Catastrophe Collection (page 16)

Earthquake damage and a burnt car, King Street, Kingston, Jamaica, 1907. From the Valentines series of postcards

Earthquake damage, King Street and Harbour Street, Kingston, Jamaica, 1907. From the Valentines series of postcards

Highgate Fields during the Great Fire of London, c1902. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume III (c1902)

Sixth Great Conflagration in San Francisco, Californa, 1851 (1937). Artist: J de Vere
Sixth Great Conflagration in San Francisco, Californa, 1851 (1937). From Old California, In Pictures and Story, by Stewart Edward White and published by Doubleday, Doran and Company (New York, 1937)

The great fire in San Francisco, California, 1850 (1937)
The great fire in San Francisco, California, 4 May 1850 (1937). From Old California, In Pictures and Story, by Stewart Edward White and published by Doubleday, Doran and Company (New York, 1937)

Flood damage on the Victoria Embankment, London, 1928 (1936). On 7 January 1928, 14 people were drowned and thousands were made homeless when flood waters poured over the top of the Thames

A Neolithic catastrophe, c1920
A Neolithic catastrophe, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume I, Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

The victims of the R101 airship disaster lying in state in Westminster Hall, London, 1930 (1935). The airship crashed in France on its maiden overseas flight

The final page of Captain Scott`s diary, 1912 (1935). Artist: Robert Falcon Scott
The final page of Captain Scott`s diary, 1912 (1935). From The Royal Jubilee Book 1910-1935 [Associated Newspapers Ltd. London, 1935]

Newspaper boy with news of the Titanic disaster, 14 April 1912. Evening News headlines: Titanic Disaster - Great Loss of Life

Umberto Nobiles hangar, base of the airship Italia, Kongsfjorden, Spitzbergen, Norway, 1929. Umberto Nobile (1885-1978) was an Italian aeronaut and Arctic explorer

Blue Star Lines cruise ship SS Arandora Star, Kongsfjorden, Spitzbegen, Norway, 1929. The Arandora Star entered service with the Blue Star Line in 1927

Blue Star Line cruise ship SS Arandora Star, Norway, c1927-c1939. The Arandora Star entered service with the Blue Star Line in 1927. Norway was one of her regular destinations

The burning of Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1871 (c1880). The Great Fire of Chicago destroyed a third of the city including the whole of the business district

Earthquake damage, Duke Street, Kingston, Jamaica, 1907. From the Valentines series of postcards

Chios, Greece, 1895. As seen after the earthquake of 1881. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XVII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co

A street in Yokohama, Japan, 1900s. Once only a fishing village, Yokahama is today the chief port of Japan. It was almost obliterated in the great earthquake of September, 1923

Battle of Balaclava, 25th October 1854, (c1920). Artist: John Charlton
Battle of Balaclava, 25th October 1854, (c1920). Lord Raglan gave the order for the disastrous British cavalry charge, immortalised in Tennysons poem

Arrival of Dr Brydon at Jalalabad, 13 January 1842, (1900)
Arrival of Dr Brydon at Jalalabad with news of 16, 500 British deaths, First Anglo-Afghan War, 13 January 1842, (1900). Engraving after Remnants of an Army, a painting of 1879

The Ladies Disaster, 1771. Artist: Caldwell
The Ladies Disaster, 1771. A woman loses her wig in a high wind. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

Chaos is Come Again... 1791
Chaos is Come Again: Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, to soften bricks and bend the knotted oak, 1791. A quote from The Mourning Bride by William Congreve

Wreck Of The White Ship, 1120, (c1850). William the Aetheling, only legitimate son of Henry I, died in the shipwreck. Colour plate from Pictures of English History

The Great Fire of London in the year 1666, (19th century). The fire of 1666 was one of the biggest in the history of London

The Raft of the Medusa, 1900. The Medusa was a French frigate wrecked on a sandbank off the coast of Senegal in 1816. The incident became infamous due to the incompetence of the ships captain

St Kilda Road, south side of Princes Bridge - Floods at Melbourne, Australia, 1864. A print from The Illustrated London News, (27 February 1864)

The Noble Protectors of Life and Property, 1820. Artist: R Reeves
The Noble Protectors of Life and Property, 1820. Nineteenth-century fire-fighting

Shipwreck of Prince William, son of Henry I, 1120, (19th century). William the Aetheling, only legitimate son of Henry I, died in the White Ship Disaster

Scene of the explosion at the Cartridge factory, Greenwich Marshes, 1872
Scene of the explosion at the cartridge factory, Greenwich Marshes, 1872. An engraving from the Illustrated London News, (27 January 1872)

Fishermen carrying a Drowned Man, c1861, (1912). Artist: Jozef Israels
Fishermen carrying a Drowned Man, c1861, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an Introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

Report by Sir Christopher Wren, 28th July 1675. Artist: Sir Christopher Wren
Report by Sir Christopher Wren, 28th July 1675. Report made to the City Lands Committee, on alternative designs for the monument to be erected in commemoration of the Fire of London in 1666

Great Fire Of London, 1666, (c1850). Colour plate taken from the book Pictures of English History, George Routledge And Sons, London, New York, c1850

Charge of the English Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854, 19th century. Lord Raglan gave the order for the disastrous British cavalry charge, immortalised in Tennysons poem

Communist collectivization of agriculture, USSR, early 1930s. The collectivization of agriculture was a policy of taking the ownership of farms

Fire in Moscow, Russia, 1872. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

The Village Firemen, 1857. Artist: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
The Village Firemen, 1857. Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre Cecil (1824-1898). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The last Day of Pompeii, 1833. Artist: Karl Briullov
The last Day of Pompeii, 1833. Briullov, Karl Pavlovich (1799-1852). Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

The Borodinsky bridge during the flood of April 1908, Moscow, Russia. The Moskva River reached record levels during the flood of 1908, causing extensive flooding of Moscow

Death of Pilatre de Rozier and Romain, 1785 (1890s). In November 1783, French scientist and aeronaut Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1754-1785) and Francois Laurent d Arlandes (1742-1809)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1692-1696. Artist: Vasili Koren
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1692-1696. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Flash flood at Ain Sefra, Algeria, 1904. The Swiss-born explorer and writer Isabelle Eberhardt was one of the victims of the disaster. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 6th November 1904

The passenger liner Liban sinking after colliding with another ship, 1903. On the 7th June 1903 the Liban was rammed and sunk off Marseilles by the Fraissinet steamer Insulaire with the loss of about

Survivors from the eruption of Mount Pelee on Martinique, Saint-Nazaire, France, 1902. Artist: Yrondy
Survivors from the eruption of Mount Pelee on Martinique, Saint-Nazaire, France, 1902. Mount Pelee is infamous for its eruption in 1902, the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century

France assists Martinique, 1902. Allegory relating to the catastrophic eruption of Mount Pelee on Martinique in 1902, the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century

The death of the aviator Auguste Severo over Paris, 1902. Severo and his mechanic were both killed soon after the hydrogen in Severos recently built airship Pax exploded 2000 feet above the city

Map showing the eruption of Mount Pelee, Martinique, 1902. The catastrophic eruption of Mount Pelee on Martinique in 1902 was the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century

Terrible explosion at Satory, France, 1902. Satory, south of Versailles, is the site of a military camp. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 10th August 1902

Explosion on board the British warship HMS Royal Sovereign, 1901. On 9th November 1901, off the Greek coast, one of the 6-inch guns on board the battleship exploded whilst being fired

Carried by an Avalanche, 1901. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 23rd June 1901

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