Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's HistoryGREAT DISASTERSReading editionChapter navigation32 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterGREAT DISASTERSPREFACE.GREAT DISASTERSChapter 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.Previous chapter ←PREFACE.Next chapter →Chapter I · MYTHS OF THE WINDS.All chapters and sections (32)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsGREAT DISASTERSPREFACE.GREAT DISASTERSChapters12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728AND HORRORS IN THE WORLD’S HISTORY.◇← PREFACE.CHAPTER I. MYTHS OF THE WINDS. →