Fires Collection (page 10)

After the fire at Madame Tussauds, 1925
After the fire at Madame Tussauds (or holocaust of waxwork celebrities as the Illustrated London News has it), a general view of the ruins in the old Hall of Kings

Outlaw in the American West
An outlaw in the American West shoots from up on a hill at travellers in the valley below. Date: 1888

Bowling pavilion in Bishops Park, Fulham
The bowling pavilion in Bishops Park, Fulham, after the fire. The fire at the pavilion was discovered at 1.30am of 7th May 1913

French highwayman
A French highwayman surprises a passing coach and horse, shooting the driver a point blank range. Date: c. 1894

Casimir Guilhem attacks French magistrates
French magistrates are attacked by a mentally disturbed assassin, Casimir Guilhem who accused the court of ignoring law. Date: 1860

Advert for Belling eletctric fires
The 2 kilowatt Belling is a flicker coal fire fitted with a beautiful flame effect : it keeps your teapot warm for a second cuppa, and its radiant heat warms the whole room ! Date: 1931

Putting out Thatch Fire
The Fire Brigade deals successfully with a fire that has broken out on a thatched roof Date: 1950s

Fire / Exeter / 1887 / Graphic
The Theatre Royal, Exeter, on fire. 187 people perish in the blaze. The previous theatre building had burnt down in 1885. Date: 5 September 1887

London Street Fire Alarm
FIRE ALARM Alarms placed in the streets of London give a direct link to the fire stations Date: 1880

Hand pump fire engine
A hand pump fire engine. 1882

Fire engine in Paris, answering a call
An electric fire engine of the Paris Fire Brigade, answering an emergency call. 1900

Wee Waa, Australia
Fire at Wee Waa in New South Wales, Australia

S Teerwood. Fire engine
A fire engine with its crew riding along the sides, makes it way through city streets to attend to a fire

Fire at Kasim Pasa, Constantinople
A fire at Kasim Pasa, Constantinople, Turkey. The city was very prone to fires (which broke out regularly) due to wooden buildings and charcoal cooking fires, resulting in regular conflagrations

An oil field at night - Middle East
A view across an oil field at night with fires and explosions of light illuminating the scene - definitely in the Middle East, likely to be in Iran or Iraq

HMS Ramillies bombarding Turkish positions
Birds eye view (taken from a seaplane) of the British warship HMS Ramillies bombarding Turkish positions in the Gulf of Ismid in early July 1920

Dug in - D-Day - Machine Gun Team
A British machine gun team dug in on a Normandy beach during the assault phase of Operation Overlord - the allied D-Day landings in France on 6th June 1944

Terrestrial Flames
The abbe Maffei is surprised when electric flames erupt from the Earth

Night Watchman crying Fire
A Night Watchman cries " Fire!". There were continual fires in Constantinople - only the very rich merchants and Pashas could afford stone houses

Constantinople - Pera District - a fire. Everything in Istanbul cooked over open charcoal or open wood fires and there were constant conflagrations in this district

Ruins of Pantechnicon
Firemen pick over rubble in the ruins of the Belgrave Pantechnicon after the fire that destroyed most of the building complex

Burning of Pantechnicon
The burning of the Pantechnicon in Motcomb Street, Belgravia: scenes of the fire which devastated the building

London during the Blitz; Second World War, 1940
Illustration showing the skyline of London at night as the German Luftwaffe attacked the East of the city in September 1940. The glare of the fires in the East End of London is clearly evident

Keeping Home Fires Burning
Humorous depiction of a cheery soldier and sailor home on leave during World War I and feeling that the pessimism of the Home Front

Dutch Stage Effect
A spectacular scene in a production at Amsterdam : note the candles used to light the stage - no wonder fires were a frequent occurrence !

Saint Johns Fire
In Bretagne (Brittany) fires are lit in the public square at the summer solstice, on St Johns eve (21 June), couples leap through them, acquiring certain benefits

Summer Solstice
Fires were lit at solstices and equinoxes by the ancient Germans : the fires cured their ailments, and the ashes scattered in the fields ensured fertility

Fire Engine
Horse drawn fire engine

Maid Tends to Fire
An Edwardian housemaid kneels on the rug as she tends to one of the bedroom fires

Cholera precautions in England
A sketch of the sailors hospital. Fires were used to prevent the infection spreading from the hospital. In September 1892, Dr R

Fire Alarm Panic
Rushing feet sometimes become entangled. A child trips up and slips to the floor, tripping up the next and the next child, in a domino effect caused by fire alarm panic

Fire Engine 1940S
A fire engine from the Durham County Fire Brigade

Fire Hose Pump 1930S
A hose pump operated by members of the Sunderland Fire Brigade

FIREMEN 1934
The fire fighters from Sunderland Fire Brigade

Fireman 1930S
Jack Sanderson, a member of the Sunderland Fire Brigade

Fire Brigade Office 40S
An emergency call comes in to Durham County Fire Brigade

Large clouds of smoke from the spreading fires. The aftermat
Fires spreading through San Francisco, completing the ruin of the city. The business distract was completely devastated, with only the steel structures of modern buildings still standing

the fires that spread across the city of San Francisco from
The conflagration which swept across the city from the harbour shore. The San Francisco earthquake occurred on the 18th April 1906 and measured 7.9 on the Richter scale

A family group waiting for news at the pit head, Gresford Co
A family wait by the pithead after the great explosion at Gresford colliery in Wales. Over 260 miners lost their lives as a result of raging fires in the pits, orphaning nearly 800 children

Shooting Woodcock (Harv)
WOODCOCK - A man with three dogs to help him fires at a woodcock as it makes a rapid getaway

Healing / Venezuela / 1730
Various healing methods of native Venezuelans, including bathing in the river and dancing around fires

Thames Firefighting Boat
Floating fire-engine steamboats on the river Thames, London

Theatre Fire / Tokyo / 1905
A fire at the Chikichima Theatre, Tokyo

Chicago Fire / 1871
At Chicago, this picture shows citizens trying to escape by way of the Ike Randolph Street Bridge

Fire / Scandinavia / 1555
Fighting a fire in Scandinavia

Retreat from Moscow
Napoleon finally orders his troops to evacuate MOSCOW, where fires have been blazing for weeks, destroying three- quarters of the city

Wilsons Gas Fires Etc
Three gas fires made by Wilsons & Mathiesons of Leeds

Sapeurs Pompiers Engine
French sapeurs-pompiers manoeuvre their engines at the scene of a fire

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