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Scenes of suffering and desolation that beggar description. The great galveston disaster, containing a full and thrilling account of the most appalling calamity of modern times including vivid descriptions of the hurricane. It is a well composed book and written with good documentary accuracy, the author having accessed the many documents which have survived, especially the massive. Containing a full and thrilling account of the most appalling calamity of modern times including vivid descriptions of the hurricane print version record electronic reproduction master and use copy. It includes accounts from survivors and eyewitnesses, and photos of the devastation. The great galveston storm came ashore the night of sept 8, 1900, with an estimated strength of a category 4. Title album of galveston the day before and the day after the great storm. The great galveston disaster by richard spillane abebooks.
The deadliest natural disaster in american history remains the 1900 hurricane in the island city of galveston, texas. Paul lesters many other books include life in the south west. Bookprinted material the great galveston disaster, containing a full. An example of modern vintage is the publication of the high girders in 1956 by the journalist john prebble concerning tay bridge disaster of december 28, 1879, one of the worst ever disasters on the rail network in britain. The great galveston disaster, containing a full and thrilling. The gulf coast of texas would be reminded of the power of a hurricane again, 105 years later, when hurricane rita the fourth most intense atlantic hurricane on. From galveston hurricane of 1900 in the texas handbook online. Digital master created according to benchmark for faithful digital reproductions of monographs and serials, version 1. The information and photographs found in this file have been extracted from the great galveston disaster, by paul lester. On september 8, a category four hurricane descended on the town, destroying. More violent and costlier hurricanes have struck coastal areas of the united states since 1900, but because of the death toll the galveston storm that year was still called the worst recorded natural disaster ever to strike the north american continent.
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