Disasters and heroic rescues of North Carolina / Scotti Cohn.

Author/creator Cohn, Scotti, 1950-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoGuilford, Conn. : Insiders' Guide, ©2005.
Descriptionxi, 192 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesDisasters and heroic rescues series
Disasters and heroic rescues series. ^A609948
Contents Fayetteville is no more : the great fire (1831) -- Remember my last words : the wreck of the steam packet Home (1837) -- Tragedy of errors : the wreck of the Metropolis (1878) -- A frightful accident : the wreck at Bostian Bridge (1891) -- Death of a dream : the Hotel Zinzendorf fire (1892) -- A wall of water : the San Ciriaco hurricane (1899) -- Two beasts in deadly combat : the Wild West Show train wreck (1901) -- Caught in the middle : the July floods (1916) -- Killer on the loose : the influenza pandemic (1918) -- No use being sorrowful : the Coal Glen mining disaster (1925) -- Gathering storm : the August floods (1940) -- Like a bad dream : the Atlantic Coast Line wreck (1943) -- Princess in a tower : the Highland Hospital fire (1948) -- Everything was just gone : Hurricane Hazel (1954) -- Fallout from a cold war : the crashes of two B52 bombers (1961) -- Terrain! terrain! : the crash of flight 1016 (1994) -- A risky business : the speedway disaster (2000) -- White wedding, black ice : the February snowstorm (2004).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 179-192).
LCCN 2005009943
ISBN0762737042 (alk. paper)