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Explosion of an industrial oxygen container in a factory, causing death: before filling the reservoir of a gas motor, either nitrogen or carbon monoxide should have been used first. Colour lithograph, 192-.

Two Irishmen in Brighton open a smuggled barrel of what they think is whiskey with a red-hot poker, but it contains gunpowder and explodes. Etching after Cruikshank.

An army officer lectures his bored class on the effects of gas, one student is made to wear a gas mask while another wickedly tries to set light to it. Pen and ink drawing by H. Bury, 1916.

Second Matabele War, Zimbabwe: in the aftermath of an explosion in Bulawayo, the injured are cared for in the street. Halftone by Hentschel after C.J. Staniland  after C. E. Fripp, 1896.

A system of pyrotechny : comprehending the theory and practice, with the application of chemistry : designed for exhibition and for war : in four parts, containing an account of the substances used in fire-works : the instruments, utensils, and manipulations : fire-works for exhibition : and military pyrotechny : adapted to the military and naval officer, the man of science, and the artificer / by James Cutbush.

The sorrowful and weeping lamentation of the wives and orphans of the unhappy men who lost their lives at the tremendous blowing up of the Canal Company's warehouse, et Nottingham.

The Flixborough disaster : report of the Court of Inquiry / [issued by the] Dept. of Employment.

Report on dust explosions in flour mills and bulk flour containers : incorporating codes of practice of precautionary measures for mill operatives and chargehands, mill management, milling engineers and consultants.

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The sorrowful and weeping lamentation of the wives and orphans of the unhappy men who lost their lives at the tremendous blowing up of the Canal Company's warehouse, et Nottingham.

The Flixborough disaster : report of the Court of Inquiry / [issued by the] Dept. of Employment.

Second Matabele War, Zimbabwe: in the aftermath of an explosion in Bulawayo, the injured are cared for in the street. Halftone by Hentschel after C.J. Staniland after C. E. Fripp, 1896.

Report on dust explosions in flour mills and bulk flour containers : incorporating codes of practice of precautionary measures for mill operatives and chargehands, mill management, milling engineers and consultants.