{"product_id":"disaster-stories-of-destruction-and-death-in-nineteenthcentury-new-jersey-rivergate-regionals-rivergate-regionals-collection-9780813564593","title":"Disaster Stories of Destruction and Death in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Getting from here to there for New Jerseyans these days can range from slightly annoying to absolutely road-rageous. But nowhere does it approach the wholesale risks taken by 19th century travelers when they booked passagage on a ship, boarded a train or stayed at a tinderbox resort hotel. History and weather repeat, and Siegel deftly captures the déjà vu.\"\u003cbr\u003e * Star-Ledger *\u003cbr\u003e\"Think the winter we’ve just endured was rough? It was a picnic compared to 1888, when the blizzard of March 11 to 14 paralyzed New Jersey, killing nearly 100 people. More than 2 feet of snow fell in some regions, and winds reached 60 miles per hour in an era before snowplows. That's just one of the 28 deadly events pulled from the historical shadows by Alan A. Siegel in his new book, Disaster! Stories of Destruction and Death in Nineteenth-Century New Jersey.\" * New Jersey Monthly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Fires\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNewark, October 27, 1836\u003cbr\u003eCape May City, September 5, 1856\u003cbr\u003eCape May City, August 31, 1869\u003cbr\u003eCape May City, November 9, 1878\u003cbr\u003eNewton, September 22, 1873\u003cbr\u003eCaven Point, Jersey City, Refinery Fire, May 10, 1883\u003cbr\u003eThe Standard Oil Fire, Bayonne, July 5, 1900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Steamboat Disasters\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew-Jersey\u003c\/i\u003e, Camden, March 15, 1856\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsaac Newton\u003c\/i\u003e, Fort Lee, December 5, 1863 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Train Wrecks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBurlington, August 29, 1855\u003cbr\u003eHackensack Meadows, January 15, 1894\u003cbr\u003eMay's Landing, August 11, 1880\u003cbr\u003eAbsecon Island, July 30, 1896\u003cbr\u003eBordentown, February 21, 1901\u003cbr\u003eThe Thoroughfare Wreck, October 28, 1906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Shipwrecks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Minturn\u003c\/i\u003e, South of Mantoloking, February 15, 1846\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePowhattan\u003c\/i\u003e, Beach Haven, April 15, 1854\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Era\u003c\/i\u003e, Deal Beach, November 13, 1854\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e, North of Barnegat Inlet, December 20, 1856\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVizcaya\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCornelius Hargraves\u003c\/i\u003e, Off Barnegat Bay, July 8, 1898\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDelaware\u003c\/i\u003e, Barnegat Bay, July 8, 1898\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Natural Disasters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Blizzard of '88, March 11-14, 1888\u003cbr\u003eThe Great September Gale, September 3, 1821\u003cbr\u003eStatewide Hurricane, September 10-13, 1889\u003cbr\u003eNew Brunswick Tornado, June 19, 1835\u003cbr\u003eCamden Tornado, June 19, 1835\u003cbr\u003eCamden Tornado, August 3, 1885\u003cbr\u003eCherry Hill Tornado, July 13, 1895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSources and Suggestions for Further Reading\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405785440599,"sku":"9780813564593","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813564593.jpg?v=1730493609","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/disaster-stories-of-destruction-and-death-in-nineteenthcentury-new-jersey-rivergate-regionals-rivergate-regionals-collection-9780813564593","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}