Accident Collection

Hole torn in the hull of RMS Olympic after the collision with HMS Hawke in the Solent, 1911
Hole torn in the hull of RMS Olympic after the collision with HMS Hawke in the Solent, 20th September 1911. The collision took place as Olympic

The Last Judgment (Winged Altar), Early 15th cen Artist: Angelico, Fra Giovanni, da Fiesole (ca. 1400-1455)
The Last Judgment (Winged Altar), Early 15th cen.. Found in the collection of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Two trains on fire on the Brooklyn Bridge, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 27th December 1903

The Hell. Artist: Napoletano, Filippo (1598-1629)
The Hell. Private Collection

The Death of Hyacinthus, 1752. Creators: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Ovid
The Death of Hyacinthus, 1752.

Wreck of "20th C.", between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Wreck of "20th C.", between c1910 and c1915.

BRIDGEPORT wreck, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
BRIDGEPORT wreck, between c1910 and c1915.

Wrecked city auto in Central Park, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Wrecked city auto in Central Park, between c1910 and c1915.

Remains of wrecked "20th C." [train], 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Remains of wrecked "20th C." [train], 1912. Shows passengers and crew outside of one of the rail cars of the Twentieth Century Limited at Hyde Park

Circus, 1913. Creator: August Macke
Circus, 1913. Three acrobats attend to a female rider who has had an accident. Her inert body is carried from the ring, while the horse that has caused the tragedy is led away

Auto polo, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Auto polo, between c1910 and c1915.

B & O Wreck - Washington, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
B & O Wreck - Washington, between c1910 and c1915.

Intermezzi, Opus Iv, Bl. 11: Gefallener Reiter (Fallen Rider), 1881. Creator: Max Klinger
Intermezzi, Opus Iv, Bl. 11: Gefallener Reiter (Fallen Rider), 1881. A fallen rider is trapped by his horse, and faces a lonely death, a victim of bad luck.

McFarlan 6 wrecked - Indianapolis, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
McFarlan 6 wrecked - Indianapolis, between c1910 and c1915.

Bob Burman's car after accident - Indianapolis, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Bob Burman's car after accident - Indianapolis, between c1910 and c1915.

N.Y.C. auto wrecked in Central Park, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
N.Y.C. auto wrecked in Central Park, between c1910 and c1915.

N.Y.C. auto wrecked in Central Park, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
N.Y.C. auto wrecked in Central Park, between c1910 and c1915.

Engine which wrecked train on New Haven, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Engine which wrecked train on New Haven, 1913. Shows wrecked engine after a railroad accident in which the White Mountain Express crashed through two cars of the Bar Harbor Express

Funeral, on Sunday last, of Sergeant Dransfield...Tower Hamlets Engineer Volunteers, 1865. Creator: C. R
Funeral, on Sunday last, of Sergeant Dransfield, R.E., instructor to the 1st Tower Hamlets Engineer Volunteers, 1865. '...a few days ago, in Victoria Park [in East London],...Sergeant Dransfield

The fatal explosion at a percussion-cap manufactory in Graham-Street, Birmingham:...the ruins, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The fatal explosion at a percussion-cap manufactory in Graham-Street, Birmingham: view of the ruins, 1862. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. W. Hart

The breaking of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable on board the Great Eastern, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The breaking of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable on board the Great Eastern, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Robert Dudley. '...the galvanometer detected a flaw of electricity which indicated a serious

The screw steam-ship Royal Standard in collision with an iceberg...home voyage from Melbourne, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The screw steam-ship Royal Standard in collision with an iceberg on the home voyage from Melbourne, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Captain G. H

Ruins of Colonel Colt's patent firearms factory at Hartford, Connecticut,...destroyed by fire, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of Colonel Colt's patent firearms factory at Hartford, Connecticut, [USA], recently destroyed by fire, 1864. 'The extensive factory at Hartford, Connecticut

The midships saloon of the City of New York, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The midships saloon of the City of New York, 1864. 'The steam-ship City of New York, one of the ships belonging to the Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company

The City of New York steam-ship on Daunt's Rock, at the entrance of Queenstown Harbour, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The City of New York steam-ship on Daunt's Rock, at the entrance of Queenstown Harbour, [Ireland], 1864. 'The steam-ship City of New York, one of the ships belonging to the Liverpool, New York

The Bradfield Reservoir, near Sheffield: the gap in the Dale Dyke embankment..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Bradfield Reservoir, near Sheffield: the gap in the Dale Dyke embankment - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. Scene of '...a terrible disaster...involving the sudden destruction of

The wreck of The Bohemian, Montreal Ocean Company's steam-packet, off the coast of Maine, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The wreck of The Bohemian, Montreal Ocean Company's steam-packet, off the coast of Maine, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr

