Flames Collection (page 10)

Firefighters tackle oil tray fire, Lambeth HQ
An item from the drill display where firefighters extinguish a blazing oil tray fire using foam from two gallon (10 litre) fire extinguishers

Burning of the Henry Clay steamship near Yonkers

Reims Cathedral in Flames - WWI - part of a Heroic Towns French postcard series. The Cathedral was badly damaged during opening engagements of the First World War in September 1914. Date: 1914

Mythological blue Buddhist or Hindu figure, full-length, standing on small island among waves, facing right, against backdrop of flames with phoenix head. Date 1878?

Silhouette, The Fat is in the Fire
The Fat is in the Fire -- silhouette of a conflagration

Fire at the Michaeliskirche, Hamburg, Germany
A terrible fire which engulfed the spire of the Michaeliskirche at Hamburg, Germany on 3rd July, 1906. The fire lasted for three hours, ten minutes. Date: 1906

The Star That Would Not Light by Hugh Williams
A group of child like angels gather together in the night sky but try as they might, they cannot get one lone star to light and twinkle. Date: 1926

Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (8 / 9)
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people Date: 1923

Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (2 / 9)
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people (2/9). Date: 1923

Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (3 / 9)
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people. The Metropolitan Police Department burning at Maranouchi near Hibiya Park. Date: 1923

Stunt Car over Flames
A stunt car flies through the air over a bonfire of tyres and the crowd, standing in the rain, are loving it! Date: 1960s

ST JOHNs FIRE 1864
An Alsace couple leap through the flames of la Feu de la Saint Jean, on Saint Johns Eve : the aim is to increase her chances of getting pregnant Date: 1864

Fire at Clumber House
Clumber House, the Nottinghamshire seat of the Duke of Newcastle, showing the mansion on fire with the fire brigade from Worksop fighting hard to control it

Cauldron and kettle at a gipsy encampment
A cauldron and a kettle heating over a log fire in the open air at a gipsy encampment

Nero
A rather drunk looking man smoking a pipe and playing an accordian sits ignoring the British pound note beside him going up in flames

Well, Bibi-Eibat, Baku - Azerbaijan
Naphta burnout at a well at Baku, owned by Rothschilds, who began drilling in Azerbaijan in 1892. Rothchilds fuel interests in the region were bought out by Royal Dutch Shell in 1911

Fire in Winnipeg, Canada. The Bulman Block fire of October 11th 1904 destroyed the building backing onto the Duffin block (Birt Saddlery)

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

Members of the rescue parties at Gresford Colliery, Wales
Equipped with oxygen apparatus, these are some of the men who battled for a day and a half to save the lives of miners who had been trapped by flames following an explosion in the mine

Waiting for the news of the Missing, Gresford Colliery
After an explosion in the mine flames trapped the miners and efforts were made to rescue them. The crowd that had gathered could only stand by and wait for news

Attack on the battleship West Virginia at Pearl Harbour
American sailors fight the flames on the battleship West Virginia which was attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbour with the use of torpedoes

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

Lear / Nonsense / Vesuvius
There was an Old Man of Vesuvius, who studied the works of Vitruvius; When the flames burnt his book, to drinking he took, that morbid Old Man of Vesuvius

Irun in Flames
Irun in flames, seen from the French shore

Water pump
An advertisement from 1893 for Marryweathers hand fire-engines, a device which doubles up as both a fire extinguisher and plant watering machine

The Burning of the Hotel de Ville at Arras
Illustration by P.Leven and Lemonier showing the 15th century belfry tower of the Arras town hall in flames after being bombarded by German shells in October 1914

Fight over Westminster
BATTLE OF BRITAIN An imaginative Italian artists impression of an air dogfight between British and German planes above Parliament Buildings in Westminster

Izmir in Flames
IZMIR : the Turkish city, ceded to Greece in 1920 after Turkeys WW1 defeat, is re- taken by the Turks, and the Greek population flees as the city is almost entirely burnt

The Great Fire in Clerkenwell
A large building in Clerkenwell collapsing as it is engulfed by flames. Firemen in 1880s uniform can be seen attempting to subdue the fire with hosepipes

The ship, Cospatrick in flames
Emigrant ship, the Cospatrick on fire at sea. On discovery of the fire, the crew tried to extingush the flames, but the wind spread them around the ship

Siegfried Blows his Horn
He blows his horn and penetrates the magic flames which encircle the sleeping Brunnhilde

Servius Tullius
SERVIUS TULLIUS sixth legendary king of Rome When as a child his head is surrounded with flames, this is seen as a marvellous portent for his royal future

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

Ddp Poster / Inflation
German Democratic Party (DDP) poster demonising inflation

Using Fire to Catch Fish
Two fishermen, one in a boat, the other perched on a sheet of ice, use a fire to attract fish before spearing them with long-handled tridents

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

Homes in County Kerry set alight after evictions
Homes of evicted tenants are set alight at Glenleigh, County Kerry, Ireland

Battle of Moscow, 1812
The battle of MOSCOW - the French overcome the Russian resistance and take the city, which they will subsequently leave in flames

1916 / Verdun on Fire
Verdun in flames following bombardment by German artillery, using incendiary shells

Robinson Downs 1st Zep
Lieutenant William Robinson is the first to bring down a Zeppelin over England, winning the Victoria Cross for his bravery

French Guns down Boche
A French pilot uses his machine gun to destroy a German plane

Firemen in London Blitz
Massed firemen with their hoses attempt to quell the flames as they engulf the industrial areas of London following a nocturnal visit by the Luftwaffe

Burning the Guy / 1848
A large group of boys gather around the bonfire to watch their guy, which has been suspended from a tree, disappear in the flames

Zep Downed over France
French civilians cheer as an enemy Zeppelin is shot down near Bar-Le-Duc

Zep Shot down in Flames
Zeppelin L21, shot down by Lieutenant Robinson over Cuffley, Hertfordshire, plummets towards the ground

Warneford Downs Zeppelin
Flight Sub-Lieutenant R.A.J. Warneford destroys the first Zeppelin, over Ghent, earning the Victoria Cross. He died in a plane crash in Paris just ten days later

Arson / Yarmouth Pier
Yarmouth Pier in flames after a suffragette arson raid

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