Ruined Collection (page 15)

Mahdis Tomb - Omdurman, Sudan
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

English coast resort bombarded by German war-ship
On 16th December 1914, Scarborough was attacked by the Imperial German Navy, damage to a boarding-house on St. Nicholas Cliff, Scarborough. Date: 1914

Ruined buildings, WWI
Buildings in an unidentified location (Northern France or Belgium), badly damaged by shelling and fighting during the First World War. Date: circa 1921

German shell damaged Scarborough 1914
On 16th December 1914, Scarborough was attacked by the Imperial German Navy, shop in South Street, Scarborough where a man was killed in the street. Date: 1929

Finchale Priory
Feeding poultry in the grounds of the ruined Finchale Priory, near Durham. Date: 1833

Lebanon Baalbek
A picturesque view of the ruined city Date: 1817

Scarborough house wrecked 1914
On 16th December 1914, Scarborough was attacked by a shell from a German war-ship, a house in Lonsdale Road, Scarborough. Date: 1941

France Nimes
The ruined amphitheatre Date: circa 1840

Scarborough shelled by Germans WWI
Photograph of Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby where on 16th December 1914, the town was attacked by the Imperial German Navy from the sea with 137 fatalities and 592 casualties. Date: 1914

Glastonbury Abbey
The ruined abbey of Glastonbury, Somerset. Date: circa 1770

Barden Towers
The ruins of Barden Towers, in Wharfdale, Yorkshire, England. This great ruined castle was built in 1455 on the site of an earlier hunting lodge of the Cliffords of Skipton. Date: 15th century

Francois Richard-Lenoir
FRANCOIS RICHARD-LENOIR French manufacturer who prospered immensely until ruined by a tax on cotton during the Napoleonic Wars. Date: 1765 - 1839

WW2 - Bomb Damage in London - Coats and Hats left on hooks
WW2 - " Wheres George?" - Bomb Damage in London - Coats and Hats left on hooks while the floor has disappeared. Date: 1940

WW1 - Damage to the Synagogue at Thann, Alsace, France
WW1 - The Synagogue at Thann, Alsace, France - The synagogue and bathhouse were heavily damaged by shelling during the First World War Date: 1915

Belfort, France - The Miotte Tower
Belfort, France - The Medieval Miotte Tower (La Tour de la Miotte) - photographed in 1870/1871 (subsequently restored) Date: circa 1871

Luxor Temple Complex - Birds eye view of the temple. Date: circa 1930s

Belgrade, Serbia - Damage to houses on Knez Mihailova Street
WW1 - Belgrade, Serbia - Damage from shells fired by Austrian Monitor Boats on the Danube and Sava River - July/August 1914 to houses on Knez Mihailova Street or Prince Mihailo Street

Hagia Sophia - Thessaloniki, Greece with Minaret - re-converted to a Church in 1912. Date: circa 1903

Soli, Mersin, Turkey - Ancient Columns - The Ruined city of Solipolis or Pompeipolis. The word solecism is derived from Soli

First Balkan War - Mosque Destroyed by Grenades - Edirne
First Balkan War (1912-1913) - Mosque Destroyed by Grenades in Edirne, Turkey. Date: circa 1913

Ancient City of Heliopolis - Baalbek, Lebanon
Columns at the Ancient City of Heliopolis - Baalbek, Lebanon. A town in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon situated east of the Litani River, known as Heliopolis during the period of Roman rule

Interior of the Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek, Lebanon. A town in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon situated east of the Litani River, known as Heliopolis during the period of Roman rule

The Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek, Lebanon. A town in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon situated east of the Litani River, known as Heliopolis during the period of Roman rule

Rosamonds Tower - Westenhanger, Kent. Rosamund de Clifford was the Mistress of King Henry II of England ( Fair Rosamund ) - the ruined tower in the north wall is reputed by be their trysting place

Harlech Castle - Wales
Harlech Castle, Gwynedd, Wales. Date: circa 1910s

Medina, Saudi Arabia
View looking across Medina, Saudi Arabia toward the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi Mosque. Almost all of the historic strong walls, towers and elaborate (and beautiful)

Bridge of Thorigny-sur-Marne - destroyed by French Engineers
Iron Bridge of Thorigny-sur-Marne, France - destroyed by French Engineers during World War One. Date: circa 1919

Old Walls - Thessaloniki, Greece
The Old Walls - Thessaloniki, Greece Date: circa 1910s

Castle at Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Castle Ruins at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. Date: circa 1890

Chepstow Castle viewed from the Dell
Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire viewed from the Dell Date: circa 1915

Painting by Theodore Caruelle d Aligny (1798-1871), a landscape with a classical ruin in the foreground, a river over a bridge and people swimming

World War II. Ruined tram by an atomic bombing in Hiroshima (6th August 1945). Photography

Cheung Chau - Hong Kong - Cheung Chau from ruined villa Date: 1951

The aftermath of a fire at a school, Bermondsey
The aftermath of a fire at a school in Bermondsey, SE London

LCC-LFB Aftermath of an office fire, Holborn
An internal view of the extensive fire damage to an office in Dane Street, Holborn

LCC-LFB Aftermath of school fire, Archway
An internal view of the fire damage to a science classroom at Archway School. Dunscombe Road, North London

LCC-LFB aftermath of a fire, Vauxhall Bridge Road
Fire crews damping down following a major blaze in Vauxhall Bridge Road, Pimlico, involving a large single storey corrugated storage facility

Aftermath of major fire, Smithfield Poultry Market, London
The aftermath of a fire at Smithfield Poultry Market, London, on 23 January 1958, looking east along the southern gangway, taken about 36 hours after the fire had broken out

Fire at Grosvenor Hotel, Buckingham Palace Road SW1
The aftermath of a fire at the Grosvenor Hotel, Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1

Aftermath of the Crystal Palace fire, South London
The aftermath of the Crystal Palace fire on 30th November 1936, showing the remains of a concrete wall, turned into rubble by the fire

Ruined castle, Rothenburg, Hartz, Germany. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Charleston, SC View of ruined buildings through porch of the Circular Church (150 Meeting Street). Photographs of the Federal Navy

Richmond, Va. Grounds of the ruined Arsenal with scattered shot and shell. Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Date 1865

Weather Reports - Glass Falling - Storms Expected! A careless waiter with poor tray technique allows a glass of liquor to fall down the front of a smart gentlemans waistcoat

Ruins of Ulverscroft Priory, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of the ruins of Ulverscroft Priory, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell

Leicester Great Fire, church destroyed
The most disastrous fire ever known in Leicester broke out on a Thursday evening in Queen Street, and a series of warehouses and large factories were destroyed

Aftermath of fire, Salisbury Square, London
The aftermath of a fire in Salisbury Square, at the time the heart of the newspaper world of London. A disastrous fire broke out in Dorset Buildings

Saving a baby from flooded building, South Wales
A baby is handed to safety after houses were swept away when heavy rains hit the Aberdare area of South Wales. circa 1911

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