Natural disasters, floods, tragedies, suicide... Lot 314

Natural disasters, floods, tragedies, suicide and fire. Set of some twenty prints, mostly silver, and counter-types. Circa 1900-1950. On verso of some prints, press indications and/or captions (e.g.: gone mad - a young American from New York - John Ward - after spending several days on a narrow ledge - throws himself from the 17th floor, New York firefighters' modern engines, Lycée de Jeunes filles in Tokio 1934, Châteauroux tobacco factory fire 1938, 'Fantôme' appeared in Cieuvrac near Cahors in 1927, Poitiers 1936, ...) and/or stamp. Agency and/or photographers identified: France Presse, Keystone. Various states and formats. Two drama negatives are attached.