PREFACE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHAPTER I. MYTHS OF THE WINDS.
CHAPTER II. CONSTANT WINDS.
CHAPTER III. PERIODIC WINDS.
CHAPTER IV. TORNADOES AND CYCLONES.
CHAPTER V. THE LOUISVILLE TORNADO.
CHAPTER VI INCIDENTS OF THE TORNADO.
CHAPTER VII. OTHER TORNADOES.
CHAPTER VIII. TROPICAL CYCLONES.
CHAPTER IX. PERILS OF THE SEA.
CHAPTER X. LIFE-SAVING MEASURES.
CHAPTER XI. GREAT SAMOAN HURRICANE.
CHAPTER XII. ELECTRIC STORMS.
CHAPTER XIII. RAIN, HAIL AND SNOW.
CHAPTER XIV. FLOODS IN THE SOUTH.
CHAPTER XV. THE FLOOD OF 1890.
CHAPTER XVI. THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD.
CHAPTER XVII. INCIDENTS AT JOHNSTOWN.
CHAPTER XVIII. RELIEF MEASURES.
CHAPTER XIX. FAMINE AND PESTILENCE.
CHAPTER XX. THE VOLCANO.
CHAPTER XXI. GREAT ERUPTIONS OF VESUVIUS.
CHAPTER XXII. OTHER GREAT ERUPTIONS.
CHAPTER XXIII. EARTHQUAKES.
CHAPTER XXIV. EUROPEAN EARTHQUAKES.
CHAPTER XXV. EARTHQUAKES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND.
CHAPTER XXVI. EARTHQUAKES IN TROPICAL AMERICA.
CHAPTER XXVII. PREDICTION AND PREVENTION.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE REIGN OF LAW.
GREAT DISASTERS
AND
Horrors in the World’s History.
A GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE NOTABLE CALAMITIES
WHICH HAVE BEFALLEN MANKIND
IN ALL AGES, BOTH UPON LAND AND SEA.
EMBRACING
THE LOUISVILLE TORNADO, FLOODS IN THE SOUTH, CHARLESTON EARTHQUAKE,
JOHNSTOWN FLOOD, STORM ON THE COAST OF SAMOA, NOTED SHIPWRECKS,
GREAT FLOODS IN CHINA, HOLLAND AND JAPAN, AND OTHER NOTABLE
DISASTERS CAUSED BY STORM, FLOOD AND VOLCANIC ACTION,
AND OF THE LAWS OF THE
NATURAL PHENOMENA THAT PRODUCE THEM.
COMPRISING
THRILLING TALES OF HEROISM, GREAT DESTRUCTION OF TOWNS, CITIES, HOMES
AND LIVES, HEART-RENDING SCENES OF AGONY, DREADFUL SUFFERINGS,
MIRACULOUS ESCAPES, DARING ADVENTURES, ETC., ETC.,
TOGETHER WITH
NOBLE RESPONSES OF AID.
TO WHICH IS ADDED
AN ACCOUNT OF METHODS OF PREDICTION.
By A. H. GODBEY, A.M.,
Author of “Stanley in Africa,” “Light in Darkness,” “Missions and Missionary Heroes,” etc.
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SUPERBLY ILLUSTRATED WITH 150 ENGRAVINGS.
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PUBLISHED BY
ROYAL PUBLISHING CO.,
ST. LOUIS, MO.
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Copyright.
1890,
W. L. HOLLOWAY.
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