Catastrophe Collection (page 9)

Burning of a Port, ca. 1760-80. Creator: Anne Philiberte Coulet
Burning of a Port, ca. 1760-80

People Fleeing a Burning City, 16th century. 16th century. Creator: Anon
People Fleeing a Burning City, 16th century

FSA migratory labor camp, Brawley, Imperial Valley, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Brawley, Imperial Valley. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp. Family father, mother and eleven children originally from Mangrum, Oklahoma

Railroad yard, looking down from highway bridge, Centralia, Lewis County, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Washington, Lewis County, Centralia. Railroad yard, looking down from highway bridge. Disaster to the town: the one remaining lumber mill burned down a week before. (Note smoke and wreckage)

Home of Free family who had lived in Beaver County... Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939
Home of Free family who had lived in Beaver County, Oklahoma, for thirty years. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Home of Free family who had lived in Beaver... Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939 Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of Free family who had lived in Beaver County, Oklahoma, for thirty years. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Mr. Wardlow, drought area farmer, adjusting to... farm, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939
Mr. Wardlow, drought area farmer, adjusting to a Western farm. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Flood refugees in canning factory used by the Red Cross as a relief... Mayfield, Kentucky, 1937. Creator: Walker Evans
Flood refugees in canning factory used by the Red Cross as a relief station. Mayfield, Kentucky

New outskirts of town, showing Negro houses and soil erosion, Tupelo, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
New outskirts of town, showing Negro houses and soil erosion. Tupelo, Mississippi

Erosion near Jackson, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Erosion near Jackson, Mississippi

Erosion near Oxford, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Erosion near Oxford, Mississippi

Cyclone at Calcutta, c1891. Creator: James Grant
Cyclone at Calcutta, c1891. From " Cassells Illustrated History of India Vol. II.", by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York]

The fire at the De Beers mine, Kimberley, South Africa, July 11. 1888. Creator: Unknown
The fire at the De Beers mine, Kimberley, South Africa, July 11. 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday August 11th. 1888, 1888. Creator: Unknown
The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday August 11th. 1888, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume38. July to December, 1888

The Naval Battle and Capture of Haiyang Island (Kaiyoto senryo kaisen no zu), 1894. The Chinese ships are black, the Japanese white

Fierce Naval Battle Off Takushan (Daikosan oki kaigun no gekisen), Japan, 1894

After the Chicago Catastrophe, from Puck, 1880. Creator: Joseph Keppler
After the Chicago Catastrophe, from Puck, 1880

Nydia, The Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii, modeled 1855-56, carved 1858. Character from " The Last Days of Pompeii" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Flight from Pompeii, 1873. Creator: Giovanni Maria Benzoni
Flight from Pompeii, 1873

The Rescue (Picture), England, 1875 / 1900. Creator: Thomas Stevens
The Rescue (Picture), England, 1875/1900

Body Cast from Pompeii, 1880. Creator: Giorgio Sommer
Body Cast from Pompeii, 1880. [Plaster cast of human remains from the eruption of Vesuvius, southern Italy, in 79 AD]. Albumen print

San Francisco Earthquake, April 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe
San Francisco Earthquake, April 1906. [People watching smoke from the fire in the city of San Francisco, California, USA. More than 3, 000 people died, and over 80% of the city was destroyed]

Rescue basket used during Hurricane Katrina, ca. 2005. Creator: Unknown
In August 2005, Atlantic Hurricane Katrina caused over 1, 800 deaths and $125 billion in damage, particularly in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas

Burning House, 1918. Creator: Maria Uhden
Burning House, 1918

African Hospitality, 1791. Creator: John Raphael Smith
African Hospitality, 1791

Fire Seen From East Lyme, Connecticut, 1900. Creator: Louis Michel Eilshemius
Fire Seen From East Lyme, Connecticut, 1900

Sketch of a Shipwreck, 1809. Creator: William Blake
Sketch of a Shipwreck, 1809

Prairie Meadows Burning, 1832. Creator: George Catlin
Prairie Meadows Burning, 1832

Fire in London, Seen from Hampstead, Oct. 16, 1834, as seen from Hampstead, ca. 1826
Fire in London, Seen from Hampstead; The Burning of the Houses of Parliament; Fire at the House of Parliament, Oct. 16, 1834, as seen from Hampstead; Fire in London, from Hampstead, ca. 1826

The Burning of the Houses of Parliament; Fire at the House of Commons, ca. 1834. Formerly attributed to Joseph Mallord William Turner and Peter DeWint

St. Pauls Burning, (Lex ignea), 1671 or after. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
St. Pauls Burning, (Lex ignea), 1671 or after

Title page: The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety, 1667. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Title page: The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety, 1667

The Fifth Plague of Egypt (Liber Studiorum, part III, plate 16), June 10, 1808

Aedificare Super Arenam, from Allegories of the Christian Faith, from Christian and Profane Allegories, 1575-1617

A Visit to Rome in 1764, 1764. Creator: Franz Edmund Weirotter
A Visit to Rome in 1764, 1764

Burning of the Glasgow Theatre, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Burning of the Glasgow Theatre, 1845. Destruction of the City Theatre in Glasgow. After raging for fully an hour and a half, and a quantity of water having been thrown in by the engines

Burning of the Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Burning of the Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1845. The destruction of a museum and art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ...an event that is ascribed to the act of an incendiary

Ruins of the Lower-House Mill, near Oldham, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Lower-House Mill, near Oldham, 1844. Scene of an industrial accident at Oldham in Yorkshire, a centre of textile manufacture:the falling of a newly erected mill, the property of Messrs

St. Rocks, Quebec, after the late fire - sketched by a correspondent, 1845. Devastation in Canada: The scene of desolation

Haswell Colliery explosion - burial of the dead, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Haswell Colliery explosion - burial of the dead, 1844. On 28 September 1844, 95 men and boys were killed in an explosion at Haswell Colliery in County Durham

Haswell Colliery - the scene of the late awful explosion, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Haswell Colliery - the scene of the late awful explosion, 1844. On 28 September 1844, 95 men and boys were killed in an explosion at Haswell Colliery in County Durham

Vue d un embrasement, 18th century. Creator: Quentin Pierre Chedel
Vue d un embrasement, 18th century

The deluge, figures being pulled from the water, ca. 1640-42. Creator: Pietro Testa
The deluge, figures being pulled from the water, ca. 1640-42

Skeletons, dated 1518. Creator: Agostino Veneziano
Skeletons, dated 1518

The Bursting of St. Anthonys Dike, 5 March 1651. Vertoninge... Amsterdam, 17th century
The Bursting of St. Anthonys Dike, 5 March 1651. Vertoninge...Amsterdam, 17th century

The Deluge, 1544. Creator: Dirck Vellert
The Deluge, 1544

The Great Fire near London Bridge, view of the fire from the river, 1843. A fire on Tooley Street destroyed St Olaves Church. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

Monument to Grace Darling, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Monument to Grace Darling, 1844. In 1838 Grace Darling and her father, a local lighthouse keeper, heroically rescued victims of a the wreck of the SS Forfarshire off the Farne Islands

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