Fire Collection (page 21)

METRO, ACCIDENT 1903
When a train - made of varnished wood - catches fire near Belleville station, passengers head for safety but mistake their way and 84 die of asphyxiation Date: 1903

RELIGION PERSECUTED
When their church is closed, Christians hold a service in a barn, but someone locks the doors and sets fire to the building : the priest and six others burn to death Date: 1932

ORTHODOX PERSECUTED
When their church is closed, Christians hold a service in a barn, but someone locks the doors and sets fire to the building : the priest and six others burn to death Date: 1932

BOOK OF THE DEAD/33
1. 4 cynocephali sit at pool of fire 2. Amulets placed on the mummy : Tat, Buckle, Heart and Head-rest 3. Portion of sepulchral chamber

Fire breaks out in the TV relay station at the summit of the tower Date: 1956

Trolls get cold, too -- they are glad to warm themselves at a hunter's fire. Date: 1895

Dance of Death, Great Plague of London
A Dance of Death depiction at St Paul's Cathedral, during the Great Plague of London. Date: 1665

Spontaneous combustion in Bleak House by Dickens
Rag and bone dealer Krook dies of spontaneous combustion in Bleak House by Charles Dickens Date: 1853

A family of savages living at Nymet Rowland in North Devon, England, chatting with a civilised visitor. Date: 1871

Canadair CL-415 F-ZBEO - 36
Securite civile - Canadair CL-415 F-ZBEO / 36 (msn 2001), at Orange-Caritat - Porte Ouvert - 14 May 2000. This aircraft crashed after a structural failure, while attacking a fire at Pietramaggiore

Marsh Aviation S-2F3AT Turbo N613MA - CDF no. 180 (msn 522. Ex BuAer 136613), of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) at the Marsh Aviation facility on Falcon Field

Rabbits and squirrels around camp fire by Rene Cloke

Handley Page HPR. 7 Dart-Herald G-AODE prototype
Handley Page HPR.7 Dart-Herald G-AODE (msn 147) 1st prototype, moments before the starboard engine turbine blew up, causing the engine to fall off and the aircraft to catch fire

The Vinh-Long, French naval vessel (a 5500-ton screw steamship, which was built in 1881) - on 16 November 1922, while carrying 495 persons

Battle of Portland between English and Dutch ships, off the Isle of Portland in the English Channel, under Admiral Robert Blake and Admiral Maarten Van Tromp, 18 February 1653

Spanish attack on Penzance, Newlyn and Mousehole, West Cornwall, 23 July 1595. Supplies were seized, buildings raided and burned, and a mass was held

Lieutenant Edward Nicolls boarding a French privateer cutter, the Albion, off Monte Cristi, Santo Domingo, West Indies, 5 November 1803. Date: 1803

Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay), Egypt, a naval battle between the British (led by Nelson) and the French, 1-3 August 1798

Burning of the Houses of Parliament, 16 October 1824
The Burning of the Houses of Parliament, London, 16 October 1824 Date: 1824

Advertising publicity leaflet, Warners Aquajects, firefighting equipment, fire extinguishers Date: 1881

Comic postcard, Man and seaside landlady Date: 20th century

The Monument, Fish Street, London Date: circa 1900

Spent, by Harry Rountree - Union Jack Club Date: 1907

Es Willard as Cyrus Blenkarn in The Middleman Date: 1890s

Marion Terry, English actress Date: 1890s

King Edward I in action during the Siege of Berwick, during the First War of Scottish Independence. Date: 1296

Bombardment of Sveaborg, 9 August 1855, Crimean War Date: 1855

Original Artwork - Family around the fire on Christmas day
Original Artwork - Family sitting around an open fire on Christmas day, with a holly wreath hanging above the hearth. Date: circa 1937

An organisation of splendid efficiency - the London Fire Brigades headquarters at Winchester House, Southwark Bridge - a diagrammatic drawing of equipment, communications

Comic postcard, Middle aged man chatting with a schoolboy or young university student
humorous, fun, funny, comic, card, postcard, british, young, man, men, home, domestic, fire, fireplace, room, o, kay, okay, boy, teenage, teenager, schoolboy, blazer, tie, lighting, cigarette

West Ham turntable combination fire engine and escape Date: 1935

West Ham horse-drawn fire engine, Merryweathers Fire Station

Vintage 19th century photograph: Garden of the Kings, Valley of Gehanna. Gehenna or Gehinnom is thought to be a small valley in Jerusalem

c. 1890 New Zealand - Picnic at Wet Jacket Arm, Dusky Sound
c.1890 New Zealand - Picnic at Wet Jacket Arm, Dusky Sound

c. 1880s Japan - Japanese fireman

c. 1880s Japan - street in Nagasaki

Cremation of a Burmese Buddhist monk, pongyi
Vintage 19th century photograph: cremation of a Burmese Buddhist monk or pongyi on an elaborate funeral pyre, fire. See our other images of different stages of the process

Fire walker in trance Natal south Africa c. 1920
Fire walker Natal South Africa c.1920 - man in a trance with 500 pins being inserted in his skin

Central Honolulu, the fire station, Hawaii
Vintage 19th century photograph: central Honolulu, the fire station, Hawaii

Monument Church Company fire, Santiago de Chile
Vintage 19th century photograph: monument to the victims of the the Church of the Company fire, Santiago de Chile. The Church of the Company Fire (8 December 1863)

Fire drill, acrobatic display by Japanese fireman
Vintage 19th century photograph: Fire drill, acrobatic display by Japanese fireman

Shepheards Hotel, Cairo Egypt
Vintage 19th century photograph: Shepheards Hotel, Cairo Egypt. Shepheards Hotel was the leading hotel in Cairo and one of the most celebrated hotels in the world from the middle of the 19th century

Corpse on funeral pyre, cremation, Calcutta, India, c1870 s

Fire bell, Kobe Bund, Japan, 1870 s

US 9th Airforce Douglas A-26 Invader bombing raid
Vintage World War II photograph - official US military photo: US 9th Airforce Douglas A-26 Invader with its right engne on fire during a bombing raid over Germany

The Great Fire monument, London
Vintage 19th century photograph: the Great Fire monument, London

The World, Boston Theatre Company, USA - Tableau II, a dramatic scene from The Infernal Machine. Date: late 19th century

Waste paper vehicle catches fire, East Ham, London
A vehicle collecting waste paper in East Ham, London, catches fire, and the fire brigade is called out, watched by crowds. Date: circa 1930s

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