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The same day a the great Chicago fire in the city of peshtigo that trap the people on both sides of the river
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A steel town in Pennsylvania was flooded because of a break in a Dam 14 miles away.
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Galveston was known at the end of the 19th Century as the "Jewel of Texas" until the single deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history wiped away much of what had been a booming future.
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An earthquake than lasted about a minute set of a series of fires in the process
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A 3 and a half hour tornado moved through the tri state area
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Civilians did not expect a hurricane when they woke up to a 140 mph moving hurricane
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Prior to the early 1930's, the Great Plains was a farmer's paradise. Rising demands for wheat spurred settlers to plow much of the southern plains' grassy soil to meet this need. Date unknown
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A 90 degree heat wave destroyed 48 billion dollars worth of crops
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With more damage done to crops this time another record heat wave came in destroying more than 65 billion dollars worth of crops
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The Atlantic storm that began as a category 1 hurricane as it blew across southern Florida wound up being the country's costliest tragedy.
