Incident Collection (page 2)

The Death of Phaeton, published 1606. Creators: Antonio Tempesta, Wilhelm Janson
The Death of Phaeton, published 1606. From The Metamorphoses of Ovid, pl. 12

The Ruins (of the Great Fire at Brooks's Wharf), from Thames-Street, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Ruins (of the Great Fire at Brooks's Wharf), from Thames-Street, [London], 1876. Aftermath of a fire at...a large bonded warehouse...having an extensive river frontage

The Great Fire at Brooks's Wharf, Queenhithe, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Great Fire at Brooks's Wharf, Queenhithe, [London], 1876. The...fire took place [in] a large bonded warehouse...having an extensive river frontage, in the occupation of Messrs

View of a park in Schiedam, 1742-1801. Creator: Anon
View of a park in Schiedam, 1742-1801. In the foreground an accident, overturned donkey cart with apples. In the background on the left the town hall

Tour company sedan chair overturns near river Platini, 1778. Creator: Louis Ducros
Tour company sedan chair overturns near river Platini, 1778. Drawing from the album Voyage to Italy, Sicily and Malta

The Late Explosion at Mayence - Site of the Powder Magazine, 1857. Creator: Richard Principal Leitch
The Late Explosion at Mayence - Site of the Powder Magazine, 1857. This old town, the nearest fortress on the frontier towards France, and the strongest hold of the German Bund

The Late Explosion at Mayence - the Old Kastrick Street, 1857. Creator: Richard Principal Leitch
The Late Explosion at Mayence - the Old Kastrick Street, 1857. This old town, the nearest fortress on the frontier towards France, and the strongest hold of the German Bund

The Late Explosion at Mayence - St. Stephen's Church from the Site of the Powder Magazine, 1857. This old town, the nearest fortress on the frontier towards France

View on a coast with ships and boats on the cliffs in Norway, 1700-1799. Creators: Anon, Pierre Maleuvre
View on a coast with ships and boats on the cliffs in Norway, 1700-1799

Scene of the Recent Accident on the Great Western Railway, near Hamilton, Canada West, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the Recent Accident on the Great Western Railway, near Hamilton, Canada West, 1857. Aftermath of...the most terrible railroad accident that has ever occurred in that colony...Just before

The Lund Hill Colliery Explosion: Mouth of the Downcast Shaft, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Lund Hill Colliery Explosion: Mouth of the Downcast Shaft, 1857. Preparations to recover bodies after mining disaster in Barnsley

The Explosion at Lund Hill Colliery, Barnsley, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Explosion at Lund Hill Colliery, Barnsley, 1857. Disaster at a coalmine on the South Yorkshire Railway, belonging to Taylor and Co....a fearful explosion occurred

Lundhill Colliery, Barnsley, the Scene of the Recent Explosion, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Lundhill Colliery, Barnsley, the Scene of the Recent Explosion, 1857. Sightseers after a mining disaster. Every train to-day has brought a large number of "excursionists

The Prince of Orange changing his Wounded Horse during the Engagement at Boutersem, 1837-1839. Other Title(s): The Prince of Orange, later King Willem II

Accident at M.C.R.R. depot, Nov. 12th, 1906, Detroit, Mich. 1906 Nov 12. Creator: Unknown
Accident at M.C.R.R. depot, Nov. 12th, 1906, Detroit, Mich. 1906 Nov 12

Columbia, Newport, Aug 2, 1899. Creator: Johns Johnston
Columbia, Newport, Aug 2, 1899. Columbia with a broken mast. She was an American racing yacht designed and built in 1898-99 by Nathanael Herreshoff

The Running Down of Lord Alfred Paget's Yacht "Alma" off Dover, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Running Down of Lord Alfred Paget's Yacht "Alma" off Dover, 1856. Collision at sea. Lord Alfred Paget describes the loss of his yacht

Scene of the Late Accident at the City Canal Dock-Gates, Blackwall Point, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the Late Accident at the City Canal Dock-Gates, Blackwall Point, [London], 1856....the outer gates...have been under repair, and could not be used

The Royal Mail Clipper "Schomberg", 1856. Creator: Unknown. The Royal Mail Clipper "Schomberg"
The Royal Mail Clipper "Schomberg", 1856. The Melbourne papers received by last Australian mail contain full particulars of the wreck of this splendid ship

The Fire at the Vauxhall Railway Station, seen from Millbank, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Fire at the Vauxhall Railway Station, seen from Millbank, 1856. The moment the plugs of the Lambeth, Vauxhall, and Southwark Companies mains were drawn

The Burning of the Vauxhall Railway Station, seen from Battersea-Bridge, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Burning of the Vauxhall Railway Station, seen from Battersea-Bridge, 1856....a sudden alarm of fire arose, and the same instant it was discovered that a small ante-room adjoining

Wreck of the Chilian Steamer "Cazador", 1856. Creator: Smyth. Wreck of the Chilian Steamer
Wreck of the Chilian Steamer "Cazador", 1856. Disaster off the coast of Chile. The vessel left Talcahuano with a smooth sea

Scene of the Recent Accident at Cork, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the Recent Accident at Cork, 1856. Disaster in Ireland, ...at Penrose's-lane...about forty people...had assembled...at the wake of an infant child...the flooring gave way...[the guests]

