Victoria Hall disaster
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On 16 June 1883, a crowd crush caused by the distribution of free prizes resulted in the deaths of 183 children at the Victoria Hall in Sunderland, England.
Poster advertising the variety show at which the children died
Illustration of the disaster, from Le Journal illustré
Parachute mine
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A parachute mine is a naval mine dropped from an aircraft by parachute. They were mostly used in the Second World War by the Luftwaffe and initially by the Royal Air Force Bomber Command. Frequently,
Victoria Hall disaster
…the person responsible for bolting the door was never identified. The Victoria Hall remained in use until 1941, when it was destroyed by a World War II parachute bomb. Annual memorial services were set up in 2010 by the Sunderland Old Township Heritage Society…
A defused, German 1,000 kg 'Luftmine'. Glasgow, 18 March 1941
A German parachute mine that landed in the grounds of the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, circa 1940 to 1942.
Arming a Liberator for minelaying along the Danube, Celone, Italy