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PHOTO NO. TITLE LOCATION DETAILS DESCRIPTION DATE
7a Accident in High Street Guildford Two large trolleys of bricks overturned. Onlookers on both sides of road Black and white photograph 11/12/1907
7b Accident in High Street Guildford Two large trolleys of bricks overturned. Onlookers in road below incident Black and white photograph 11/12/1907
3703 Accident to the Tunnel St Catherine's Guildford
Black and white photograph 23/03/1895
5 Chilworth Gunpowder Works Damage After Explosion Chilworth 2 photographs mounted together on card Black and white photographs
6 Chilworth Gunpowder Works Damage After Explosion Chilworth
Black and white photograph
30b Floods Guildford Destruction of Town Bridge. View from river level Black and white photograph 16/02/1900
30a Floods Guildford Destruction of Tower Bridge looking towards St Nicholas's Church and The Mount Black and white photograph 16/02/1900
6706 Floods Guildford High Street on East side of Bridge Black and white photograph 16/02/1900
30c Floods Guildford Destruction of Town Bridge Black and white photograph 16/02/1900
30d Floods Guildford Destruction of Town Brisge. View from river level Black and white photograph 16/02/1900
6702 Floods Guildford Destruction of Town Bridge. View from street level looking towards High Street Black and white photograph 16/02/1900
6705 Floods Guildford Destructin of Town Bridge. Taken from river level Black and white photograph 16/02/1900
6701 Floods Guildford Flooded meadows Black and white photograph 16/02/1900
6704 Floods Guildford Millmead Black and white photograph 16/02/1900
6703 Floods Guildford Waverley and Shalford meadows Black and white photograph 16/02/1900
29 Floods Guildford Millmead Black and white photograph 16/02/1900
32 Floods at Bottom of High Street Guildford View looking over Town Bridge towards St Nicholas's Black and white photograph 03/01/1928
33 Floods at Bottom of High Street Guildford View looking up High Street Black and white photograph
25 Great Storm Guildford Joseph's Road Black and white photograph 02/08/1906
26 Great Storm Guildford Approach to Woodbridge Avenue Sepia photograph 02/08/1906
27 Great Storm Guildford Trees in Shalford Road Sepia photograph 02/08/1906
24 Great Storm Guildford Park Cottage Shalford Road Black and white photograph 02/08/1906
3704 Messrs Unwin's Fire, Ruins of Chilworth
Black and white photograph 24/11/1895
3 Messrs White & Son, Fire at

Black and white photograph 24/06/1914
31 Milkhouse Gate After a Fire Guildford
Black and white photograph January 1922
4c Railway Accident on the L & SWR Peasmarsh Shows wrecked carriages lying to the right hand side of line Black and white photograph 01/09/0873
4b Railway Accident on the L & SWR Peasmarsh Shows wrecked carriages being inspected beside railway line Black and white photograph 01/09/0873
4a Railway Accident on the L & SWR Peasmarsh Shows wrecked carriage behind wooden fence Black and white photograph September 1873
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St Catherine's School, Scenes After the Fire

 Bramley 4 photographs mounted together on card Black and white photographs 11/04/1907

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