The Great Fires, at Newcastle and Gateshead - sketched from the High-Level Bridge, 1854. Creator: Edmund Evans.

The Great Fires, at Newcastle and Gateshead - sketched from the High-Level Bridge, 1854. Creator: Edmund Evans.

2-913-841 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Great Fires, at Newcastle and Gateshead - sketched from the High-Level Bridge, 1854. Massive explosion after a warehouse fire. 'From the various floors...huge masses of melted tallow and lead flowed in copious streams. The eight storied edifice was one mass of flame, and from every landing melted sulphur and tallow and fused lead were descending in luminous showers. It resembled a cataract on fire...Burning brands were then scattered over the roofs of the adjoining houses, and widely extended the conflagration...The quay on the Newcastle side of the river was literally strewed with burning staves and rafters, covered with sulphur, and burning like matches...About fifty soldiers from the garrison were advancing with the fire-engine, when the explosion met them, killing two and wounding thirty out of the remainder... many persons are said to have been buried in the ruins'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Edmund Evans, attributed to: British, English, American: Artist, printmaker, engraver, etcher, printer

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Landscape

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe United Kingdom England Tyne and Wear Gateshead Gateshead

  1. 54 56 42 N , 001 37 03 W

Category Hierarchy

History & Politics Historical Events Disasters

Lifestyle & Leisure Transport & Travel

Trade & Industry Manufacturing & Heavy Industry

Artistic Representations Landscapes

Locations & Buildings Bridges


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5313x3698
File Size : 19,187kb


Aliases

  1. ILN_1854_Page_357_a.jpg
  1. 0580079580
  1. 2-913-841
  1. 2913841

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