Cleveland's Greatest Disasters!: Sixteen Tragic Tales of Death and Destruction--An Anthology

By John Stark Bellamy II

Book Overview

Fifteen incredible true disaster stories from 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.

This anthology collects the very best disaster tales from John Stark Bellamy's five-book Cleveland crime and disaster series.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598510584
• ISBN13: 9781598510584
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Gray & Company Publishers
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 8.7"