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  1. FIRE DISASTER HORROR

    Date released
    1910
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    NoS ID
    388487
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Shots include firemen fighting flames; smoldering remains of building.

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  2. Explosion at Black Tom Island, New Jersey

    Date released
    21 Aug 1916
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    565
    NoS ID
    076368
    Story no
    4 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Started by the explosion of a cartload of dynamite the whole munition factory was soon ablaze. 50 workmen were killed and 400 are missing.

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  3. War Plant Fire

    Date other
    1 Feb 1918
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    NoS ID
    383416
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: War munitions plant in Harlem, New York on fire

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  4. Great Dock Fire In Liverpool

    Date released
    23 Jun 1919
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    861
    NoS ID
    383478
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Scenes of damage following a fire at Liverpool Docks

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  5. Tanker Blaze

    Date released
    31 May 1920
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    672
    NoS ID
    081388
    Story no
    1 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

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  6. Big London Fire. Hop Exchange Gutted. The £1,500,000 Damage. Railway Traffic Blocked

    Date released
    25 Oct 1920
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1001
    NoS ID
    078139
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Firemen hosing gutted building. ‘Hops nearly 2’ deep covered the roadway.'

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  7. Sinn Fein Outrage in Liverpool. 18 Fires Ignited at the Same Time at Cotton Warehouses and Timber Yards Near the Docks

    Date released
    2 Dec 1920
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1012
    NoS ID
    078168
    Story no
    4 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    2 firemen hosing masonry. Debris.

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  8. Motor Car on Fire at Sidmouth. Big Touring Car Comes to Grief and is Totally Destroyed

    Date released
    10 Jan 1921
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1023
    NoS ID
    078214
    Story no
    2 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Wreckage of car.

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  9. Dublin Custom House Ablaze. City’s Finest Building Burned to the Ground

    Date released
    30 May 1921
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1063
    NoS ID
    078431
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Custom House ablaze. Pile of revolvers ‘captured and discarded during the melee’. Civilians lined up under of guard of military and auxiliaries to be searched. 3 smiling soldiers with Union Jack.

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  10. Terrible Disaster to R38. Giant Airship Wrecked, Falls in Flames into the River at Hull

    Date released
    25 Aug 1921
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1088
    NoS ID
    078557
    Story no
    7 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Wreckage of airship.

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