Fires Collection (page 11)

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

Sapeurs Pompiers 1
French firefighters are a part of the army. They parade and salute the flag just as soldiers do

SAFETY SAC
People trapped on upper floors escape from a blaze via a sac (chute) which they slide down head first to the sapeurs- pompiers waiting below

Hand-Drawn Engines
Although the larger engines of French sapeurs-pompiers are drawn by horses, smaller appliances are drawn to the scene of the fire by the firemen themselves

Repairing Fire Engine
French sapeurs-pompiers in the workshop of a fire station carry out maintenance and repairs on their engines

Sapeurs Pompiers 2
French sapeurs-pompiers drill with weapons like other divisions of the army

Firefighters Ladder
French sapeurs-pompiers use a long ladder to reach the highest floors of a burning building

French Hand-Pumps
French sapeurs-pompiers use hand pumps at the scene of a fire

Albion Mills Fire
The fire at Albion Mills, on the Surrey bank of the Thames at Blackfriars Bridge. Several fire brigades have come to the scene but too late to save the flour and grain

Ufos / U. s. Air Force Base
An F-86 fighter pilot with the United States Air Force fires on a domed disc, though with no effect; the case is reported to Project Blue Book but never resolved

Fire Alarms Horses / 1555
Northern warriors use fires on mountaintops to alarm horses with flames and smoke

Cottage on Fire
Fire-fighting on behalf of the Dawlish (Devon) County Fire Service : A fireman hoses down a burning cottage

Domestic Fires
A hot night in the old home

Citizens of Chicago flee the burning city
The panicking citizens of Chicago flee the burning city

Romsey Fire Brigade
The Romsey Fire Brigade display some of their fire- fighting techniques

Fire Brigade & Engine
The Romsey Fire Brigade and their horse pulled engine

Manual pump engine for putting out fires

There was a little man, who had a little gun
The Little Man (who has no name) fires at Johnny Sprig and knocks his wig off

Fire / Opera Comique / 1887
As fire takes hold of the Opera Comique theatre in Paris, firefighters attempt to rescue those trapped on the roof by ladder

Seaplane Fire at Mine
A seaplane fires at a breakaway mine to eliminate its threat to nearby ships

Thrilling Action in Air
High drama above the clouds as a gunner fires in pursuit of an enemy plane

Glasgow Attacks Dresden
The British ship Glasgow fires upon the Dresden off the Chilean coast. The German captain scuttled his vessel after realising that the battle was lost

Women Fire Patrollers
To relieve the regular Forest Rangers, these girls on bicycles have a Fire Patrol which covers the countryside to guard against forest fires

Chimneysweep (Petherick)
London characters: the CHIMNEY SWEEP walks the streets with his brushes, offering his services - for every home is heated with coal fires which clog the chimneys with soot

Azerbaijan / Baku Mid 19C
Baku: natural oil fires in a temple

Work for the Tinker?
Any work for the tinker? He works in a London street with the fires burning on his cart, waiting for people to bring him things to mend. A woman obliges

Griffin Fires Guns
Warship of the English navy, depicted firing her guns

Great Fire / 1666 / Memorial
Memorial of the Great Fire of London at Pye Corner, Smithfield, where the fire ended

Chandelier / Theatre / Fire
In the 17th century, theatres were lit by chandeliers : disastrous fires were quite frequent

Snowbound on Xmas Eve
SNOWBOUND ON CHRISTMAS EVE - the guard of a stagecoach stuck in the snow fires his blunderbuss to call for help

Girl Breaks Firewood 19C
A little girl breaks firewood across her knee: a bright fire blazes in the hearth

New York Fire 1835
New York firefighters attempt to tackle the blaze on Wall Street as many buildings burn (including the Fulton Fire Insurance Co.); the fire lasted from 16 to 17 December

Fireman / Lewes Circa 1890
A Fireman, Lewes

Fire Engine Arrives
The arrival of the fire-engine

Beverley Fire-Engine
A fire engine in action at Beverley, Yorkshire

C18 FIRE-ENGINES 1735
18th century fire-engines made by a firm which became Merryweathers. The engine on the left is from Windsor Castle

NEWSHAMs ENGINE / 1721
Newshams Fire-engine, London

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