Oregon Disasters True Stories of Tragedy and Survival 2nd Edition by Rachel Dresbeck ISBN 978-1493013180 1493013181
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ISBN 10:1493013181
ISBN 13: 978-1493013180
Author: Rachel Dresbeck
True accounts of major disasters in Oregon history are retold in this engagingly written collection. Among the true accounts dramatically retold are the deadly Mount Hood avalanche of 1927, the 1933 Tillamook forest fire (one of the worst in U.S. history), the devastating tsunami of 1964, and the 1903 flash flood in Heppner, which carried away a fourth of the town’s inhabitants. Each story reveals not only the circumstances surrounding the disaster and the magnitude of the devastation but also the courage and ingenuity displayed by those who survived and the heroism of those who helped others, often risking their own lives in rescue efforts.
Table of contents:
CHAPTER 1
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN ITS WAKE
The Heppner Flood (1903)
CHAPTER 2
DEAD MAN’S HOTEL
The Wreck of the Mimi (1913)
CHAPTER 3
PORT TOWN IN FLAMES
The Astoria Fire (1922)
CHAPTER 4
DANGEROUS SLOPES
The Mazamas on Coe Glacier (1927)
CHAPTER 5
“JUST ONE MORE LOG”
The Tillamook Burn (1933)
CHAPTER 6
HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW
The Vanport Flood (1948)
CHAPTER 7
ARCTIC ILLUSIONS
Three Blizzards (1950)
CHAPTER 8
IT LOOKED LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD
The Roseburg Blast (1959)
CHAPTER 9
AN OCTOBER ODDITY
The Columbus Day Storm (1962)
CHAPTER 10
A COASTAL CATASTROPHE
Tsunami (1964)
CHAPTER 11
A WET CHRISTMAS
The Willamette River Flood (1964)
CHAPTER 12
MAYDAY IN AUGUST
The Brookings-Harbor Rescues (1972)
CHAPTER 13
“WE’RE GOING DOWN”
The Last Journey of Flight 173 (1978)
CHAPTER 14
“THIS IS IT!”
The Eruption of Mount St. Helens (1980)
CHAPTER 15
TRAGEDY ON MOUNT HOOD
The Oregon Episcopal School Climb (1986)
CHAPTER 16
BURNING FIELDS
Chain-Reaction Car Accident (1988)
CHAPTER 17
A WET AND WILD WINTER
Raging Waters (1995-1996)
CHAPTER 18
COOS BAY CATASTROPHE
The Wreck of the New Carissa (1999)
CHAPTER 19
BEWARE THE BERGSCHRUND
Mount Hood Climbing Accident (2002)
CHAPTER 20
WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES
The Biscuit Fire (2002)
CHAPTER 21
FATAL ERROR
The Sinking of the Taki-Tooo (2003)
Bibliography
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