Accident Collection (page 8)

York Minster, 1840. Creator: W Monkhouse
York Minster, As it appeared from St. Peters School, on the night of the Fire (May 20th 1840. View of the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, North Yorkshire)

View of the Storm at Scarborough on the 17th February 1836. Creator: Charles Joseph Hullmandel
View of the Storm at Scarborough on the 17th February 1836. Shipwreck off Scarborough in Yorkshire: when Ten out of a crew of Fourteen were drowned by the upsetting of the Life Boat

Inferno, 1908. Creator: Stuck, Franz, Ritter von (1863-1928)
Inferno, 1908. Found in the Collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Royal George, (1931). Artist: Charles Henry Bourne Quennell
The Royal George, (1931). HMS Royal George, launched in1756, was a 100-gun ship of the line of the Royal Navy. The largest warship in the world at the time

Demon, 1904. Private Collection

The Incident of the Rose, 1896. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) and others at a dining table. Engraving after the aquarelle by F De Myrbach

Crowd watches the arrested man taken to police van, 1937
Crowd watches the arrested man taken to police van, 1936 (1937). The failed assassination attempt by George McMahon following the Trooping the Colour ceremony 1936

King Edward at the head of the Brigade of Guards, turns, unperturbed, to make inquiry after revolver had been thrown in roadway, 1936 (1937)

The King Rode On, 1937
The King Rode On, 1936 (1937). The failed assassination attempt by George McMahon following the Trooping the Colour ceremony 1936. From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles

Railroad Accident in Montparnasse station in Paris, entering the train at high speed and jumping through windows of the station, 22nd October 1895, vintage drawing

Railway accident in Saint-Brieuc. The two locomotives and tender, in July 1895, engraving of the time

Railway accident in Saint-Brieuc, in July 1895, engraving of the time

Derailment of a Russian military train, falling into the river Dornat, the train carried infantry soldiers troops and the accident resulted in 58 dead soldiers, engraved in Le Petit Journal May 30

Overturned electric tram and onlookers, London, 1913
Overturned electric tram and onlookers, Mitcham Lane, London, 1913. London County Council electric tram which has overturned, showing wheel tracks in the road

Road accident, Calabria road, Islington, London, 1925. A London County Council ambulance attending a road accident victim

Miseries of London... 1807. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Miseries of London... 1807. A congested London Street. Two coachmen threaten each other with their whips while two women have fallen over a wheelbarrow

London sportsmen, or the Cockneys journal of the first of September, 1821. Artist
London sportsmen, or the Cockneys journal of the first of September, 1821. Six cits with guns shoot wildly at birds; they are accompanied by dogs who worry a pig

Elements of Skateing. Making the most of a passing friend, in a case of emergency!, 1805

Humpty Dumpty sat on a Wall... 1821. Artist: Richard Dighton
Humpty Dumpty sat on a Wall... 1821. Alderman Wood lies in the mud outside Brandenburgh House. The cartoon refers to the fact that although Wood supported her

A London Nuisance Artist: Richard Dighton
A Pleasant Way to Lose an Eye, 1821. Plate IV of A London Nuisance. A butchers roundsman, not looking where he is going, has poked one of the horns of his tray in the eye of a passer by

A Heavy Fall of Snow, 1821. Artist: Richard Dighton
A Heavy Fall of Snow, 1821. Plate II of A London Nuisance. A man is clearing snow from above the shop front of Careless, skaite maker and the snow lands on the head of a passer- by

An Unlucky Hit, 1821. Artist: Richard
An Unlucky Hit, 1821. Plate VI of A London Nuisance. A porter walks blindly along a street, carrying a cupboard or wardrobe, with the corner of which he has struck a lady in the forehead

One of the Advantages of Gas over Oil, 1821. Artist: Richard Dighton
One of the Advantages of Gas over Oil, 1821. Plate V of A London Nuisance, depicting a gas lamp exploding in the shop of I Killem, chemist, throwing debris over a passing lady and small child

A Sunday ordinary at Highgate, 1784. A waiter serving a crowd of diners at a table, spilling gravy over one of them while his attention is distracted by a woman with her child on his other side;

The Overdrove ox, 1790. A scene on London Bridge; on the right the Greenwich to Blackheath Machine has overturned; frightened citizens are fleeing from a bull

Exterior of Fishmongers Hall, a Regular break down, 1824. A scene in front of Crockfords club in St Jamess Street. Members look from the windows at a gig

A Break, losing the Reins, 1830. Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington and Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel about to fall from a vehicle, hauled by a horse (Alderman Hunter) and an ass (Alderman Key)

The Humorous Diversion of Sliding on the Ice, c1745. Artist: Benjamin Cole
The Humorous Diversion of Sliding on the Ice, c1745. On the right a young man has slipped and hit his head where blood pours from the wound

An accident near Coppice Row, Farringdon Street, City of London, 1862. View showing men attempting to rectify the damage and crowds watching

