Flames Collection (#6)

Hydraulic platform at work on fire at commercial premises
Hydraulic platform at work on a fire at commercial premises in Carshalton, Surrey

Firefighters attending fire at commercial premises
Firefighters attending a fire at commercial premises in Cricklewood, NW London

Turntable ladder in operation at a commercial property fire, Paddington, West London

LCC-MFB Print of fire brigade rescues
A Victorian print giving an artists impression of the bravery of two firemen in the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, rescuing those trapped by fire from the top floor of a house on fire

Fire uniform heat tests at Lambeth HQ
Demonstration of the Teled Noflam Protective Suit at Brigade HQ, 29 November 1965

Blitz in London -- fire at Chelsea Embankment, WW2
London AFS fire crew dealing with a serious fire caused by a bombing raid on Chelsea Embankment. A photographer, on the left of the picture, captures the moment

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

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

Kastners Pyrophone
Frederic Kastners instrument is a kind of organ, with keyboard and pipes, but the sound is produced by flames within the pipes

Hotel De LA Ville
The burning of the Hotel de la Ville, Paris, destroyed by the Communards as they are forced to abandon their designated headquarters in the face of advancing government troops

Fire Engine Arrives
The arrival of the fire-engine

Flame-Resistant Clothing
Mefisto flame-resisting clothing introduced by Merryweathers in the late 1920s, allowing firemen to enter a burning area and continue to work

Fire-Fighting Hose / Tower
A fireman operates a hose from a tall water tower

Knights Tale, Arcite
Arcite prays to Mars for victory

Fire Safety Net
A child plunges into a safety net, escaping the flames of a burning house

Vision of a Ship in Fire
Pictures in the fire

Folklore / Salamander
Salamanders amid the flames

Looters Destroyed
When Herods guards attempt to ransack the tomb of King David, flames burst out of his coffin and destroy two of them

Hugos Funeral Bier
Funeral of VICTOR HUGO in Paris: the Bier at the Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees. A huge crowd has gathered to see the spectacle and mourn

Man Escapes Fire C17Th
A man takes a running jump, flames licking his heels, as he makes a bid to return to a ship that awaits him below. His musket & pike lay on the ground

Ernest Renan / Gill / Lune
ERNEST RENAN French writer, depicted as a witch among the flames of hell because perceived as an enemy of the Church

Firewalking in Hell
Dante and Virgil watch as the procession of the damned walk barefoot through the flames of Hell

Flames of Hell
A 12th century vision of judgment - amid the flames of hell, various sinners expiate their crimes in various ingeniously devised ways

Flames Panic 1666
Panicking citizens seek to save their possessions as the flames sweep towards them

St Pauls up in Flames
In the distance, old Saint Pauls cathedral goes up in flames

Myth / Iliad / Troy Aflame
Troy in flames

Marcus Curtius sacrifices himself for Rome
When a fissure appears in the Forum in Rome, the oracle demands a sacrifice. A young horseman, Marcus Curtius, volunteers and rides into it, nobly giving his life for the city he loves

Houses of Parliament destroyed by fire
The Houses of Parliament destroyed by fire

A Bessemer converter in a German steelworks -- a process designed for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron, removing impurities by oxidation by blowing air through the molten iron

Futuristic firemen putting out a fire
Futuristic airborne firemen putting out a fire

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