Outbreaks Collection

Roberts self-propelling fire engine
William Roberts of Millwall self-propelling fire engine, with two firefighters. This photograph appeared in a book entitled Outbreaks of Fire bys G Gamble. Date: 1862

Illustration of an 18th century Bellman and Billman
A London night-watchman who gave warning of fire and who was meant to take first-aid measures to stop small outbreaks of fire. (Original print in the London Guildhall Library)

Sikhs flee from West to East Punjab
A Sikh man with his children in one of the caravans leaving the West Punjab region for the comparative safety of the East Punjab

Rioting Miners - 4
The gendarmerie oppose the striking workmen of Seraing as renewed outbreaks inflame the minng districts

US Cavalry Pack Mules; Arizona, 1887
US cavalrymen with their pack mules carrying supplies for the war against the American Indians. This war, which took place in Southern Arizona and Northern Sonora, Old Mexico

American Revival Meeting
CAMP MEETINGS are popular social as well as spiritual events among the rural population, often provoking spectacular outbreaks of communal enthusiasm

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