Accidents Collection

MONTPARNASSE ACCIDENT
At Mont Parnasse terminus of the Chemin de Fer de l'Ouest, the Granville train crashes through the buffers and into the street, killing a poor woman selling newspapers Date: 1895

Woman police officer attending an accident where a man appears to have fallen off a ladder. She is speaking into her hand-held radio. Date: circa 1970s

Bus embedded in house, Blackstock Road, London
Bus embedded in the front of a house in Blackstock Road, London NW4, on 13 January 1974

18th century fire engines
Various early fire engines and firefighting equipment from the 18th century Date: 18th century

Diver and Octopus
Divers are periodically at odds with octopi, and diver Palmer, at Cape Town, is one of many - but a tug on his line brings help from his colleagues

Horse drawn fire engine
A horse drawn fire engine

1st Petrol Fire-Engine
A combination fire-fighting engine, with chemical fire extinguishing apparatus and a fire-escape ladder. This model was the first petrol motor fire-engine in the world

Fire Safety Hop Pickers
Notice to Hop-pickers giving advice as to fire prevention and what to do in case of a fire. Issued by Fire Offices Committee Fire Protection Association

Fire-Fighting Motorcycle
Merryweathers fire-fighting motor-cycle and sidecar unit of 1910, with manual fire- pump mounted on a platform

Manual Fire-Engine / 1885
Factory Pattern Manual Fire- engine constructed by Merryweathers for the use of factory fire brigade

Merryweathers Engine
Merryweather Three-in-one Motor Fire-Engine, with a Fire Suds apparatus producing a semi-fluid substance which floats on burning liquids and smothers the flames

Great Fire of London
Old St Pauls cathedral engulfed by flames

GLC-LFB Road traffic accident (RTA)
A collision between a bus and car resulted in the bus careering into a terraced house and a response by all the emergency services

Great Fire of London
The blazing city seen from the south bank of the Thames

Sutherland Fire Engine
Merryweathers Sutherland fire-engine, which gained first prize at the international contest at the Crystal Palace. The engine continued in use for 27 years

Fire Engine in Action
A London fire-engine in action racing to a burning building

Consolidated B-24H Liberator
USAF 854th Bs Bomber Squadron / 491st Bg Bomber Group Consolidated B-24H Liberator Nosed over in Soft Ground at North Picham? Date: 1944

Breakdown lorry from Lambeth fire station in action
The breakdown lorry, from Lambeth fire station, being deployed to move a lorry involved in a serious accident with the OXO lorry in the distance

The crew of the New Brighton lifeboat seen here aboard their new vessel The Edmund and Mary Robinson. The boat a Watson 41 lifeboat was built by Groves & Gutteridge of Cowes, Isle of Wight

Firefighters at work in London Underground
Firefighters at work in the carriage of a London Underground train following an incident on 28 February 1975

Train collision, Maze Hill Station, SE London
Train collision and derailment at Maze Hill Station, SE London, 4 July 1958. Close-up of the point of impact

Humpty Dumpty looking unhappy after his fall, with cracks all over his head. A soldier in the background looks on helplessly

Fire Engine of 1666
The early fire engine named Ye Deluge, used at the Great Fire of London in 1666 and attended the first fire at Bournemouth

Kittens Playing on Desk, (oil on canvas)
1197583 Kittens Playing on Desk, (oil on canvas) by Neuville, Alfred Brunel de (1852-1941); 55.8x66. cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; French, out of copyright

Train collision, Maze Hill Station, SE London
Train collision and derailment at Maze Hill Station, SE London, 4 July 1958. Close-up of the point of impact. Date: 1958

Scene of an accident in an Islington street, London
Scene of an accident in an Islington street, North London, with a trolley bus passing by

SILENT FILM STILL: ACCIDENTS. Five & Ten Cent Annie with Louise Fazenda & Clyde Cook

The Last Word by William Heath Robinson
A motorcyclist, engrossed in a crossword, fails to notice that he is driving over the edge of a cliff just as he discovers the right answer to one of the clues

Fall of the Suspension Bridge, at New Yarmouth, on Friday, 2 May (engraving)
1095530 Fall of the Suspension Bridge, at New Yarmouth, on Friday, 2 May (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fall of the Suspension Bridge, at New Yarmouth)

Sporting with Winter Sports by H. M. Bateman - ski-ing
Ski-ing high jinks according to H. M. Bateman in his series of cartoons on winter sports. Date: 1912

