From a boiler explosion that killed nine people and a group of people observing a rare total eclipse to a record-holding athlete swimming in a tank and The Civicorps taking part in a marching drill, a lot has happened in Yorkshire 100 years ago.
1. Total eclipse
Crowds gathered on a hill near Giggleswick to view a total eclipse of the sun in June 1927. Photo: Keystone / Getty Images
2. Boiler explosion
On June 14, 1895, a terrible boiler explosion occurred at the Warrenby Ironworks, Cleveland, by which four men lost their lives immediately, five others subsequently, and others were shockingly injured. Photo: The Print Collector / Heritage Images via Getty Images
3. Bathers in Scarborough
Bathers in the bathing pool at South Cliff, Scarborough, in June 1918. Photo: Alfred Hind Robinson / Hulton Archive / Getty Images
4. Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Team captain Herbie Collins and Warren Bardsley of the Australian cricket team on the field wearing baggy green caps during the first innings of their match against Yorkshire County Cricket Club in June 1926. Photo: Central Press / Hulton Archive / Getty Images