Phenomena Collection (page 6)

EARTHQUAKE/PROVENCE/1909
Soldiers evacuate a dead body from the rubble of a street in the village of Rognes (South East France) after the 1909 earthquake. Date: June 1909

An autumn hedgerow festooned with Clematis vitalba, also known as Old man's beard and Traveller's Joy. Date: circa 1905

Cattle on the banks of the Avon near Salisbury, Wiltshire. Date: 1909

A small girl sets about sweeping the yard with a very big broom, but is distracted when a robin arrives to keep her company. Date: circa 1886

The imposing massif of Les Monts-Dores, in the Auvergne region of central France - hopefully now extinct. Date: circa 1870

MOONLIT CHURCHYARD
The full moon shines on a churchyard, encouraging the dead to rise from their graves and scare passing villagers till cockcrow sends them scurrying back... Date: circa 1870

Mock suns in the Arctic
Mock suns (parhelia) observed by Dutch polar bear hunters in the Arctic. Date: circa 1550

EARTHQUAKE PANIC SICILY
Three churchgoers are trampled to death when the congregation of a Sicilian church panic at the false alarm of an earthquake. Date: 1907

The river Loire overflows its banks in France, forcing people to travel the flooded roads by boat Date: 1923

KRAKATOA/CORPSES 1883
The day after the eruption, a sailing vessel makes its way through a sea of floating corpses Date: 26-8 August 1883

The Organ ice formation in the ice-cave at Dobschau in Hungary Date: circa 1890

Stalagmite of ice in the cave at Beilstein in Syria seen in 1889 (Austria) Date: 1889

JAPANESE FIREBALL
A fire-ball is seen from time to time on Lake Biwa, at Zeze, and is attributed to the spirit of a dead daimio (prince) Date: 1908

EARTHQUAKE PANIC
At San Giovanni Gemini, Sicily, a woman in church thinks the organ is shaking and screams Earthquake !'; all rush out in panic, and three are trampled to death Date: 1907

SAN FRANCISCO DEBRIS
The first consequences of the quake - streets piled high with debris, buildings in danger of collapse, horses pulling wagons and carriages lying dead among the rubble Date: April 1906

Bagshawe cavern, Derbyshire. Date: 1903

AUTUMN LEAVES & WOMAN
Cover design for Die Dame magazine - a woman with a backdrop of an Autumn leaf Date: September 1930

WILL OF THE WISP
WILL O THE WISP (feu follet, marsh light &c) depicted as a mischievous spirit, luring victims to an unpleasant death in the marsh circa 1830

MONTH / NOVEMBER
En mon temps il est certain que tout meurt naturellement [In my time, all nature dies] Date: 16th century

THE GREAT POLITICAL COMET satire inspired by Halley's comet Date: 1909

The Furka Oberalp Railway - Rhone Glacier
The Furka Oberalp Railway (Furka Oberalp Bahn), a narrow gauge mountain railway in Switzerland - pictured here passing the Rhone Glacier (Rhonegletscher). Date: circa 1920s

Niagara Falls, NY State, USA - American Falls and Steel Arch Bridge. Date: circa 1930

Swallow Falls, Betws-y-Coed, Gwynedd, North Wales. Date: circa 1920s

Rhaeadr Ddu Waterfall at Maentwrog, North Wales
Rhaeadr Ddu Waterfall at Maentwrog, Coed Felenrhyd Bach Woodland, North Wales. Date: circa 1910s

Rhine Falls, Switzerland. Date: circa 1920s

Ice Grotto, Upper Glacier, Grindelwald, Switzerland. Date: circa 1920s

Solar eclipse of 17 April 1912
Solar eclipse taking place on the 17 April 1912 the last eclipse of the sun was in 1858. Showing over London which would of got nine-tenths of the sun covered but in Portugal

Great floods in East Anglia 1912
Plight of Norwich, a view of the floods in Magdalen street. Date: August 1912

Heatwave floods London 1932
Various areas of London caught a cloudburst, among them was London Road, Norbury, which was flooded to a depth of 3 ft. July 1932

Curiosities of the 18th century
Bird and egg hunters abseiling down cliffs in the Orkney Islands 1, and geysers spouting and the volcano Hekla erupting in Iceland

Sea of Ice at Montanvert Glacier, 18th century
Sea of Ice (Mer de Glace) at Montanvert Glacier, Chamonix, France, 18th century tourist attraction. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Ice gorge wrecks, Mississippi River, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Ice gorge wrecks on the Mississippi River, St Louis, Missouri, USA - a regular phenomenon when the river freezes over. Date: circa 1905

River Thames flooding at high tide, London
The River Thames in London, flooding at high tide, washing against sandbags two feet above road level

Big waves at Atlantic City, New Jersey
Giant breakers on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Date: c. 1936

Waterspout near a ship
A waterspout dangerously close to a ship. 19th century

German print - Will-o -the-Wisp. 19th century

Severe low-lying fog crisis over the capital of London, which afflicted London between the 1870s and the mid-1890s. Date: 1882

Flooded out in Lincolnshire 1869
Extraordinary quantity of rain that fell in Britain in three weeks, causing flooding of many rivers. A family taking all their possessions including grandfather clock and farm animals to dryer lands

Mitake, Japan Date: 1830s

Singing in the desert! Date: 1930s

The branches of autumn beech leaves will keep their glossy surface longer if ironed after the usual pressing, with a little beeswax on the iron. Date: 1930s

Morning sunshine after the a heavy snowfall, showing the trees still laden with snow, a charming winter scene near Maidstone, Kent, England. Date: 1960s

A winter scene on Hampstead Heath, London, with the sun shining on tracks in the snow. Date: 1960s

Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire, England, a forest of ancient trees, and a famous beauty spot. Date: 1950s

A man in a suit stops to look at the impressive morning mist over Grasmere, Lake District, England. Date: 1950s

A charming path through the woods, known as Artists Valley, Cwm Einion, Furnace, Cardiganshire, South Wales. Date: 1960s

Woods near Haslemere, Surrey, with a stream running through and farm buildings nearby. Date: 1906

SURREY : The pond on the common at Esher, with some geese. Date: 1906

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