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1 online resource |
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Disasters Series |
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Disasters series.
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| Contents |
Introduction; CHAPTER 1 WHEN THUNDERBIRD BATTLED WHALE The Great Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake 1700; CHAPTER 2 GRAVEYARD OF THE PACIFIC The Columbia River Bar 1841-1936; CHAPTER 3 FRESH PAINT HIDES A ROTTEN HULL The Wreck of the Pacific 1875; CHAPTER 4 A CITY IN FLAMES The Great Seattle Fire 1889; CHAPTER 5 A PHOENIX FROM THE ASHES The Great Spokane Falls Fire 1889; CHAPTER 6 A WASHINGTON WASHOUT The Conconully Flood 1894; CHAPTER 7 "BLACK CLOUD OF DESPAIR" The Carbonado Mine Explosion 1899; CHAPTER 8 FORTY-TWO DIE ON THE FOURTH The Tacoma Trolley Disaster 1900 |
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CHAPTER 9 A YEAR OF FIRES The Yacolt Burn 1902CHAPTER 10 CURSED AT THE CHRISTENING The Sinking of the SS Clallam 1904; CHAPTER 11 DEATH ON PUGET SOUND The SS Dix Collision 1906; CHAPTER 12 AVALANCHE! The Wellington Railway Disaster 1910; CHAPTER 13 THE BIG BLOW Western Washington Windstorm 1921; CHAPTER 14 MOCK BATTLE TURNS DEADLY The Boeing Field Air Disaster 1937; CHAPTER 15 GALLOPING GERTIE The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse 1940; CHAPTER 16 NOT HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Mount Rainier Plane Crash 1946; CHAPTER 17 SHAKE, RATTLE, AND ROLL The Puget Sound Earthquakes 1949 and 1965 |
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CHAPTER 18 WASHINGTON'S HURRICANE The Columbus Day Storm 1962CHAPTER 19 THE BIG BLAST The Mount St. Helens Eruption 1980; CHAPTER 20 FIRE FROM THE SKY The Tyee Creek Fire 1994; CHAPTER 21 A 6.8 SHAKER The Nisqually Earthquake 2001; CHAPTER 22 MEN, WOMEN, AND FIRE The Thirtymile Fire 2001; Bibliography; About the Authors |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Natural disasters -- Washington (State)
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Disasters -- Washington (State)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Disasters.
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Natural disasters.
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Washington (State)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1493013238 |
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9781493013234 |
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