Fires Collection (page 9)

Two children tend to a fire. The girl kneels down and pokes at the fire with a stick while the boy brings fire wood. the caption reads she poked away with a stick. Date: early 20th century

Fire near Nine Elms, Battersea
Crowds of spectators watch a conflagration near Nine Elms, Battersea, from across the River Thames at Vauxhall Bridge, while a fire engine rushes by to try to help stop the blaze. Date: 1847

Fire on the Westminster Road, London
Spectators on Waterloo Bridge watching the fire that had broken out on the premises of Messrs. Maudslay and Field, the engineers, in the Westminster Road, London

The Coronation Bonfire on St James Hill, Norwich
Coronation Bonfire on St James Hill, Norwich, Norfolk. This was a gift to the local populace from the Lord Mayor of Norwich and stood 30ft high and was 20ft in diameter at its base. 22nd June 1911

Steam Boat Lexington Fire
Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Evening, January 13th 1840, by which melancholy occurrence, over 100 Persons Perished. Date: January 13th 1840

Communications Palmin 1
Roman soldiers passing messages via signal fires

Great Fire of Copenhagen
The Great Fire of Copenhagen, 1795.The fire started Friday June 5th at the old Navy base at Gammelholm in the fleet warehouse. The fire died out on Sunday June 7th. Date: 1795

Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (5 / 9)
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people Date: 1923

Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (6 / 9)
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people Date: 1923

Burnt-Out Cottage
The shell of a burnt-out old stone-built cottage in Kent, England. Date: 1950s

Izmir, Turkey - Great Fire
Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the Greek Army occupied Izmir, but the Greek expedition towards central Anatolia turned into a disaster for both that country

Commer Fire Engine
Commer Fire Chassis B with 30 gallons First Aid Engine and 45 feet Pretoria Escape. Date: 1914

Rue Royale Fires
Fires are started in parts of Paris, often by petroleuses - women carrying cans of fuel. Firemen fight fires in the fashionable rue Royale, seen as symbolic of the old regime. Date: April- May 1871

Outback Camping Snooze
Bushwalkers sleeping off an 18 mile walk in the cool of the evening. Soon camp fires will be lighted and these hungry walkers will have a well- earned meal! Date: 1940s

FIRE
A hand hovering over a burning flame! Date: 1971

Cycle Race Starting Gun
An old man in a peaked cap blows the starting whistle and fires his gun at the start of the Nations Cup cycle race, Scotland. Date: 1980

Woman Firing a Revolver
A woman fires a revolver. Lets hope shes not unhinged. Date: 1930s

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

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