Bibliograph

Cleveland area disasters, Calvin Rydbom and Thomas Kubat

Type

Label

Cleveland area disasters, Calvin Rydbom and Thomas Kubat

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Cleveland area disasters

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Calvin Rydbom and Thomas Kubat

Series statement

Images of America

Summary

Images of America: Cleveland Area Disasters looks back at the historic disasters to strike Cleveland in the first half of the 20th century. It documents the tornados, fires, cave-ins, accidents, and explosions that befell the region during that period. Most Clevelanders have heard stories of the Colinwood school fire, the Lorain tornado, the Cleveland Clinic fire, and the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey fire; however, over the decades, the true events and the tall tales that followed have become blurred. Some disasters, such as the West 117th Street explosion and the Waterworks Tunnel cave-ins, seem almost completely forgotten. Although tragic, the disasters in this book affected the lives of Clevelanders and often generated changes for the good, which prevented these sorts of tragedies from occurring again. Sadly, in some instances, they did not

Target audience

adult

Classification