Sujet
The Accident at St. George's Hospital: the Cistern on the Roof, 1876. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
The Accident at St. George's Hospital: the Cistern on the Roof, 1876. 'One of the female patients...died yesterday week from the effects of the shock caused by this extraordinary accident...[she fell through] a hole in the floor being made by the fall of a large piece of the water-tank from the roof. The tank...contained at the time of the accident twenty-five tons of water, or 5000 gallons. The east side of the tank was that which had given way; there was a large jagged hole broken in it...The alarm was first given by a night nurse who was off duty, and happened to see some water trickling down...the superintendent, Mr. Charles Todd...gave orders to clear the waste-pipe, so that the water, which had already formed a pool on the roof, might run off. Suddenly the whole side seemed to come out, and the superintendent and engineer narrowly escaped being swept away'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM23A81_336
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Droits gérés
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48,3Mo (4,6Mo) / 42,0cm x 28,8cm / 4960 x 3402 (300dpi)