Flames Collection (#7)

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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