The Associated Press Library of Disasters
The Associated Press Library of Disasters

Author: Associated Press

Publisher: Grolier Academic Reference

Published: 1997-09-01

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9780717291731

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Disasters caused by fires and explosions. Included are the dock fire in Hoboken, New Jersey, the Iroquois Theater Fire, the Rhoads Opera House explosion, the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, forest fires in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the Missouri dance hall explosion, Cleveland Clinic explosion, the Ohio State Penitentiary fire, fire in Hakodate, Japan, New London school explosion, the dance hall fire in Natchez, Mississippi, Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire, Knights of Columbus Hostel fire, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus fire, dynamite truck explosions, L'Innovation department store fire, Club Cinq Sept fire, Taeyonkak Hotel fire, Beverly Hills Supper Club fire, Salang Tunnel explosion, forest fires in China, sewer explosions in Mexico, fuel-flood fire in Egypt, and the Tent-City fire in Saudi Arabia.

Natural Disasters: Avalanches-explosions
Natural Disasters: Avalanches-explosions

Author: Marlene Bradford

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13:

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Organized alphabetically by disaster type, this natural-disaster reference describes each disaster in scientific terms. Special events follow in chronological order. The set contains photographs, a time line, lists of organizations and agencies, a glossary and an index.