Illustrations of the Flood at Sheffield:...conveying the dead..., Malin Bridge, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Illustrations of the Flood at Sheffield, by our special artist: conveying the dead to the receiving-house, Malin Bridge, 1864

Illustrations of the Flood at Sheffield: burial of the unclaimed dead, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Illustrations of the Flood at Sheffield: burial of the unclaimed dead, 1864. '...about thirty of the unclaimed and unrecognised corpses...were carried away from the Sheffield workhouse...and laid in

Sheffield, from the Langsett Road, showing the suburbs that were flooded..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sheffield, from the Langsett Road, showing the suburbs that were flooded - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. 'View of Sheffield, taken from the Langsett Road

Illustrations of the Flood at Sheffield: scene in a garden at Hillsborough, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Illustrations of the Flood at Sheffield: scene in a garden at Hillsborough, 1864. Engraving from a sketch showing '...effects of the water upon substantial buildings...and the heaps of timber drifted

Illustrations of the Flood at Sheffield: searching for the dead at Malin Bridge, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Illustrations of the Flood at Sheffield: searching for the dead at Malin Bridge, 1864. Engraving from a sketch showing '

The Flood at Sheffield: remains of Ball-Street Bridge, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Flood at Sheffield: remains of Ball-Street Bridge - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. View of '...the ruins of the iron foot-bridge in Ball-street...The inquest...has resulted in a

The Flood at Sheffield: remains of a wire-mill near Malin Bridge, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Flood at Sheffield: remains of a wire-mill near Malin Bridge, 1864. 'The inquest...has resulted in a verdict declaring, of course

Scene of the explosion of gunpowder magazines near Erith, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the explosion of gunpowder magazines near Erith, 1864....a general view, taken from the embankment looking down the river

The explosion of a gunpowder magazine near Erith: ruins of Silver's house, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The explosion of a gunpowder magazine near Erith: ruins of Rayner's house, 1864. Engraving from...a photograph taken with the newly-invented panoramic camera by the "London Pantascopic

The explosion of a gunpowder magazine near Erith: ruins of Rayner's house, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The explosion of a gunpowder magazine near Erith: ruins of Rayner's house, 1864. Illustration of...what is left of the house of George Rayner, storekeeper to the magazine of Messrs

The explosion of gunpowder magazines at Erith:…the powder-magazines after the explosion, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The explosion of gunpowder magazines at Erith: the site of the powder-magazines after the explosion, 1864. Shortly after the explosion showers of letters, invoices, and other papers

The Great Fire in the City: ruins of Haberdashers Hall, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Great Fire in the City: ruins of Haberdashers Hall, [City of London], 1864. In a conflagration of a calamitous extent...one of the oldest of our civic halls - that of the Haberdashers Company

Ruins of the village of Billinghay, Lincolnshire, after the late fire, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the village of Billinghay, Lincolnshire, after the late fire, 1864. We give a View of the ruins of a part of the village of Billinghay, which was destroyed by fire on Friday

The terrible calamity in Santiago, Chili: ruins of La Compania [Compañía] Church, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The terrible calamity in Santiago, Chili: ruins of La Compania [Compania] Church, 1864. Engraving of a photograph by Thomas Columbus Flelsby

The late outrage on the Neutrality of Brazil: The Florida…and the Wachusetts…Bahia Harbour, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The late outrage on the Neutrality of Brazil: The Florida (Confederate) and the Wachusetts (Federal) in Bahia Harbour, 1864. Wachusetts; the Brazilian warship; Forida

The late gunpowder explosion: site of the powder-magazines at Belvedere, in the Erith Marshes, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The late gunpowder explosion: site of the powder-magazines at Belvedere, in the Erith Marshes, 1864. Plan showing the magazines...which blew up on...1st October

Burning of the American river steamer Isaac Newton on her way from New York to Albany, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Burning of the American river steamer Isaac Newton on her way from New York to Albany, 1864. Engraving from a sketch y Mr. Edward L. Henry

Scene of the disaster at Beloeil Bridge...Canada, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the disaster at Beloeil Bridge, near Montreal, on the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, 1864. Engraving from a sketch....at the foot of Beloeil Mountain...the River Richelieu is spanned by an

The late accident on the Great Eastern Railway, near Bradfield, Essex, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The late accident on the Great Eastern Railway, near Bradfield, Essex, 1864. Engraving from a passenger's sketch of a serious accident involving...the overthrow of the up-train which started

Explosion on board the barque Lottie Sleigh, laden with gunpowder, in the Mersey... 1864. Creator: Unknown
Explosion on board the barque Lottie Sleigh, laden with gunpowder, in the Mersey, as seen from the Cheshire side, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr

Scene of the late accident on the North London Railway, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the late accident at the Camden-road station of the North London Railway, 1864. Our Illustration...shows the place where the engine and tender

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