100 disasters that shook the world
Maker and role
Nigel Cawthorne, Author
Production date
2005
Object detail
Accession number
15-2008
Maker
Description
Earthquakes: 1. Shensi, China 1556 -- 2. Antioch, Turkey 526 -- 3. Tangshan, China 1976 -- 4. Messina, Italy 1908 -- 5. Armenia 1988 -- 6. Maharastra State, India 1993 -- 8. [i.e. 7] Guatamala 1976 -- 9. Chile 1960 -- 10. Peru 1970 -- 11. San Francisco 1906 -- Tsunami: 12. Papua New Guinea 1998 -- 13. Philippines 1976 -- 14. Japan 1933 -- 15. Japan 1896 -- 16. Japan/Sumatra 1883 -- 17. Chile 1868 -- 18. Japan 1854 -- 19. Portugal 1775 -- 20. Japan -- Floods: 21. River Yangtze 1931 -- 22. Bangladesh -- 23. China 1887 -- 24. China 1997 -- 25. Florence 1966 -- Hurricanes: 26. Barbados 1780 -- 27. Galveston, U.S. 1900 -- 28. Vera, Japan 1958 -- 29. Mitch, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala 1998 -- Air Disasters: 30. Tenerife 1977 -- 31. Antarctica 1979 -- 32. Chicago 1979 -- 33. Paris 1974 -- 34. New Delhi 1996 -- 35. Kinshasa 1996 -- 36. Long Island 1996 -- 37. Concorde 2000 -- 38. Hindenburg 1937 -- 39. Japan 1985 -- Shipwrecks: 40. Halifax 1917 -- 41. Mary Rose 1545 -- 42. Andrea Doria 1956 -- 43. Eastland 1915 -- 44. Titanic 1912 -- 45. Empress of Ireland 1914 -- 46. Dona Paz 1987 -- 47. Estonia 1994 -- 48. Sultana 1865 -- 49. Birkenhead 1852 -- 50. Kursh (sub) 2000 -- 51. Joola (2002) -- Community Disasters: 52. Smog, London 1952 -- 53. Windscale 1957 -- 54. Aberfan 1966 -- 55. Torrey Canyon 1967 -- 56. Shimanton Dam, Henan, China 1975 -- 57. Bhopal 1984 -- 58. Chernobyl 1986 -- 59. Piper Alpha 1988 -- 60. Exxon Valdez 1989 -- 61. Mecca Stampede 1990 -- 62. Lake Nyos 1986 -- 63. Spanish flu 1918-1919 -- 64. Irish Potato Famine 1845 -- Volcanoes: 65. Pompeii, Italy 79 -- 66. Iceland 1783 -- 67. Indonesia 1815 -- 68. Ecuador 1877 -- 69. Mt. PeleÌe -- 70. Columbia 1985 -- 71. Pinatubo, Phillipines 1991 -- 72. SoufrieÌ€re, Montserrat 1997 -- Sporting Disasters: 73. Turin, Italy 1949 -- 74. Le Mans, France 1955 -- 75. Vail, Colorado1976 -- 76. Munich 1958 -- 77. Lima, Peru 1964 -- 78. Glasgow, Scotland 1971 -- 79. Moscow, Russia 1982 -- 80. Hillsborough 1989 -- 81 Accra, Ghana 2001 -- Space Disasters: 82. Apollo 1 1967 -- 83. Soyuz 1 1967 -- 84. Soyuz 11 1971 -- 85. Vostok Rocket 1980 -- 86. Challenger 1986 -- 87. Columbia 2003 -- Avalanches: 88. Italian Alps 218 BC -- 89. US 1910 -- 90. Peru 1962 -- Train Crashes: 91. Tay Bridge Disaster 1879 -- 92. Samastipur 1981 -- 93. New Zealand 1953 -- 94. Sydney 1977 -- 95. Modane 1917 -- Fires: 96. London 1666 -- 97. Chicago 1903 -- 98. Chicago, Great Fire of 1871 -- 99. Triange Shirtwaist Factory 1911 -- 100. Lagos, Nigeria 2002.
Media/Materials
Physical description
207 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
ISBN/ISSN
1841931691
Other title
One hundred disasters that shook the world
Collection
Credit line
Nigel Cawthorne. 2005. 100 disasters that shook the world, 15-2008. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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