Catastrophe Collection

Shipwreck of the Meduse, 1820. Creators: Theodore Gericault, Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet
Shipwreck of the Meduse, 1820. [The Raft of the Medusa]

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

Fire in Antwerp, mid-17th century. Creator: Daniel van Heil
Fire in Antwerp, mid-17th century

It is too Late to Fill in the Well After the Calf has Drowned, c1590s

Scene of the fire at Kentish-Town Station, 1872. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the fire at Kentish-Town Station, [London], 1872

The fire at Canterbury Cathedral, 1872. Creator: Unknown
The fire at Canterbury Cathedral, 1872. Fire...caused by the upsetting of a pot of burning charcoal used by the plumbers employed to solder the leaden covering of the roof

"Sealers Crushed by Icebergs", from the picture by W. Bradford, 1872

Scene of the railway accident at Kirtlebridge, Dumfries, 1872. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the railway accident at Kirtlebridge, Dumfries, [Scotland], 1872

The Fire at the City Flour-Mills in Upper Thames-Street, 1872. Creator: Unknown
The Fire at the City Flour-Mills in Upper Thames-Street, [London, seen from the River Thames], 1872. This building [belonging to Messrs J

The Pelsall Hall Colliery, near Walsall, the scene of the flooding, 1872. Creator: Unknown
The Pelsall Hall Colliery, near Walsall, the scene of the flooding, 1872

The Great Fire at Boston: Washington-Street, opposite Bromfield-Street, 1872. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. J. W. Black

The Great Fire at Boston: Milk-Street, looking from Washington-Street, 1872. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. J. W. Black

The Great Fire at Boston: Washington-Street, looking towards the Old South Church, 1872. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. J. W. Black

The Great Fire at Boston: view of the ruins, from Pearl-Street, 1872. Creator: Unknown
The Great Fire at Boston: view of the ruins, from Pearl-Street, 1872

The late storms in the Baltic: scene on the coast of Falster, 1872. Creator: H. Crane
The late storms in the Baltic: scene on the coast of Falster, 1872. Engraving from a sketch by Holger Drachmann

The late storms in the Baltic: scene on the coast of Zealand, off Kjöge, 1872. Engraving from a sketch by Holger Drachmann

David Praying That the Israelites Be Spared from a Plague; Book of Hours, after 1460

Scene of the landslip at the Savoy Mouth of the Mont Cenis Tunnel, 1872. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the landslip at the Savoy Mouth of the Mont Cenis Tunnel, 1872

Scene of the explosion at Tradeston Flour-Mills, Glasgow, 1872. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the explosion at Tradeston Flour-Mills, Glasgow, 1872. The buildings...were occupied by Messrs. Matthew Muir and Sons

Job Derided by his Wife and Three Friends; Book of Hours, 1544. Creator: Unknown
Job Derided by his Wife and Three Friends; Book of Hours, 1544

Scenes from the Life of Noah; Wenceslaus Psalter, about 1250-1260. Creator: Unknown
Scenes from the Life of Noah; Wenceslaus Psalter, about 1250-1260. Additional Info:The well-known story of Noah and his ark dominates the series of scenes shown on this page

Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, 19th century. Creator: Heliodore Joseph Pisan
Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, 19th century. Biblical scene, Book of Genesis

The Fighting in Paris: explosion in the Avenue Rapp, Champs Elysées, 1871

The ruin around Paris: the town of St. Cloud destroyed by fire, 1871. Creator: RCH
The ruin around Paris: the town of St. Cloud destroyed by fire, 1871. Franco-Prussian War. View of...the ruins of the little town of St. Cloud, burnt after the French sortie of Jan

The floods at Rome: the Piazza del Popolo, 1871. Creator: RCH
The floods at Rome: the Piazza del Popolo, 1871. Engraving of a photograph...looking over the Piazza del Popolo to the opposite side of the Tiber, where the majestic dome of St

