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. ——— SUPERBLY ILLUSTRATED WITH 150 ENGRAVINGS. ——— PUBLISHED BY ROYAL PUBLISHING CO., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Copyright. 1890, W. L. HOLLOWAY.