| Description |
236 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
And only one returned (Monogah coal mine explosion, West Virginia) -- Hell's hundred acres (Triangle Shirtwaist Co. fire, New York) -- Death takes an outing (Eastland ship disaster, Chicago) -- Holocaust on the high seas (Burning of the Morro Castle, off New Jersey) -- It took only a spark (School explosion, New London, Texas) -- The end of an era (Hindenburg explosion, Lakehurst, New Jersey) -- A night to forget (Cocoanut Grove Nightclub fire, Boston) -- A day at the circus (Big Top Circus fire, Hartford) -- From out of the fog (Bomber crash into Empire State Building, New York) -- Death, the uninvited guest (Winecoff Hotel fire, Atlanta) -- A cargo of doom (Grandcamp Ship explosion, Texas City, Texas) -- Pride of the Great Lakes (Noronic burns at pier, Toronto) -- Unscheduled stop at Richmond Hill (commuter train wreck, Long Island) -- Legend of the Haucos (Southwest tornado, Waco, Texas) -- Collision at sea (sinking of the Andrea Doria, off Nantucket) -- A Christmas reunion (mid-air plane collision, New York) -- It's how you play the game (soccer riot, Lima, Peru) -- Death of a generation (Coal slag slide, Aberfan, Wales) -- Camille was no lady (Hurricane Camille, U.S. Gulf Coast) -- A killing winter (avalanches, Val D'isere and Plateau D'Assy, France) -- The day the mountain fell (earthquake and landslides, Peru) -- Famine in the sub-Sahara (drought caused famine, Africa) -- The towering inferno, Brazil style (Skyscraper fire, Sao Paulo) -- The night the earth danced (Central American earthquake, Guatemala) |
| Subject |
Disasters.
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| ISBN |
0843730005: $12.95 |
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9780843730005 |
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