Panic Collection (page 2)

Getting quickly on deck from cabins by G. H. Davis
The difficulty of getting quickly on deck from cabins: the maze inside a modern liner. A suggested illuminated sign, and a photograph of the newly designed Gaskin Hart lifeboat at the West India

Arrested for wearing a corset advertising placard
" Why pick on me, officer? Its my guv nors idea!" A policeman is not sympathetic to the protestations of the beardy gentleman employed to parade in front of a Drapers shop wearing a corset

Paris. Rue Quinquempoix, 1720. Scene of panic outside a financial institution during the speculative crisis, 1719-1720. Engraving by Antoine Humblot. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris

The panic. Illustration shows a crowd of capitalists on Wall Street fleeing a volcano labeled Common Honesty erupting in the background; they are carrying packages labeled Secret Rate Schedules

Panic season

Panic at the National Penny Bank, East London
Police were required to keep control as panic sent thousands of depositors to the Stepney Branch of the National Penny Bank in the Commercial Road, East London

Family flees from tornado, 1903
The method of protection against tornadoes in North America. A farmer and his family seek shelter in a storm cellar, a protective underground shelter to be found attached to many farm houses

Zeppelin illuminated by searchlights
The unmistakable and ominous outline of a raiding German Zeppelin airship, illuminated by five searchlights. The Zeppelin raids (which commenced on 31st May 1915)

Panic in a railway carriage
Passengers flee a railway carriage in Florida after a female passenger shows symptoms of Yellow fever

War Nerves - Terrible Effect of a Clap of Thunder
An edgy population descend into panic on hearing a clap of thunder, convinced it is a zeppelin bomb. The result of propaganda and the spread of hysteria in the opening months of World War One

Macanny Late for the Tee
Comic scene showing a panicking Scottish man dashing through a hotel after sleeping in and missing the start of his golf match

Sheep Push through Gate
A flock of sheep squeeze out of a field through a gate

French Money Crisis
A scarcity of small change sets off a financial panic in France : would-be gold buyers on the steps of the Paris bourse

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

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

Europeans Boxer Panic
Terrified by the rising of the Boxers, panicking Europeans flee from China

Wolves and Sledge
An everyday scene in a Russian forest - travellers defend themselves against a pack of wolves while their horses panic

Bull Escapes Novara 1907
An escaped bull causes havoc in a small town near Novara, Italy

Battle of Patay 1429
BATTLE OF PATAY The French under Jeanne d Arc and le duc d Alencon defeat the English as they retreat from Orleans : some English panic, Talbot is captured

Theatre Fire / Tokyo / 1905
A fire at the Chikichima Theatre, Tokyo

Panic in the Year 1000
Panic in the church in the year 1000

Eve of Day of Doom 1000
The panic caused in the Tenth Century by the belief Satan was about to be let loose to work the misery of men, having been bound for a thousand years (Revelation XX, vs 2, 3)

Citizens of Chicago flee the burning city
The panicking citizens of Chicago flee the burning city

Sea serpent in the bay of Rio de Janeiro
In the bay of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, fishermen report a creature 20 metres long, with a giraffes neck and a serpents head. Others dismiss it as a hallucination

The Midianites Defeated
The Midianites are defeated by the Israelites who panic them by a night attack with much blowing of trumpets and smashing of pottery

Moray Assassinated / Allen
James Stewart, the earl of Moray and regent of Scotland, assassinated in the main street of Linlithgow by James Hamilton

Raleigh / Smoking / Servant
SIR WALTER RALEIGH Smoking his pipe - his servant thinks he is on fire, and douses him with water

Chicago Strikers / 1886
Strikers in Chicago riot at the McCormick Reaper Works; police, aided by Allan Pinkertonss men (US Secret Service head) fire into the crowd

Turks Attack Marriage
At Bolitza, occupying Turks fire on orthodox marriage procession

Syntax / Falls in River
Doctor Syntax: Shoots London Bridge and Pops Overboard

Edward Vii / Iln 1900
Edward, Prince of Wales, attacked on the station platform at Brussels on his way to Cologne, by an anarchist named Sipido

Elisha at Samaria
King Ben-hadad of Syria besieges Samaria, reducing the populace to cannibalism; but Elisha scares the besiegers away in panic with the noise of a great host

Black Friday, 1866
Black Friday - a monetary panic makes the headlines

Inflated Crinoline
Kittys cage crinoline is apt to inflate on windy days and carry her off like a balloon striking fear and panic into her, her intended Adolphus and pet dog Fido

Romanian Peasants Panic
Panic breaks out when a mobile cinema gives peasants of Bessarabia, Romania, their first glimpse of the wonders of cinematography !

Gas Explosion / Paris / 1905
A gas explosion in Boulveard Sebastopol, Paris Date: 1905

American Bank Failure
The financial panic of 1907 forces many American banks to suspend payments, bringing ruin to countless of their customers

Elephant / Cafe 1905
An elephant invades the Cafe de la Comedie at Perigueux, France

Perils of Crinolines
Voyeurs can cop an eyeful in Hyde Park on a windy day thanks to the latest fashion. A lady is lifted off the ground as her crinoline inflates scaring her pet dog & page boy Date: 1859

Financial Panic 1866
The murky machinations of Gould and Fisk in the gold market lead to a financial crisis : their New York offices are besieged by angry citizens

Fall of Blood
FALL OF BLOOD Crimson rain causes panic among the people of Sicily, and many parts of Italy; it is however simply dust from the Sahara desert

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

People panic as the Millennium arrives -- the fearful populace seek refuge in a church

Events / China-Japan War
As the Japanese bombard Shanghai, residents flee in panic

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