Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History
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136
1890
English
- Preface
- Myths of the Winds
- Constant Winds
- Periodic Winds
- Tornadoes and Cyclones
- The Louisville Tornado
- Incidents of the Tornado
- Other Tornadoes
- Tropical Cyclones
- Perils of the Sea
- Life-Saving Measures
- Great Samoan Hurricane
- Electric Storms
- Rain, Hail and Snow
- Floods in the South
- The Flood of 1890
- The Johnstown Flood
- Incidents at Johnstown
- Relief Measures
- Famine and Pestilence
- The Volcano
- Great Eruptions of Vesuvius
- Other Great Eruptions Part 1
- Other Great Eruptions Part 2
- Earthquakes
- European Earthquakes
- Earthquakes in The United States and England
- Earthquakes in Tropical America
- Prediction and Prevention
- The Reign of Law
"Mankind is constantly astonished by reports of mishaps and disasters of manifold character, when there is seldom room for astonishment. A large proportion of the calamities reported from day to day are directly due to the haste, greed, and heedlessness of man himself, and need no comment.
But there is a large class of disasters, due solely to meteorological or geological conditions, which surpass all others in magnitude and appalling destruction. In such cases men insist on prating about “mysterious visitations,” as though these occurrences were subject to the dominion of no law. To an examination of such is this book devoted." From the preface.
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