G Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History Allen Howard Godbey
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  1. Preface

    3:15

  2. Myths of the Winds

    17:00

  3. Constant Winds

    15:21

  4. Periodic Winds

    24:53

  5. Tornadoes and Cyclones

    31:23

  6. The Louisville Tornado

    27:56

  7. Incidents of the Tornado

    37:51

  8. Other Tornadoes

    32:51

  9. Tropical Cyclones

    29:50

  10. Perils of the Sea

    26:31

  11. Life-Saving Measures

    20:27

  12. Great Samoan Hurricane

    39:16

  13. Electric Storms

    42:05

  14. Rain, Hail and Snow

    27:56

  15. Floods in the South

    47:33

  16. The Flood of 1890

    36:27

  17. The Johnstown Flood

    26:12

  18. Incidents at Johnstown

    33:40

  19. Relief Measures

    26:04

  20. Famine and Pestilence

    19:15

  21. The Volcano

    48:16

  22. Great Eruptions of Vesuvius

    38:16

  23. Other Great Eruptions Part 1

    29:02

  24. Other Great Eruptions Part 2

    38:19

  25. Earthquakes

    28:11

  26. European Earthquakes

    45:21

  27. Earthquakes in The United States and England

    38:37

  28. Earthquakes in Tropical America

    42:27

  29. Prediction and Prevention

    23:15

  30. The Reign of Law

    30:20

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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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