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Book SynopsisDramatic retellings of twenty true events, including the Moodus earthquake of 1791, the Norwalk train wreck of 1853, the Great Hurricane of 1938, and the Great Hartford Circus Fire of 1944.
Table of Contents(1) Preface (2) The Burning of New London, 1871 (3) The Moodus Earthquake, 1791 (4) The Raid on Essex, 1814 (5) Deadly Steamboats, 1833 and 1840 (6) The Ill-Fated Farmington Canal, 1835 (7) The Amistad Affair, 1839 (8) The Norwalk Train Wreck, 1853 (9) The Fales & Gray Explosion (10) The Colt Armory Fire, 1864 (11) The Tariffville Bridge Wreck, 1878 (12) The Great Blizzard, 1888 (13) The Park Central Explosion, 1889 (14) The Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 (15) The Great Flood, 1936 (16) The Great Hurricane, 1938 (17) The Hartford Circus Fire, 1944 (18) Hurricanes Connie and Diane, 1955 (19) The Cathedral Fire, 1956 (20) The Hartford Hospital Fire, 1961 (21) Connecticut River Pollution, 1965 (22) Buildings Collapse, 1978 and 1987 (23) Highway Tragedies, 1983 and 2005 (24) Bibliography (25) About the Author
