Smoke Collection (page 16)

Firefighters working at scene of fire in Carshalton, Surrey
Firefighters working at the scene of a fire in Carshalton, Surrey

LCC-LFB Ship fire on SS Leopard, Port of London
A fire crew, rigged in Proto one-hour oxygen breathing apparatus sets, descend into the smoking hold of the SS Leopard. The fire had broken out deep inside the vessels hold

LCC-LFB Major fire, Farringdon Street EC4
Fire seriously damages a Farringdon Street office building in Clerkenwell, City of London. Two turntable ladders are at work together with the 15 pumps

GLC-LFB Damaged compressed air BA sets
The compressed air set of a firefighter caught in a flashover during a fire, showing the heat and smoke damage caused to the set and the obscuring of the face mask by the heat damage

GLC-LFB Aftermath of fatal fire in care home, NE London
Aftermath of a fatal fire at an elderly peoples care home in Billet Road, Walthamstow, NE London. Showing the seat of the fire, with heat damage and smoke staining to the upper areas of the walls

GLC-LFB Fifty pump fire, Tooley Street, Southwark
The biggest blaze of the decade was fought at Wilsons Wharf, near Tooley Street, Southwark, in the summer of 1971. It was the same location that cost the life of Londons Fire Chief

GLC-LFB - Fire at the Grocers Hall, City of London
A major fire at the Grocers Hall in the City of London. Firefighters work from a slated roof, attacking the fire through a hole made in the slates

LCC-LFB Major building fire in Cannon Street EC4
The gutted remains of a corner building affected by this serious fire in Cannon Street, London EC4. The building is blackened by the intensity of the heat and smoke

LCC-LFB Fire in Portobello Road, West London
A wheeled escape ladder in use at a fire in Portobello Road, West London, involving a cafe and dwellings

LCC-LFB Major fire, Nelson Street, Whitechapel
Firefighters using wheeled escape ladders and extension ladders to gain access to the adjoining commercial premises affected by a fire in Nelson Street, Whitechapel, East London

LCC-LFB fire, Goodge Street deep shelter
Two LCC-LFB firemen, wearing breathing apparatus, at the Tottenham Court Road end of the Army transit centre located in the deep shelter tunnel system. The fire has been extinguished

LCC-LFB Southwarks Emergency Tender and crew
Southwarks Emergency Tender and crew. By the 1920s emergency tenders were developing into far more that just a carrier of firefighters with breathing apparatus and lighting at incidents

Fire at J Lyons Corner House, The Strand, London
Firefighters deal with a fire in J Lyons Corner House, The Strand, Central London. This was a popular and famous tea room in Londons West End, opened in 1915

LCC-LFB J Lyons Corner House fire, The Strand
Firefighters deal with a fire in J Lyons Corner House, The Strand, Central London. This was a popular and famous tea room in Londons West End, opened in 1915

Blitz in London -- Bessborough Place, Pimlico, WW2
Blitz in London -- fire brigade heavy unit and a trailer pump in the foreground of a major fire in Bessborough Place, Pimlico, SW London following a bombing raid

Advert for Kensitas Cigarettes, 1929
Its better to be fit than fat Kensitas Cigarettes marketed as a appetite suppressant in 1929, recommending substituting snacks between meals with a cigarette instead

Explosion on American Front, WW1
An explosion on the American Front, probably in France, during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

HMS Redoubtable bombarding off coast of Flanders, WW1
The British battleship HMS Redoubtable (the renamed HMS Revenge) carrying out bombardment duties on German positions off the coast of Flanders during the First World War. Date: 7 September 1915

Silver and copper works, Chile, South America

View of Poperinge, Belgium, WW1
View of Poperinge (Poperinghe), West Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War, taken from the church tower. The smoke is coming from a motor tractor. Date: February 1915

Turkish artillery in action, WW1
Turkish gunners and artillery in action during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Austrian troops using flamethrower, WW1
Austrian troops in action using a flamethrower during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Austro-Hungarian firing squad, WW1
Austro-Hungarian justice being carried out in the form of a firing squad during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

HMS Firefly, river gunboat, Mesopotamia, WW1
HMS Firefly, a British river Fly-class gunboat, with gun in action in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Captured by the Turks in 1915, and recaptured by the British in 1917

HMS Lion, British battlecruiser, WW1
HMS Lion, British battlecruiser, launched 1910, served in various locations during the First World War, decommissioned 1922. Date: 1914-1918

HMS Good Hope, British armoured cruiser
HMS Good Hope, British Drake-class armoured cruiser, launched 1901, sunk during the Battle of Coronel, 1 November 1914, off the coast of Chile. Date: circa 1914

Ships of the British Grand Fleet, Scottish coast, WW1
Ships of the British Grand Fleet (the main fleet of the Royal Navy) at sea off the Scottish coast during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1918

Rolls Royce armoured car being shelled, WW1
A Rolls Royce armoured car belonging to the Dunsterforce, with explosions from shelling in the background, during the First World War. 1917-1918

Bleasdale Reformatory, Garstang, Lancashire
A view of the North Lancashire Reformatory for Boys at Bleasdale, near Garstang, Lancashire which opened in 1857. Reformatories could house convicted juvenile offenders aged under 16 for a period of

Aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South Wales
An aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

Aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South Wales
An aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

Firing a large field gun
A group of soldiers firing a large field gun. There are several shells waiting to be fired in the right foreground

Turkish men on Crete smoking a Nargile pipe
Turkish Cretan men smoking a Nargile pipe

A Sadhu smoking a remarkable pipe, India
A Sadhu (Indian ascetic holy man) smoking a remarkable curvy pipe

Beautiful Sheffield! A sarcastic interpretation on the skyline of dark satanic mills which characterised Sheffield from the Industrial Revolution through to the 1950s

German Christmas card with soldiers
A German Christmas postcard, depictng a jolly group of German soldiers sitting in a festive barracks building, opening letters and parcels from their loved ones around a table

Bombardment of allied positions
Allied forces and encampments being bombared by Turkish forces from the Asian side of the Dardanelles during the Gallipoli campaign - June 19th 1915

Village in India aflame - Partition 1947
A village close to New Delhi set on fire by rioters during the disturbances following the partition of India and Pakistan. A Mosque (centre) is also in flames

WWI - German Lady wearing a uniform
An unusual photographic postcard depicting a young German woman wearing an ill-fitting uniform, possibly belonging to her boyfriend?

Worthing Pier Fire 1933
Crowds watch the terrifying spectacle of Worthing Pier Pavilion ablaze. The flames and smoke could be seen for miles and the pier was completely destroyed

Battle of Solebay 1672
BATTLE OF SOLEBAY (Southwold Bay) between the English/French fleet and the Dutch: both sides suffered heavy losses

Abu Yusuf using gunpowder, Morocco
MOROCCO - Abu-Yusuf, Sultan, use gunpowder to bombard Sidi- Mesa

View of Port Said harbour with ships, Egypt. Date: 20th century

Three latest naval types at Spithead, July 1914 -- HMS Iron Duke flagship, with airship and seaplane above. Date: 1914

British mine exploding at Beaumont Hamel, France, WW1. 1914-1918

Soldiers smoking and relaxing, WW1. 1914-1918

French Railway Alphabet - U for Usine (workshop). 19th century

The Fascinating Mr. Vanderbilt by Alfred Sutro (7 August 1863 11 September 1933). First produced in England at the Garrick Theatre, on 26th April 1906

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