Passing a Mud Cart, 1821. Artist: Richard Dighton
Passing a Mud Cart, 1821. A dandy on the pavement is splashed in the face and dress by liquid mud (or worse) from a cart. Plate I of A London Nuisance

One of the Advantages of Oil over Gas, 1821. Artist: Richard Dighton
One of the Advantages of Oil over Gas, 1821. A lamplighter is mounted on a ladder, engaged in filling a lamp with oil; momentarily distracted, he pours the oil over a passing citizen

Cockney Sportsmen, London, 1800. Artist: James Gillray
Cockney Sportsmen, London, 1800. View of a young city gent advancing towards the carcass of a horse beset by many crows. His gun which is reversed, goes off peppering the posterior of his fat friend

The Picadilly nuisance, London, 1818; a disorderly mass of pedestrians, including a fruit seller in the foreground, fills the pavement outside the White Horse coaching terminus

Visit to Mr Deputy - at his modern built villas near Clapham, London, c1750
A common Council-man of Candlestick Ward and his wife, on a visit to Mr Deputy - at his modern built villas near Clapham, London

Going it by steam, (1829?). Artist: Robert Seymour
Going it by steam, 1829; showing a steam engine, to which a coach has been attached, exploding, causing passengers to fly into the air or fall heavily

Regents Park, Marylebone, London, 1828; scene with people driving various steam powered vehicles in Regents Park

View of the Cambridge Heath Turnpike, Hackney, London, 1809. Artist: Heinrich Schutz
View of the Cambridge Heath Turnpike, Tower Hamlets, London, 1809. With a view of St Pauls Cathedral on the horizon. In the foreground a man with crutches begs from a passing group

Sinking of the Princess Alice on the River Thames, 1878. Scene showing the paddle steamer sinking, surrounded by drowning figures

Accident in Farringdon Street, London, 1862. Scene of an accident near Coppice Row on Farringdon Street, showing figures attempting to rectify the damage

Fallen rider in a speedway race at Lea Bridge Stadium, Leyton, London, 1928. Artist: Bill Brunell
Unidentified motorcycle. Place: Lea Bridge Speedway. Date: 14.7.28

Talbot-Darracq of Henry Segrave, JCC 200 Mile Race, Brooklands, 1926. Artist: Bill Brunell
Talbot-Darracq. Entry No: 11. Driver: Segrave, H.O.D. Background: Crashed Alvis 1496 cc. Event Entry No: 2. Driver: Maurice Harvey. Brooklands. J.C.C. 200-mile Race. Date: 25.9.26

RSS Hebelers Lagonda passing R Childes crashed Lea-Francis, BARC 6-Hour Race
Left: Lagonda 1954 cc. Reg. No. XV3502. Entry No: 12. Driver: Hebeler, R.S.S. Right: Lea-Francis 1496S cc. No: 30. Official trying to extract a marker barrel from under the car. Brooklands

Lagonda passing R Childes crashed Lea-Francis, BARC 6-Hour Race, Brooklands, Surrey
Lagonda 1954 cc. No: 18. Drivers: Jackson, R.R./ Broomhall, C.A. Right: Lea-Francis 1496S cc. No: 30. Driver: Childes, R. Grounded on a marker barrel. Brooklands. BARC 6-hour race. Date: 29.6.29

Alfa Romeo passing R Childes crashed Lea-Francis, BARC 6-Hour Race, Brooklands
Left: Alfa Romeo 1750 cc. Event Entry No: 22. Right: Lea-Francis 1496S cc. Event Entry No: 30. Driver: Childes, R. Grounded on a marker barrel. Place: Brooklands. BARC 6-hour race. Date: 29.6.29

Hector Dobbs Riley Dobbs offset special passing Raymond Mays crashed ERA, Donington Park, 1935
ERA 1980S cc. Entry No: 8. Driver: Mays, R. Retired. Facing the wrong direction, having spun off off the track. Right: Riley Dobbs offset special. 1458 cc. Entry No: 33. Driver: Dobbs, H.G

Dick Shuttleworths Alfa Romeo passing Raymond Mays crashed ERA, Donington Park, 1935
ERA 1980S cc. No: 8. Driver: Mays, R. Retired. Facing the wrong direction, having spun off off the track. Right: Alfa Romeo 2904S cc. Entry No: 2. Driver: Shuttleworth, R.O

Austin 7 of B Sparrow about to crash, Donington Park Race Meeting, Leicestershire, 1933
Austin 747 cc. Event Entry No: 52. Driver: Sparrow, B. Place: Donington Park Race Meeting. Date: 13.5.33

MG J2 passing the crashed Austin 7 of B Sparrow, Donington Park Race Meeting, Leicestershire, 1933
Left: MG J2 847 cc. Reg. No. AMA84. Entry No: 41. Front wings and lamps removed. Right: Austin 747 cc. Entry No: 52. Driver: Sparrow, B. Crashed. Donington Park. Date: 13.5.33

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