fighting the Spaniards so they had only one child. with her autograph

German 1st Ww Pill-Box
Formidable German pill box at Bullecourt, scene of bloody fighting during the Battle of Arras

Hereward Vs Normans
HEREWARD THE WAKE How the Saxon hero Hereward cleared Bourne (Lincolnshire, England) of Frenchmen (Normans). The thick of the battle melee

Revolution in Spain 1867
REVOLUTION: fight at the barricade in the Quarter de Los Vinas, Cadiz. Fierce fighting between republicans and royalist forces

Children Fighting
Boys are encouraged to fight warlike games - the priests look on indulgently

Cavalry Mounting
United States cavalrymen mounting, during the fighting against native Americans which culminated in the battle of the Little Big Horn. Date: 1876

German Prisoners 1918
Thousands of German prisoners captured in the fighting on the Sambre River or Canal

Berlin Street Fight
Police and soldiers quell rioters in Berlins Darmhofs- platz

Street Fighting Vienna
Street fighting at the University, Vienna

Riots at Erfurt
Street fighting at Erfurt between demonstrators and the authorities

Rising at Altenberg
Street fighting in Altenberg - a barricade raised by the insurgents

Frankfurt Streetfight
Fighting in the streets of Frankfurt - the army bring up their artillery to attack a huge barricade erected by the insurgents

Prince Assassinated
Prinz Lichnowsky and general von Auerswald are assassinated by insurgents during the street fighting in Frankfurt

Frankfurt Revolt 1848
Street fighting is interrupted when Rosler announces a cease- fire between the insurgents and the military

Battle of Kircksberg
Antoine Arnaud, general de brigade, leads his men into battle in the finest heroic tradition in the course of the fighting in the Netherlands

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