Destruction Collection (page 8)

Storm Damage
MacGregor Pier in Hong Kong after a typhoon, circa 1890. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Abbots Ripton Crash
The aftermath of a train crash at Abbots Ripton, Huntingdonshire, January 1876. (Photo by Illustrated London News/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Pompeii
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroys the Roman city of Pompeii in AD 79. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Mukden In Flames
The Russian army prepares to evacuate the burning city of Mukden (later Shenyang) in Manchuria, during the Russo-Japanese War, 10th March 1905

Golden Gate Avenue Ruins
View along Golden Gate Avenue at Larkin Street of the destruction after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as out of control fires raged through the city streets, smoke heavy in the air

Constantinople Falls
The capture and sacking of Constantinople by Turkish troops under Mohammed II, 29th May 1453. The Turkish victory marked the end of the Byzantine Empire and the rise of the Ottomans

Earthquake
A 16th or 17th century woodcut of an earthquake. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Johnstown Flood
The wreckage of Johnstown, Pennsylvania after the South Fork Dam burst and the waters of Lake Conemaugh flooded the town, June 1889. Original Publication : Illustrated London News - pub

Zeppelin Damage
A wrecked house in Shoreditch, London, after a Zeppelin raid on the area, July 1915. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Zeppelin Damage
Bomb damage after a German zeppelin raid on Maldon, Essex, 1915. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Kings Lynn Raid
Bentwick Street, Kings Lynn, in ruins after a Zeppelin bombing raid, January 1915. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Smyrna In Flames
The destruction of Smyrna (modern Izmir), during the Turkish war with Greece, September 1922. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

US Civil War
Aerial view of the ruins of the city of Richmond after General Shermans March to the Sea campaign which began in Atlanta on November 15, 1864, and ended in Savannah on December 21, 1864

Smyrna In Flames
The destruction of Smyrna (modern Izmir), during the Turkish war with Greece, September 1922. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Hotel De Ville
circa 1871: The Hotel de Ville in the Paris Commune was burned during the Franco-Prussian War. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images)

Vendome Column
The 144 foot column commemorating Napoleon I in Place Vendome, Paris, is demolished by order of the Commune. (Photo by Franck/Getty Images)

Ministry Ruins
The Ministry of Finance in the Rue de Rivoli in ruins after the Paris Commune, during the Franco-Prussian War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Hotel De Ville
The shell of the old Hotel de Ville or Town Hall in Paris after its destruction by fire at the hands of the Paris Commune during the Franco-Prussian War. (Photo by Alphonse Liebert/Getty Images)

Barricade In Paris
A barricade at the Porte Maillot during the revolt by supporters of the Paris Commune. The Arc de Triomphe is in the background. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bomb Damage
circa 1871: Buildings bombarded by the German occupation troops in the Paris Commune, during the Franco-Prussian War. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images)

Ruined Louvre
circa 1871: Commune of Paris - Destruction in the Louvre, the roof has been completely demolished. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

War Damage
1871: Damage to the Grand Staircase in the Tuileries Palace in Paris, caused during the Franco-Prussian War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Vengeful God Makes Good On Promise
The wicked struggle to save themselves from the flood unleashed by Yahweh on the people of the Earth in an engraving by Fisher, Son, & Co

Junks At War
The Honourable East India Cos steamer Nemesis and the boats of the Sulphur, Calliope, Larne and Starling destroying Chinese war junks at Ansons Bay during the First Opium War

Manassas Battle
21st July 1861: A violent exchange between the Yankees and Confederates at the First Battle of Manassas (the First Battle of Bull Run) during the American Civil War

The Louvre
1871: Damage to the Louvre art gallery in Paris, which was partially destroyed in the Paris Commune during the Franco-Prussian war. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Crimean War
Fighting in Sebastopol during the Crimean war, circa 1855. Detail of Franz Roubauds 1904 painting The Siege of Sevastopol (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Civil Defence Poster
4th October 1952: A poster encouraging recruitment to the Civil Defence volunteers, against the background of bomb devastation around St. Pauls Cathedral in the City of London

Hindenburg Fire
The German-built dirigible Hindenburg (Zeppelin LZ 129) catches fire in the stern while trying to land at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey

Wellington Barracks
1944: The Royal Military Chapel at the Wellington Barracks, London, which was damaged in an air raid by flying bombs. The bombs fell during the Sunday morning service with substantial loss of life

Broken Hohenzollern Bridge
A view from the west side of the River Rhine showing a bomb damaged Hohenzollern Bridge and Cologne Cathedral in the distance. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Wartime London
May 1941: The interior of Westminster Abbey after a German bombing raid. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Exeter Cathedral
circa 1942: A view of the Cathedral in Exeter after a night of air raids and dive bombing. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bombed Theatre
October 1963: The bomb damaged Bavarian National Theatre at Munich. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Bomb Damage
1941: Air raid damage in Coventry. (Photo by M. McNeill/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

London Burning after Fire Bombing
Rescue workers silhouetted against the light of burning buildings after a German fire-bombing raid on London, 25th February 1944. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Blitz At Liverpool Street
A man watches workers clearing debris at Liverpool Street Station, London after a German air raid, January 1941. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Lusitania Sunk
7th May 1915: The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner Lusitania by a German submarine off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland. 128 US citizens lost their lives

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