Storm Collection (page 8)

Bystander front cover 12 March 1930
Front cover masthead design for the Bystander featuring a couple battling amid blustery conditions. He holds on to a tree for dear life while his lady companion reaches hopelessly after their hats

Bystander front cover, 29 January 1930
Stylised illustration for the Bystander cover masthead showing a couple struggling through a gale that is so strong, it even threatens to uproot a postbox. Date: 1930

The Great Eastern scrapped: the auction, 1888
The Great Eastern under the hammer. After a thirty year career, the great steamship was scrapped, with her hull and fittings being sold at auction at New Ferry, Liverpool. 1

Tornado over turns house, 1886
The overturning action of tornadoes on buildings in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The neighbours, who took the precaution of boarding their windows up, seem to have come off better. Date: April 15th 1886

Family flees from tornado, 1903
The method of protection against tornadoes in North America. A farmer and his family seek shelter in a storm cellar, a protective underground shelter to be found attached to many farm houses

Zeppelin Lz-7
The Zeppelin LZ-7 is the first designed to carry passengers, but on its first flight it is forced down by a storm and breaks in two in a forced landing in Teutoberg forest. Date: July 1910

Witch Brews Storm
A witch of the Catskills, in New York State, brews up a storm whenever she is displeased

King Henry III and De Montford
Henry III, caught in a storm, seeks refuge at De Montfords house, saying " I fear thunder and lightning, but I fear thee more than all the thunder and lightning in the world"

Dust Storm in Australia
A dust storm in Narrandera, News South Wales, Australia

Ondine taken from the ship, leaving Palemon with Berta
The angry Tirrenio creates a storm and carries Ondine from the ship, leaving Palemon with Berta. Illustration to a fairytale by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, first published 1812

British Ballad, Sir Patrick Spens
SIR PATRICK SPENS. Popular British Ballad of Scottish origin. Sailor, Sir Patrick receives a Royal commission from the King of Scotland to bring home the Scottish queen Margaret

Double page spread in a diary for 22-27 November
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 22-27 November. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Japanese storm Malayan airfield
Japanese troops storm an airfield in Malaya during the invasion

Storm troop training WWI
Storm troops practicing an attack supported by flamethrowers near Sedan during World War I

Russian Steam sailing ship in a storm

How John Bull Felt
After surviving the hundred pages of cartoons and skits showered upon him in our recent Special " Falling Pound" Number

The Coming Storm - Boileau
The Coming Storm - a postcard reproduction of a painting by Philip Boileau (1863 - 1917), full of foreboding for the troubled times ahead

Lady watches aeroplane
A lady sits on a stone balcony looking out at sea, where an early aeroplane can be seen heading. From the look of the stormy skies, I don t fancy the pilots chances

Honister Crag and Pass, Lake District
Honister Crag and Pass, Cumbria -- Honister Pass is one of the most formidable passes in the Lake District

South Africa Jo burg
Commissioner Street during a dust storm

Wintry Weather on Thames
Wintry weather on the Thames; the river at Putney following the snowstorm of 18th January 1881

Storm at Dover 1881
The seafront at Dover, Kent being battered by storm of 18th January 1881. Wreckage of the pier and parade visible

Snowstorm at Ryde 1881
The snow storm of 18th January 1881 battering the railway pier at Ryde, Isle of Wight

Train Blocked by Snow
Train passengers discover they are stuck in the snow during the storm of Tuesday 18th January 1881

Great Snowstorm 1881
Various ships and vessels including the Lucknow and Havelock on Ryde Pier are battered by the great snow storm & gales of 18th January 1881

A Bolt from the Blue and Green
The sort of stymie that sometimes happens when thunderbolts are flying about. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Cyclone damage on Martinique
Cyclone Damage to the Mairie (Town Hall) at Gros Morne on the Island of Martinique - 8th August 1903

A Striking Example
Cartoon, A Striking Example. The sort of thing that convinces one of the necessity of lightning conductors on a golf course. Playing in a storm you may get hit

A stormy night at the listening in
Cartoon, A stormy night at the listening in. A building saved by the wireless aerial during an equinoctial gale. Please note

Atlantique Wrecked
The French vessel Atlantique, of Nantes, is driven ashore on Brighton beach by a storm

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - Storming a village
Lord Gifford and advance scouts. using guns, storm a village during their advance on the Ashanti. The second Ashanti War fought between, 1873-74, was between King Kofi Karikari

Fighting at Vengrov
Insurgents storm the Russian artillery lines during the battle of Vengrov

Alexander Deposed I
Russian agents storm the palace at Sofia and abduct prince Alaxander, of German Battenberg family. He will abdicate, then be reinstated, then abdicate again

Antwerp Attacked
The Spanish storm Antwerp

The Saloon of an Emigrant Ship during a storm, Bay of Biscay
Engraving showing a chaotic scene below desks in rough seas as food, plates and cutlery are all sent flying by the rough seas, Bay of Biscay, 1887

Calf Rock Lighthouse, Bantry Bay, Ireland, 1881
Engraving of the Calf Rock Lighthouse, Bantry Bay, which was destroyed by a severe storm on the 27th November 1881

Stagecoach in Storm
Horses frightened by lightning during a storm

The Civil war in America: Midnight storm on the Missippi
Federal flotilla at anchor, off Fort Pillow. The storm occurred on the night of May 20th 1862, when lightning just missed hitting the amunition boat with 25, 000 pounds of gun powder on board

American Civil War: Colonel Fitch and the 46th Indiana volun
Unionist soldiers storm the battery at Fort St Charles, Arkansas

The Zulu war. The transport steamer City of Paris
The transport steamer, City of Paris, striking on the Roman Rocks, False Bay, Cape of Good Hope, March 21st 1879. The steamer, transporting British reinforcements, the Royal Scots Fusiliers

The Nimrod in a storm, Antarctic Ocean, 1908
Illustration showing the polar research ship Nimrod heading for the Antarctic at the start of the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09

Fable / Oak & Willow
THE OAK & THE WILLOW The willow bends under the weight of the wind, while the oak tree resists and is uprooted

Storm Clouds over London
Stormy clouds over a St. Pauls Cathedral skyline, a London study

The Launch of R. M. S. Queen Mary, 1934
Photograph of the launch of R.M.S. Queen Mary from John Browns shipyard, Clydebank, 26th September 1934. The Cunard Line ship is seen under the control of a number of tugs

Battle of Monterey
At the battle of Monterey, the Americans under general Worth storm Independence Hill, enabling them to dominate the Mexican position in the Obispado (Bishops Palace)

Summer Days - some are Not
Stormy summer day with ladies and gentlemen struggling to keep hold of their hats

WRECK OF ILTIS 1896
Untergang ( under-going ) of the German Kanonenboot Iltis in a storm off the Chinese coast

Atmospheric Estuary
Sunshine and Storm Clouds : An impressive atmospheric scene over the Mawddach Estuary, near Barmouth, Merionethshire, North Wales

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