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Tables of Contents for Unnatural Disasters
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
ix
Introduction
xi
Coal Mining Tragedies
1
10
Turtle Mountain, Canada, 1903
1
2
Aberfan, Wales, 1966
3
4
Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, 1972
7
4
Dam Failures
11
14
Santa Clara River, California, 1928
11
4
Teton River, Idaho, 1976
15
5
Vaiont River Valley, Italy, 1963
20
5
Government Actions
25
18
Hiroshima, Japan, 1945
25
3
Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1946
28
6
Ukraine, Soviet Union, 1932
34
4
Morris County, New Jersey, 1926
38
1
Halifax, Canada, 1917
39
4
Industrial Explosions
43
18
Oppau, Germany, 1921
43
3
Texas City, Texas, 1947
46
4
Cleveland, Ohio, 1944
50
4
Mexico City, Mexico, 1984
54
3
Flixborough, England, 1974
57
4
Nuclear Energy Accidents
61
16
Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, 1979
61
6
Chernobyl, Soviet Union, 1986
67
5
Tokai, Japan, 1999
72
5
Oil Spills
77
16
Coastal Brittany, France, 1978
77
5
Prince William Sound, Alaska, 1989
82
7
Block Island Sound, Rhode Island, 1996
89
4
Terrorist Acts
93
20
Eastern United States, 2001
93
3
Kuwait and the Persian Gulf, 1991
96
5
Washington, D.C., 2001
101
2
New York City, 1993
103
4
New York City, 2001
107
6
Toxicity---Industrial
113
16
Bhopal, India, 1984
113
5
Seveso, Italy, 1976
118
5
Minamata, Japan, 1956
123
3
Basel, Switzerland, 1986
126
3
Toxicity---Residential
129
12
Love Canal, New York, 1978
129
5
Iraq, 1971
134
2
London, England, 1952
136
5
Index
141