Struck Collection (page 4)

The Irresistible sinking
Photograph showing the loss of H.M.S Irresistible having struck a mine during the Dardanelles campaign on March 18th 1915

SS Great Western in a Heavy Gale, North Atlantic, 1846
Engraving showing the Steamship Great Western being struck amidships in a gale during a crossing from Liverpool to New York in 1846

Portraits of Mme Caillaux, M. Joseph Caillaux and M. Gaston
Mme Caillaux, wife of the French Minister of Financeb Joseph Caillaux who shot Gaston Calmette, Managing Editor of the Figaro

Clavicytherium
A keyboard instrument which shows the evolution from fingered instruments such as the harp to struck instruments such as the clavichord

Matthauphone (Glasses)
The MATTAUPHONE of M. Mattau of Brussels is simply his version of the glass harmonica in which glasses are filled with liquid to varying depths, then struck

Interior Tea Room on the Titanic
Photograph of one of the interior tea rooms onboard the Titanic. Built by the shipyard Harland and Wolff for White Star Lines, the liner was almost identical to her sister ship

Sewing Machine Girl
A gentleman walking down Londons Regent Street is struck by the sight of a pretty girl operating a sewing machine in a shop window

Roman Cattle Stricken
Cattle farming : the herd struck by cattle plague - slaughtering the infected animals

Napoleon at Beresina
As his troops cross the Beresina during the retreat from Moscow, he is struck by the cold

Elephants / Siege Mooltan
The houdah of Moolrajs elephant struck by a cannon ball during the Siege of Mooltan, Sikh War

Paranormal / Prophecy
APOLLONIUS OF TYANA, Greek philosopher credited with magical powers, predicts that emperor Neros cup will be struck by lightning

Saint Saens / Samson / Lieb2
Act 1 scene 6 : Samson is struck by the beauty of the Philistine Dalila

Musical Glasses
Sometimes known as a GLASS HARMONICA : glasses, filled with liquid to different depths, emit different notes when struck, giving a sound somewhat like a xylophone

Blind Woodcutter
A wodcutter, struck blind, is directed in a dream to go on pilgrimage. He ends up at Windsor where Edward the Confessor brings back his sight

Hiccory Diccory Dock
Hiccory, diccory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock; The clock struck one, And the mouse came down, Hiccory, diccory, dock

Couple in Car too Fast
A couple in a car, going too fast - a policeman on a motor bike has had to stop them!

Lightning and Ship 3
A sailing warship, under half sail to keep from being driven by a storm onto the rocky coast, is struck by lightning on both its mainmast and foremast

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

Bubonic Plague, Portugal
When Portugal is struck by an epidemic of bubonic plague, the population burn infected homes in hope of destroying the source of the trouble

Spring of Moses, Egypt
Legend tells us that it was here, in the Isthmus of Suez, that Moses, leading the Israelites out of Egypt, struck a rock and provided his companions with water

First Glimpse of the Sea
An elderly couple from the country make a dim-witted observation regarding the amount of water at the seaside. Typical example of sneering middle class humour

Lightning Strikes House
View of a farm house at Rasling End, near Hitchin in Hertforshire which was struck by lightning which has caused damage to the roof & windows

Shakespeare Stage-Struck
Young William sees his first theatrical performance, and is instantly stage-struck

Captured Moonlighters
Captured moonlighters - Irish terrorists who struck by night - are marched to Cork gaol

Cyclone / Tahiti 1906
There are many victims when Tahiti is struck by a violent cyclone

Crimea / Russian Mines
British ships Merlin and Firefly struck by Russian infernal machines (mines)

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