Explosion of a cartridge factory at Dunkirk, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Explosion of a cartridge factory at Dunkirk, [France], 1871

Great fire at Port Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Great fire at Port Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand, 1871. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. S. Bashford, of Christchurch

Burning steamboat, c1850s. Creator: Markus Larsson
Burning steamboat, c1850s

The Burning of Chicago, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Burning of Chicago, 1871

The Chicago Fire: the Randolph-Street Bridge, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Chicago Fire: the Randolph-Street Bridge, 1871

The great forest fires in America: view near Fox River, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The great forest fires in America: view near Fox River, 1871. The fire was spread by a tornado

Chicago after the Fire: recovering valuables from the bank vaults, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Chicago after the Fire: recovering valuables from the bank vaults, 1871

Chicago after the Fire: burnt-out people in the chapel of Grace Church, 1871

The Chicago Fire: Ladies of Chicago supplying the refugees with clothing, 1871

The Ruins of Chicago: the Custom-House, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Ruins of Chicago: the Custom-House, 1871. Engraving from photographs taken by Messrs

The Ruins of Chicago: the Court-House, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Ruins of Chicago: the Court-House, 1871. Engraving from photographs taken by Messrs

The Ruins of Chicago: Rock Island Depot, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Ruins of Chicago: Rock Island Depot, 1871. Engraving from photographs taken by Messrs

The Ruins of Chicago: the Tremont House, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Ruins of Chicago: the Tremont House, 1871. Engraving from photographs taken by Messrs

The Ruins of Chicago: the First National Bank, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of Chicago: the First National Bank, 1871. Engraving from photographs taken by Messrs

The Famine in Persia: starving people at Shiraz, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Famine in Persia: starving people at Shiraz, 1871. At Ispahan...dead bodies lie unburied in the houses and on the roads for want of strength to inter them

Scene of the gun-cotton explosion at Stowmarket, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the gun-cotton explosion at Stowmarket, 1871....twenty-four persons were killed and seventy-two others injured...The scene of the accident is one of perfect ruin

The Great Fire at Chicago: views in the city, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Great Fire at Chicago: views in the city, 1871. Before the fire

The Great Fire at Chicago: bird's-eye view of the city, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Great Fire at Chicago: bird's-eye view of the city, 1871. The city...contained, till the fire, a population of 300, 000 souls

The Great Fire at Chicago: plan showing the extent of the fire, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Great Fire at Chicago: plan showing the extent of the fire, 1871

The Great Fire at Chicago: the Waterworks, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Great Fire at Chicago: the Waterworks, 1871. Before the fire. The city waterworks, supplying about twenty million gallons daily for 25, 000 houses, were ingeniously contrived and constructed

The Great Fire at Chicago: view of the city from Lake Michigan, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Great Fire at Chicago: view of the city from Lake Michigan, 1871

The Burning of Warwick Castle, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Burning of Warwick Castle, 1871

The Fire at Warwick Castle, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Fire at Warwick Castle, 1871....one of the finest baronial mansions in the kingdom

Wreck of the mail steam-ship Rangoon at Galle - Kadir Rocks at the entrance to Galle Harbour, 1871

Wreck of the mail steam-ship Rangoon at Galle - the Rangoon sinking after the removal of the passengers and crew, 1871

Scene of the calamity at the Bristol Theatre, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the calamity at the Bristol Theatre, 1870

View of Santa Maura, destroyed by an earthquake, 1870. Creator: Unknown
View of Santa Maura, Leucadia, destroyed by an earthquake, 1870

A disaster of which heroes were born: the Dock Disaster at Newport, 1909. 1. Seeking To Save Those Buried Beneath The Wreckage: A Rescue Party At Work After The Dock Disaster. 2

The Dock Disaster at Newport: the fatal trench before and after... 1909. Creator: Collins
The Trench Of Death: The Dock Disaster at Newport: the fatal trench before and after... 1909. 1

