Rubble Collection (page 2)

Bomb damage in a London suburb, WW2
Bomb damage in a London suburb during the Second World War (23 August 1940). Bombs were dropped in the early hours of the morning

Disruption extending the entire length of Haymarket, Piccadilly, London, closed until September. Date: August 1928

The New Top-Flat Rescue Apparatus in Action
Apparatus for rescuing people from high buildings that have been damaged from heavy bombing. Date: 1941

Aftermath of earthquake at Messina, Sicily 1908
Italian soldiers exploring the ruins of a once fine building at Messina, where only one house remians standing. Date: 1908

Tokyo postman delivering letters to the rubble
Laden with letters from anxious enquiries from relatives. A Japanese postman amongst the ruins of where the house were once situated

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

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

Maitos, Chanakkale - Dardanelles, Turkey - Ruins of the Church - destroyed during WW1. Date: 1923

Glasgow, Scotland - Jamaica Bridge. Date: circa 1906

The Ruins at Olympia, Greece

Broadcasting soon after an air raid, WW2
Broadcasting soon after an air raid, with bombed buildings in the background, during WW2 Date: 1941

Palace of Thutmose III, Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt. Date: circa 1920s

Obelisks, Karnak Temple Complex, Luxor, Egypt. Date: circa 1900s

View of the River Thames at Canning Town, London
The River Thames with sailing barge viewed from Canning Town, East London. Date: circa 1930s

Demoltion wth bulldozer, South London
Bulldozer clears rubble during demolition of a house in South London. Date: circa 1950s

Bombsite in Central London
Second World War bombsite in Central London. Date: circa 1950s

A Striken Caterpillar Tractor which has taken a tumble down the steep bank of a demolition site, ending up upside down in a shallow pool. Date: circa 1946

Hopstore CWGC Cemetery, Vlamertinghe, Belgium
The village, known as Vlam to the Tommies, was a pile of rubble by 1918 but the area of the Cemetery was just outside the range of the medium guns and the hop building, in the background here

Railway construction, extension to Broad Street, London 1871
Railway construction, showing demolition of the Worship Street Gas Works to make way for Great Eastern Railway extension to Broad Street, London. 1871

Railway construction accident, Camden Town, London 1849
Railway construction accident at Camden Town, NW London, when some newly constructed arches collapsed on the western side of Kentish Town Road

German plane wreckage on the outskirts of Warsaw, Sept 1939
A crowd inspects the remnants of a German plane, having been shot down just outside Warsaw as part of the Polish resistance to German invasion, in September 1939. September 1939

Rubble crab or horrid parthenope, Parthenope horrida. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany, McMillan

Fragment of London Wall with battlements, 1793
Fragment of London Wall with battlements built in 1477 during the reign of King Edward IV as it stood in the churchyard of St. Giles Cripplegate, 1793

Inside view of the Watch Tower discovered near Ludgate Hill, May 1, 1792. Barbican or part of the old City wall of 1276. Copperplate engraving drawn

Ruins of the Chapel and Granary of Leadenhall Chapel, 1813
North-east view of the ruins of the Chapel and Granary of Leadenhall Chapel (Holy Trinity Chapel, Leadenhall Street). Copperplate engraving drawn

Interior of the ruins of Leadenhall Chapel, 1812
Interior of the ruins of Leadenhall Chapel (Holy Trinity Chapel, Leadenhall Street). Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1814

Walls of the Convent of St. Clare or Minoresses, 1797
Parts of the north and east walls of the Convent of St. Clare or Minoresses, founded 1293. After the fire of March 23, 1797. Walls of Caen stone and chalk, timber oak and chestnut

Varieties of masonry for walls, ancient and modern
Varieties of masonry for walls, including reticulated, incertain, isodomum, pseudisodomum with unequal courses, Roman emplection with core of rubble and Greek emplection

Rubble aloe or mitre aloe, Aloe perfoliata (Least mitre aloe, Aloe mitraeformis brevifolia). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F

Rubble aloe, Aloe perfoliata (Mitre aloe, Aloe mitraeformis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, T

People looking at bullet holes after Sidney Street Siege
People looking at bullet holes after the Sidney Street Siege, London. 1911

Bomb damage in Coventry, WW2
Bomb damage in Coventry during the Second World War. circa 1940

Haitian Insurrection
Insurrection at Haiti, an insurgent camp at the suburb market of the town of Cap-Haitien during the various political struggles that occurred in Haiti at the time

Railway line to Rouen, France, in ruins, WW1
The railway to Rouen, France, in ruins during the First World War. 1914-1918

Austrian trenches destroyed by Allied action, WW1
Austrian trenches destroyed by Allied action (British heavy guns and Italian artillery) during the First World War. 1914-1918

Wartime bomb damage in Old Street, London, WW2
Aerial view of wartime bomb damage in Old Street, London, near the Bovril factory. Seen here are the premises of Sumerling & Co Ltd, with debris scattered on the pavement. Date: 1940s

Bovril factory fire damage, Old Street, London, WW2
Fire damage from a bombing raid inside the Bovril factory, Old Street, London, during the Second World War in November 1941. A large number of cardboard packing cases were lost

Bovril factory bombed, Old Street, London, WW2
Bovril factory bombed, Old Street, London, during the Second World War in the autumn of 1940. A large consignment of goods ready for dispatch was destroyed, windows were shattered

Calendar, March 1916, WW1
Calendar, March 1916 -- General Philippe Petain, First World War. By Hermann-Paul. 1915-1916

Damaged building and van, Bridge Inn, near Redruth, Cornwall, with people posing alongside. circa 1920s

Cromer Express railway train wreck, Witham, Essex, 1 September 1905. Date: 1905

A firefighter in action on a wheeled ladder escape. Date: circa 1900s

LCC-LFB Warehouse fire, Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey
A major docklands fire at Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey, SE London. It happened during a particularly cold spell for March. The attack on the fire by a large number of firefighters

Sudan - Omdurman - The Mahdis Tomb
The Mahdis Tomb - Omdurman, Sudan. Tomb of Muhammad Ahmad, self- declared Mahdi in 1881. In his reform of Islam he replaced the pilgrimage to Mecca with the obligation to serve in the holy war

Section of the road closed off to do some kind of maintenance work. Date: 1927

Disruption in Piccadilly, London, with crowds of people watching work being done on part of the main road. Date: 1927

General view of the works for the London, Chatham and Dover railway bridge at Blackfriars. Date: 1863

BERLIN FREIKORPS 1918
The Freikorps take the Royal Palace in Berlin from the Spartacists. Date: 24 December 1918

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