The Running Down of the Brigantine "Virtue" by the "Resolute" Transport, in Kingstown Harbour, 1856. It appears that the transport screw-steam-ship Resolute...arrived in Kingstown

The Burning of Covent-Garden Theatre - Flight of the Masqueraders, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Burning of Covent-Garden Theatre - Flight of the Masqueraders, 1856. Illustration to a poem suggested by a theatre fire

Columbia, 1899 Aug 2, c1899. Creator: Johns Johnston
Columbia, 1899 Aug 2, c1899. Columbia with a broken mast. She was an American racing yacht designed and built in 1898-99 by Nathanael Herreshoff and the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company for owners J

Columbia, 1899 Aug 2, c1899. Creator: Johns Johnston
Columbia, 1899 Aug 2, c1899. Columbia with a broken mast. She was an American racing yacht designed and built in 1898-99 by Nathanael Herreshoff and the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company for owners J

Ruins of Covent-Garden Theatre - Visit of Her Majesty and the Princess Royal, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of Covent-Garden Theatre, [London] - Visit of Her Majesty and the Princess Royal, 1856. Queen Victoria was...conducted to a position which commanded an advantageous view of the ruins

Burning of Covent-Garden Theatre, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Burning of Covent-Garden Theatre, [London], 1856. Inquiry into the cause of the fire: John Drake Palmer, gasman, said he had the entire management of the gas-fittings of the theatre

Remains of the Pavilion Theatre, after the Fire, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Remains of the Pavilion Theatre, after the Fire, 1856. Theatre in east London....the firemen went to work in an admirable manner;

Exterior of the [Royal] Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Exterior of the [Royal] Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel, 1856. Theatre in east London destroyed by fire. The flames...mounted so high into the air as to be visible for miles distant

Wreck of "The Amelia", on the Hermitage Rocks, Jersey, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Wreck of "The Amelia", on the Hermitage Rocks, Jersey, 1856. The coast of Jersey, with its surrounding groups of rocks, and its banks and shoals

Collision in the English Channel, between the Steamer "Mangerton" and "The Josephine Willis", 1856. The mate [of the Josephine Willis]...shouted to the steamer; but no notice was

Aconite (Aconitum napellus), Monkshood, or Wolfsbane, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Aconite (Aconitum napellus), Monkshood, or Wolfsbane, 1856. Mr. Maciver [of Dingwall in Scotland], had a private dinner party, consisting of [four gentlemen]... and several ladies. After dinner Mr

The explosion of the powder magazine in Delft, 12 October 1654, (1654-1660). Creator: Egbert van der Poel
The explosion of the powder magazine in Delft, 12 October 1654, (1654-1660). One of the gunpowder stores accidentally detonated, flattening a large part of the city

The Rapenburg, Leiden, three Days after the Explosion of a Powder Ship on 12 January 1807, (1807). A ship laden with 37, 000 tons of gunpowder exploded on the Steenschuur

Dire que je n'ai pas pu tirer... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Dire que je n'ai pas pu tirer... 19th century. When one has bad luck. First huntsman: To think that I haven't even managed a shot since this morning

Allons Bon! J'avais oublié de décharger mon fusil!, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Allons Bon! J'avais oublie de decharger mon fusil!, 19th century. Hunting. Ah right, I had forgotten to discharge my gun!

'"Mired" -- Travelling under difficulties in Tasmania, 1890. Creator: Unknown
'"Mired" -- Travelling under difficulties in Tasmania, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

It Might Happen to You!, San Diego, 1939. Creator: Unknown
It Might Happen to You!, San Diego, 1939. "It Might Happen to You!" by Leon Lord - The Most Powerful Courtroom Drama Ever Written!...Savoy [Theatre]

Scene from "Tess of the D'Urbervilles", by Thomas Hardy, 1891. Creator: Hubert von Herkomer
'Tess of the D'Urbervilles", By Thomas Hardy; "In stagnant blackness they waited through an interval which seemed endless", 1891. From "The Graphic

The Pedestrian Hobbies, or the Difference of Going Up and Down Hill, published April 8, 1819. Creator: William Heath
The Pedestrian Hobbies, or the Difference of Going Up and Down Hill, published April 8, 1819. Men riding hobby horses (a forerunner of the bicycle)

Hobbies or Attitude is Everything, Dedicated with permission to all Dandy.. pub. April 17, 1819. Creator: William Heath
Hobbies or Attitude is Everything, Dedicated with permission to all Dandy Horsemen, published April 17, 1819. An accident involving men riding hobby horses (a forerunner of the bicycle)

'The Dangers of Elephant Shooting -- Captain Peterson's Hunting Accident in the Malay Peninsula, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42

'"More Frightened Than Hurt", 1890. Creator: John Charlton. '"More Frightened Than Hurt"
"More Frightened Than Hurt", 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

'The Pioneer Corps of the British South African Company on the way to Mashonaland; A common occurre Creator
'The Pioneer Corps of the British South African Company on the way to Mashonaland; A common occurrence on the road, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42

'Ware Wire!'- An incident in the Hunting Field, 1890. Creator: Unknown
'Ware Wire!'- An incident in the Hunting Field, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41. January to June, 1890

Traffic accident, between 1916 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Traffic accident, between 1916 and 1918
Traffic accident, between 1916 and 1918. USA. A truck is pulled upright by a team of horses

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