Effects of the gunpowder explosion at Bryn-Mawr, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Effects of the gunpowder explosion at Bryn-Mawr, 1870. The explosion of gunpowder in the warehouse of Messrs

Ruins of Broadclist, a village near Exeter, after the fire, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of Broadclist, a village near Exeter, after the fire, 1870

Ruins of the Star and Garter Hotel at Richmond, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Star and Garter Hotel at Richmond, 1870. Fire in south-west London

Ruins of Day and Martin's Blacking Factory, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of Day and Martin's Blacking Factory, 1870. The fire which broke out, at ten o'clock in the evening of Wednesday week, in the newly-built factory of Messrs

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Liverpool, 1870. Creator: Unknown
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Liverpool, 1870

Scene of the fatal crush at Liverpool, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the fatal crush at Liverpool, 1870. Inside the Roman Catholic Church of St

Fighting the flames with primitive apparatus: a fire in Peking, 1909. Creator: Unknown
Fighting the flames with primitive apparatus: a fire in Peking, 1909

Flooded Cleveland, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Flooded Cleveland, between c1910 and c1915

Fire, 6th Ave. & 18th, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Fire, 6th Ave. & 18th, 1916

Dr. James F Grant, ship's surgeon, fixing up Gordan G Davidson, survivor of EMPRESS OF IRELAND, with aid of nurses in Hotel Frontenac at Quebec, 1914

Aqueduct fire, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Aqueduct fire, 1913. Probably shows the Catskill Aqueduct fire, New York City, August 1913

Auto in subway on 7th Ave. 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Auto in subway on 7th Ave. 1915. Cave-in

Zeppelin L II, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Zeppelin L II, 1913

Wreck of Bar Harbor express, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Wreck of Bar Harbor express, 1913

The Great Fire at Boston: ruins of the building where the fire originated, 1872

The Great Fire at Boston: Pearl-Street, 1872. Creator: Unknown
The Great Fire at Boston: Pearl-Street, 1872

The Great Fire at Boston: Summer-Street, looking towards the harbour, 1872

The Great Fire at Boston: opening of safes after the fire, 1872. Creator: Unknown
The Great Fire at Boston: opening of safes after the fire, 1872

The Great Fire at Boston: excitement in State-Street - removal of papers and valuables, 1872

Louisiana Flood 1912, Cotton Compress at Vicksburg as a refuge, 1912

Taking bodies from LADY GREY, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Taking bodies from LADY GREY, 1914. Shows sailors taking coffins from the Lady Grey at Quebec City, Canada

Steerage survivors, EMPRESS OF IRE. Miss Anna Hammen, Miss Hilma Kalis, Miss Hilma Goosettill, between c1910 and c1915

Sailors taking children in coffins from LADY GREY at Quebec, 1914. Shows sailors taking coffins from the Lady Grey at Quebec City, Canada

Robt. W. Crellin who rescued little girl, Florence L. Barbour, 1914. Shows Robert W. Crellin of Silverstone, British Columbia with Florence L

Rimouski - handling coffins of victims, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Rimouski - handling coffins of victims, 1914. Shows bodies being brought to Rimouski, Quebec, Canada from the RMS Empress of Ireland which sank on the Saint Lawrence River, May 29, 1914

Engine which wrecked Bar Harbor Express, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Engine which wrecked Bar Harbor Express, 1913

Burying Binghamton dead, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Burying Binghamton dead, 1913. Shows funeral for victims of the Binghamton Clothing Company factory fire, July 1913, Binghamton, New York

New Haven R.R. wreck, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
New Haven R.R. wreck, 1913

Aqueduct fire rescued, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Aqueduct fire rescued, 1913. Probably shows the Catskill Aqueduct fire, New York City, 1913

Rescue work- Dayton, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Rescue work- Dayton, 1913. Shows the Great Dayton Flood of March 1913

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