Devastated Collection (page 4)

Reims Cathedral in Flames - WWI - part of a Heroic Towns French postcard series. The Cathedral was badly damaged during opening engagements of the First World War in September 1914. Date: 1914

Lyn Valley before Flood
The village of Lynmouth, Lyn Valley, North Devon, England, as it was before it was devastated by the great storm and flood of August 1952. Date: 1930s

Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta latifolia) burnt coniferous forest habitat, Three-fingered Jack, Cascades Mountains, Oregon, U.S.A. july

Semipalatinsk nuclear test site
Ground Zero. View of the central area of the Semipalatinsk nuclear testing site in eastern Kazakhstan. This was the site of the first Soviet nuclear bomb test, that took place on 29 August 1949

1509 Istanbul earthquake, artwork
1509 Istanbul earthquake. Artwork of the destruction after the earthquake of 10th September 1509 in Istanbul, Turkey. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.2 and was followed by 45 days of aftershocks

Fire destruction. Room of a house that has been destroyed by a fire

Fire destruction, artwork
Fire destruction. Computer image of a room of a house that has been destroyed by a fire

Glendurgan, Cornwall, after the 1987 hurricane
Scene at Glendurgan, a National Trust garden in North Falmouth, Cornwall, after the 1987 hurricane. A man stands behind a large tree which has been completely uprooted

D-Day - Metal Detectors in use after invasion
American GIs stroll through a captured village close to the Normandy coast following the invasion. Two metal detector operators check the road ahead of the troops for hidden/buried mines or booby

Delville Wood 1916
A British communications trench is dug through Delville Wood, which has been devastated by the heavy fighting in the area during the opening months of the Somme campaign

Trones Wood 1916
Trones Wood after a snowstorm in November 1916. The Wood had become a desolate landscape, devastated by the constant barrage of shells

Burning of Pantechnicon
The burning of the Pantechnicon in Motcomb Street, Belgravia: scenes of the fire which devastated the building

A Scarborough Hotel wrecked by German shells: The devastated saloon of the Grand

Island of Krakatoa, in the straits of Sunda. The volcano erupted 4 times in 1883. The blast was estimated to have had the power of 10000 hydrogen bombs

Louvains town hall saved
Illustration showing crowds of German officers looting the Belgian town of Louvain during World War I. The city was devastated by the German invasion in September 1914

The Civil War in America. Fredericksburg
Scene of the battle between the Federals and the Confederates. Fredericksburg devastated after the battle which took place on December 13th 1862

Large clouds of smoke from the spreading fires. The aftermat
Fires spreading through San Francisco, completing the ruin of the city. The business distract was completely devastated, with only the steel structures of modern buildings still standing

Earthquake Calabria
King Vittorio Emanuele III descends from his car to commiserate with the residents of a Calabrian town, devastated by earthquake

Earthquake Calabria 05
The towns and villages of Calabria, devastated by earthquake, are visited by King Vittorio Emanuele III

Civilian in Ruins
In the Ukraine, a civilian weeps on the ground of a devastated village, which was once her home

Soviet Soldier & Clock
Russia : a Soviet soldier retrieves a clock from the rubble of a village devastated by the German attack

The village of Toll Bar near Doncaster, South Yorkshire was one of many places hit by unprecedented floods in June
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Civil War / Madrid Crowd
Crowds evacuated from burning and devastated buildings in Madrid during the early stages of the civil war

French Front Line 1917
Devastated trees at the French front line at Het-Sas, Yser

Earthquake Calabria 07
In pouring rain, police and residents rescue victims when the town of Ferruzzano, Calbria (southern Italy) is devastated by earthquake

Devastated Battlefield
The Wasteland: The aftermath of a battle, showing the havoc wreaked upon nature by warfare

Japan - Mongols Checked
The Mongols, under Kublai Khan, seek to conquer Japan but their invasion fleet is devastated by storms, and the Japanese finish off any vessels which survive

Hurricane, Miami
Miami, Florida, is devastated

Tunguska in 1927
The devastated Tunguska forest, as seen by Kulik in 1927

Earthquake / San Francisco
The city devastated : the scene at 9th and Brannon streets

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"Devastated: A Journey Through History's Heartbreak" "The Cross Bearers: Witnessing the Devastation of a WW1 Battlefield by Matania" "A British Trooper Meets a French Woman on the Road to Lille, WW1: Amidst Devastation, Love Finds Hope" "Phylloxera Vastatrix: The Devastating Plague that Ravaged Vineyards and Shaped Wine History" "Athelney in Somerset: England's Most Flooded Village - A Tale of Resilience Amidst Devastation" "Policemen Guarding House in Sidney Street, East London: Unveiling the Aftermath of a Violent Confrontation" "Jamaica Earthquake: Rebuilding Lives and Communities from the Rubble of Devastation" "Cyclone Galveston 1900: Remembering the Tragic Storm that Left Destruction in its Wake" "Longueval 1916: Reflecting on the Battlefields' Haunting Silence amidst Utter Devastation" "San Francisco Earthquake Photographs Capture Moments of Desolation and Rebirth after Catastrophic Events Strike" "WW2 - Paddy Finds a Family Amidst War's Chaos and Loss - A Story of Hope Rising from Devastation" “Coffin of Prince Albert Lying in State – An Era Mourns Its Beloved Leader’s Untimely Demise”