Description
An anthology of the 15 best true disaster stories from the popular book series by John Stark Bellamy II. Revisit the most terrible tragedies in Cleveland history, including:
The apocalyptic East Ohio Gas Company explosion and fire of 1944, which destroyed an entire east side neighborhood;
Genius inventor Garrett A. Morgan's daring underground rescue efforts (using his recently invented gas mask) during the gruesome 1916 waterworks collapse;
The unspeakably horrible Collinwood school fire of 1908, in which 172 schoolchildren perished in panic because of obstructed exits;
The Cleveland Clinic disaster of 1929, in which thousands of pounds of X-ray film exploded in flames, causing 123 deaths;
The grisly drama of two doomed workmen buried alive in the very concrete that became Cleveland's celebrated landmark--the Terminal Tower.
A great introduction to Bellamy's five-book Cleveland crime and disaster series.
Author: John Bellamy
Publisher: Gray & Company Publishers
Published: 11/18/2009
Pages: 221
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.68h x 6.56w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9781598510584
ISBN10: 1598510584
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Midwest(IA,IL,IN,KS,MI,MN,MO
- Social Science | Disasters & Disaster Relief