All went well till the wheels came off. Cartoon strip from the Bonzo Annual, 1935 Date: 1935

Cycling accidents, 19th century artwork C013 / 7905
Cycling accidents. 19th century artwork showing the various accidents that could befall the rider of a penny farthing bicycle

Syntax Star-Gazing
Dr Syntax shows a lady the stars through a telescope, while the butler trips over a dog on the stairs and drops his tray of crockery

Traffic Accident Group
A Metropolitan Police Traffic Accident Group, consisting of two Triumph motorcycles and one Wolseley 6/110 motor car, fitted with radio transmitter and loudspeaker

Sponge diver loses his footing
Diving for sponges off the Tunisian coast, diver loses a leg to a shark

Roman Fire Engine / Pump
Roman fire engine, consisting of two double-cylindered force pumps worked by means of a rocking beam (now lost)

1st Steam Fire Engine
The first steam-powered fire engine by Ericsson and Braithwaite, used at several fires very successfully

TOZER FIRE PUMP / C. 1870
Tozer Fire-Pump, a portable and extremely useful fire- pump, named after the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade of the City of Birmingham

Portable Steam Pump / 1883
Valiant portable Steam Pump. designed and patented by Merryweathers in 1883. A powerful self-contained pumping engine

Great Fire of Chicago
More than half of the city is destroyed by a fire

Late C18 Fire Engine
Known as a bed-poster, this London engine is a manual machine worked by pumping handles on either side : a Beadle and a Watchman are in official attendance

Fire Fighting 1666
Hand squirts, leather buckets, axe and helmet from the period of the Great Fire of London (in the Merryweather Collection)

Chamberpot Emptied
Just in Time ! To empty the chamberpot out of the bedroom window is socially acceptable, but to do so on the head of a gentleman caller shows lack of consideration

Horse drawn fire engine, Trafalgar Square, London
A horse drawn fire engine races past Trafalgar Square, Central London

Man riding a penny farthing into a canal (chromolitho)
2817016 Man riding a penny farthing into a canal (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man riding a penny farthing into a canal)

Le peche - The Sin par Stuck, Franz, Ritter von (1863-1928)
FIA5404498 Le peche - The Sin par Stuck, Franz, Ritter von (1863-1928)

Scorchers Progress - The Marble Arch - Errant city cyclist
The Scorchers Progress - The Marble Arch - Errant city cyclist causing havoc aid his fellow road-users, knocking over a man and his dog. An old take on a current issue! Date: 1904

Canadian Fire Department
Canadian fire services and engine Date: 1950s

Firemen at Chipping Norton Workhouse, Oxfordshire
Firemen stand in a burnt-out section of the Chipping Norton workhouse in Oxfordshire following a fire on 19 March 1911. Sewing machines and cotton reels amongst the debris indicate a sewing room

French Fireman 1850
French firemen - (sapeurs-pomiers) Date: 1850

Insurance advertisement from 1912
A rather macabre insurance advertisement, with six photographs illustrating various road accidents of the time, including motor cars, motor bus, train and horse cabs

Accident- Snow from Roof
A REGULAR DAMPER - AND NO MISTAKE Having left an exhibition on Swiss avalanches a tatty man suffers a similar fate courtesy of a roof clearer !

Printemps Store Aflame
Printemps Department Store in flames, Paris

St Etienne Circus / 1903
At St. Etienne, a circus tent (the big top) is carried away by a high wind, causing chaos inside, as animals and humans panic and try to flee

C17th Fire Engine / Dutch
An early fire engine in use in Holland. The first flexible hose was invented by Jan van der Heijden in 1672 in the Netherlands, and a pre-cursor of this may be shown here

Burying the Hatchet
A terrible accident during a street circus act where a knife-thrower misjudges his aim and hits his woman assistant in the head with his throwing hatchet

Motor Fire-Boat / London
The Beta III one of the London Fire Brigades several fire-boats, constructed by Merryweathers in 1926

Electric Fire Engine
Merryweathers electrically propelled fire-engine, which enabled 12 men to travel on the vehicle

PIANO-TYPE FIRE ENGINE
Piano type manual fire-engine, named after a resemblance of the shape of the bodywork to that instrument. Nozzles and branch-pipes were carried on brackets on the main frame

Steam Fire Engine
Canterburys steam fire- engine, built be Messrs Merryweather & sons, of Greenwich

