Sujet
Explosion of Southwark Bridge, 1895. Creator: Robert Doyle.
Légende
Explosion of Southwark Bridge, 1895. 'A police constable pacing northwards on the west side of Southwark Bridge [over the River Thames in London] in the afternoon of Feb. 4 was suddenly startled by two explosions. Turning round, he saw clouds of smoke rising, and a man was blown into the air several feet. The only apparent cause seemed to be two gas-meters, which, on being examined, emitted much gas. A foreman of the South Metropolitan Gas Company was summoned, and, opening the road at the south-west corner of the bridge, he discovered a three-inch main cracked about halfway round and split lengthways nearly six inches. The crack was of only the thickness of paper. It was centrally over a culvert which passed across the roadway. The main was an inch above the electric mains, which were uninjured except for a few dents caused by stones. The automatic volt meter record showed that at the time of the explosion there was no disturbance at the City of London Electric Lighting Company's Works. These were the facts elicited from witnesses at an inquiry held by Major Cardew, on behalf of the Board of Trade, at the Guildhall on Feb. 4'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.
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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
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HRM26A07_413
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Droits gérés
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11,6Mo (1,2Mo) / 20,0cm x 14,5cm / 2362 x 1713 (300dpi)