Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History
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Preface
3:15 -
Myths of the Winds
17:00 -
Constant Winds
15:21 -
Periodic Winds
24:53 -
Tornadoes and Cyclones
31:23 -
The Louisville Tornado
27:56 -
Incidents of the Tornado
37:51 -
Other Tornadoes
32:51 -
Tropical Cyclones
29:50 -
Perils of the Sea
26:31 -
Life-Saving Measures
20:27 -
Great Samoan Hurricane
39:16 -
Electric Storms
42:05 -
Rain, Hail and Snow
27:56 -
Floods in the South
47:33 -
The Flood of 1890
36:27 -
The Johnstown Flood
26:12 -
Incidents at Johnstown
33:40 -
Relief Measures
26:04 -
Famine and Pestilence
19:15 -
The Volcano
48:16 -
Great Eruptions of Vesuvius
38:16 -
Other Great Eruptions Part 1
29:02 -
Other Great Eruptions Part 2
38:19 -
Earthquakes
28:11 -
European Earthquakes
45:21 -
Earthquakes in The United States and England
38:37 -
Earthquakes in Tropical America
42:27 -
Prediction and Prevention
23:15 -
The Reign of Law
30:20
Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History (1890) is a public domain work.
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About this book
Wind, water and shifting ground provide the subjects for Allen Howard Godbey's illustrated account of natural disasters, published in 1890. Its chapters move from explanations of trade winds, monsoons and cyclones to accounts of the Louisville tornado, the Johnstown flood and the hurricane at Samoa. Shipwrecks, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes extend its scope across land and sea.
Godbey places rescue work and public relief alongside descriptions of damage. Chapters on lifeboats, lighthouses and storm warnings connect the events with efforts to protect communities, while discussions of levees and dams raise practical questions about flood control. The book also examines prediction and the place of natural law in interpreting calamity. For a reader today, it offers a view of how a late nineteenth-century writer combined popular science, historical examples and religious reflection when explaining the forces that could overturn ordinary life.
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- Allen Howard Godbey
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