London Fireman 1750
A London fireman stands beside his engine : he is employed by an insurance company, the Hand-in-hand whose uniform he wears

Great Fire of London
Street scene during the Great Fire of London

Henry II of France during the knightly joust during which he suffered the injuries that led to his death
DGA3685348 Henry II of France during the knightly joust during which he suffered the injuries that led to his death, July 1, 1559

Miniature of Athene raising a storm at sea as the Greeks leave Troy
BL3313706 Miniature of Athene raising a storm at sea as the Greeks leave Troy; British Library, London, UK; (add.info.: Faits des Romains Illustrator: Remy, Perrin Italy (Naples)

History of the automobile, car wreck after an accident around 1910
1 person, 1900s, accident, accidents, antiquated, around 1910, arts, automobile, bust, car model, car models, car wreck, cars, classic car, classic cars, contemporary history, copy, corrupted

The skeleton of Death rides one of the horses in a four-in-hand carriage
FLO4690261 The skeleton of Death rides one of the horses in a four-in-hand carriage

House in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, Africa from which Emin Pasha accidentally fell after being rescued by Stanley
KWE5242619 House in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, Africa from which Emin Pasha accidentally fell after being rescued by Stanley, from In Darkest Africa by Henry M. Stanley pub. 1890

Taurus Revenge - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1913 (engraving)
ICA4950539 Taurus Revenge - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1913 (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © Caricadoc

British Front. Troops & Civilians : Battle of Cambrai
UIG5446942 British Front. Troops & Civilians : Battle of Cambrai. Men of the 20th Manchesters resting by a tank disabled of side-slipping down a railway embankment, near Premont. 8th October, 1918

The Eye of the Police in All Countries - Illustration from "The Eye of the Police"
ICA4949643 The Eye of the Police in All Countries - Illustration from "The Eye of the Police", 1911 (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © Caricadoc

A tragedie at the cinema - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1913 (engraving)
ICA4950680 A tragedie at the cinema - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1913 (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © Caricadoc

Series of pictures At the racecourse, The rider is thrown off and lands in the ditch, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from around 1900, public domain

Luigi Aloisio Galvani, 9 September 1737, 4 December 1798, was an Italian physician, anatomist and natural scientist, biophysicist

Men playing cards in a carriage, Berlin, 1896, Germany, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Playing card, the Cyclamen King, after a card game from the 15th century, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Edward Spencer (born 1799), English lawyer who accompanied the balloonist Charles Green on many ascents

John Benbow (1653-1702) English naval commander, born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orleans (1810-1842), eldest son of the French King Louis-Philippe. As heir to the French throne, he served as a general in the French army. He died in a carriage accident

A man shows card tricks and five others watch enthusiastically, Scene in a pub around 1890, Germany, Historical, Digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Men, summer holidaymakers on their way to Heligoland by ship playing cards, Skat, 1880, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

First fatal balloon accident on 15 June 1785

A surgeon treats the foot of a male patient, Wounds and injuries, Surgical instruments and equipment, Treatment in the 17th, century, Netherlands, Historic

A surgeon dresses the wound of a grimacing patient, Wounds and injuries, Treatment in 17th century Netherlands, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

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"Accidents: Unpredictable, yet unforgettable moments that shape our lives. From the infamous Montparnasse Accident to a bus embedded in a house on Blackstock Road, London, these incidents remind us of the fragility of existence. Sometimes they are even take an unexpected turn, like the incredible encounter between a diver and an octopus deep beneath the ocean's surface. Looking back at history, we find ourselves marveling at 18th-century fire engines and their valiant efforts to protect communities from devastating blazes. The GLC-LFB Road Traffic Accident (RTA) serves as a stark reminder of the dangers we face on modern roads every day. But they can not always tragic; they can also teach us valuable lessons about safety. Take the Fire Safety Hop Pickers who risked their lives amidst flames to save others or witness the heroic firefighters racing through streets on their trusty fire-fighting motorcycles. Traveling further back in time, we discover manual fire-engines from 1885 and horse-drawn fire engines that were once relied upon for firefighting duties. And let's not forget about innovation –the first petrol-powered fire engine revolutionized emergency response forever. In action-packed scenes captured by photographers over generations, we see these mighty machines battling against roaring infernos with unwavering determination. Each image tells its own story of bravery and resilience. From small towns to bustling cities, they have left indelible marks on our collective memory. They remind us to appreciate life's precious moments while emphasizing the importance of preparedness and safety measures. " Note.