Sujet
Fire at Forest Gate...School...: general view and dormitories where children were suffocated, 1890. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Fire at Forest Gate, Stratford, the District School of the Whitechapel and Poplar Unions: general view and dormitories where children were suffocated, 1890. 'The school, with its infirmary and other offices, is a set of buildings in Forest-lane... It is maintained by the Guardians of the Poor of the Whitechapel and the Poplar Unions, who receive children from other parishes at a stipulated amount per head. It has accommodation for 720 children...New Year's Day at the East-End of London was saddened by a terrible disaster, appealing to all compassionate hearts. In the last night of the year, soon after midnight, one of the wings...was discovered to be on fire. Means were promptly taken to extinguish the flames, but two of the boys' dormitories were destroyed, and twenty-six of the unfortunate children perished. It is some consolation to feel that their sufferings were less than they might have been. In only a single case, as it appears, was death directly caused by burning. The rest of the children were suffocated by the smoke, which filled the whole building...The children who perished were all little boys, from seven to ten or twelve years of age. Fifty-eight were rescued alive, and not much hurt'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM25A51_101
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
31,7Mo (4,4Mo) / 32,2cm x 24,7cm / 3800 x 2914 (300dpi)