Catastrophe Calamity & Cataclysm

by James Cornell

We rarely purchase our books new, this one, like many others was purchased from a local charity shop. But what caught my eye was the blurb on the back;

"The typist on the 82nd floor looks up and sees an Air Force bomber fly past her window. She can see the face of the pilot, his look of horror. Seconds later the crash comes, the explosion. The nightmare fear of everyone who lives or works in a high-rise building has come true! (Crash on the 79th Floor)"

At first I thought it was fiction, but on looking inside found it to contain a collection of disasters.

Another caught my attention, and it was this one that prompted me to post this blog.

It's called 'The Forgotten Fire' because it happened at the same time as the Great Chicago Fire. Even though I live in the UK, this is a very sad story which happened in Peshtigo, Wisconsin.

For more information on the Peshtigo fire, here's a website I found which has more details.