Runs Collection (page 5)

W G Grace (Men & Women)
English cricketer. Played for England in Test matches against Australia in 1880 and 1882 and amassed a mighty 54, 896 runs in first class cricket over a 43 year career

Wilkins Nautilus 1931 -3
The Nautilus of Commander Wilkins runs into storms on its way to the North Pole, which it eventually reaches by sailing beneath the ice

Sailing Ship Aground
A sailing vessel runs aground on the Yorkshire coast : rescuers on the beach throw out lines to help the crew get ashore

YOUTH OF 1550
A youth - probably a page - runs with a greyhound

Tiger Steals Bengal Baby
A tiger runs off with a baby in a Bengal village, but does not harm it

Saint Teresa Runs Away
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA Spanish mystic : as a child she and her brother run away from home, but are brought back

Girl and Geese
A girl, pursued by a goose, runs to the protection of the garden gate

Ww1 Steam Roller
The French and English look on in despair as the Russian Steam-Roller runs out of steam and ceases to roll

Dryden / Nanny & Pram / 142
A child carrying a toy dog runs towards his nanny who is pushing a pram

Jesus at Cana Marriage
When the wine runs out at a wedding-feast at Cana, he changes water into wine that is better than the first

Paris / Hotel Liancourt
Originally the Hotel Dauphin, rebuilt by Roger Du Plessis, sieur de Liancourt, circa 1620s; demolished 1825 and the rue des Beaux Arts (6e) now runs on the site

T Roosevelt / Judge Circus
THEODORE ROOSEVELT 26th American President depicted as a circus ringmaster

Boer War; Stormberg
BATTLE OF STORMBERG Gatacre, misled by guides, runs into trouble when he attacks the Boer position and suffers heavy losses

Secretary / Boss / Meeting
A man runs through a document with his secretary and together they edit it - he points out the mistakes and she writes in the corrections

Wall at Crag Lough
One of the most famous views of Hadrians Wall is the section which runs atop the limestone crags, west of Crag Lough

Shipwreck 2 of 4
Scene Two : the sailing vessel runs into rough seas

Cable Passing Out
The cable passes out from the hold of the Great Eastern onto the deck where it is paid out : a team of crewmen keep constant watch to make sure it runs smoothly

Kashmiri Postman
A Kashmiri postman runs barefoot through the fields carrying his mails on his head

FLAMME PACIFIC
The journey from Brussels to Ostend is brief, and runs over flat terrain : yet this locomotive - the Flamme Pacifique - is the most powerful in Europe

Electricity V Steam
In the early years of the 20th century electricity began to compete with steam, but proved to be practicable mainly on shorter runs

Liner and Fishing Boats
When fog reduces visibility, a transatlantic liner runs down a group of fishing boats

Sleigh Scrap
Older and younger sisters ride in a sleigh while their dog runs beside them

Trevithicks Steam Car
Trevithicks first passenger- carrying steam carriage looks pretty much like a railway locomotive: it runs at Camborne, Cornwall

Lightning and Ship 2
The foremast of a sailing warship, anchored off the coast, is struck by a shaft of lightning which runs down to the deck

CAB RUNNER
He waits at a railway station for passengers with a lot of luggage, then he runs beside their cab hoping to be paid for helping to unload the luggage at their destination

Dining Car 1930S
The dining carriage in the tramcar that runs from Dusseldorf to Krefeld

Paris-London Crash
A British plane carrying passengers from Paris to London runs into bad weather and crashes : only two of the six travellers survive

Frog Prince (Goble)
The princess is delighted when the frog retrieves her golden ball, and runs off with it, forgetting about the promises she made to the frog

Australian Railway
The railway which connects Kalgoorlie (West) with Port Augusta (South), through the Nullarbor Plain, Australia, runs 330 miles without a curve. Built between 1925 and 1930

Teltow Canal Rly
Barges on the Teltow Canal, in the outskirts of Berlin, are towed by this railway which runs alongside

Wall Street 1644
In 1644 the city fathers decide to build a wall from the Great Bowery to Emanuels Plantation, and the wall gives its name to the street which runs beside it

Hunting Alphabet - F
F is the Fox upon whom runs depend, who finds among saboteurs many a friend

Picking up his Cap
An incident of the street fighting - a boy who has dropped his cap runs to pick it up though guns are firing all around him !

Ww1 / 1915 / Gallipoli Suvla
The British defend their trenches at Suvla Bay, where a landing had been made in early August 1915. When Captain Shenson is hit, Lieutenant Phillips runs to save him

Water to Wine
Invited to a wedding at Cana, in Galilee, he turns water into wine when his host runs out of refreshment

Running with Model Plane
A young man runs along and attempts to get his model aeroplane to fly, at a model aeroplane show

Tornado, France C1863
A mother runs home with her children as a tornado approaches : this may depict the Loudun tornado of 1863

Water Changed to Wine
When the wine runs out at a marriage feast at Cana, he turns water into wine which tastes even better than the first

Cinderella / Jennie Harbou
Cinderella runs away from the ball and the Prince

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