Cleveland's Greatest Disasters!
Title | Cleveland's Greatest Disasters! PDF eBook |
Author | John Stark Bellamy |
Publisher | Gray & Company |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1598510584 |
Recounts sixteen of the most tragic disasters in the history of Cleveland, Ohio, including the Ashtabula Bridge disaster, the Cleveland Clinic fire, and the Terminal Tower tragedy, among others.
Cleveland Calamities
Title | Cleveland Calamities PDF eBook |
Author | Alan F. Dutka |
Publisher | Disaster |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781626193369 |
"Stories of Cleveland's greatest blizzards, most destructive tornadoes, nastiest snow storms, worst floods and many more of the city's calamities"--
The Last Days of Cleveland
Title | The Last Days of Cleveland PDF eBook |
Author | John Stark Bellamy |
Publisher | Gray & Company |
Pages | 253 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1598510673 |
#6 in this Cleveland crime and disaster series includes 15 stories. Sometimes gruesome, often surprising, these tales are meticulously researched and delivered in a literate and entertaining style. Meet a daring Jazz Age stick-up man, a murderous grandmother, an ageless fire chief addicted to profanity, and other unforgettable characters.
Cleveland Area Disasters
Title | Cleveland Area Disasters PDF eBook |
Author | Calvin Rydbom |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1467110256 |
Images of America: Cleveland Area Disasters looks back at the historic disasters to strike Cleveland in the first half of the 20th century. It documents the tornados, fires, cave-ins, accidents, and explosions that befell the region during that period. Most Clevelanders have heard stories of the Colinwood school fire, the Lorain tornado, the Cleveland Clinic fire, and the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey fire; however, over the decades, the true events and the tall tales that followed have become blurred. Some disasters, such as the West 117th Street explosion and the Waterworks Tunnel cave-ins, seem almost completely forgotten. Although tragic, the disasters in this book affected the lives of Clevelanders and often generated changes for the good, which prevented these sorts of tragedies from occurring again. Sadly, in some instances, they did not.
Disasters in Cleveland History
Title | Disasters in Cleveland History PDF eBook |
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Pages | |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Cleveland (Ohio) |
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"Images of the fires, explosions, floods, and other calamities that have left their mark on the city over the years. Includes the infamous mid-20th century Cuyahoga River fires, the Collinwood School fire of 1908, the Cleveland Clinic Disaster of 1929, the Waterworks Tunnel disaster of 1916, and the East Ohio Gas Co. explosion and fires of 1944"--Title screen.
They Died Crawling, and Other Tales of Cleveland Woe
Title | They Died Crawling, and Other Tales of Cleveland Woe PDF eBook |
Author | John Stark Bellamy, II |
Publisher | Gray & Company, Publishers |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1886228035 |
The foulest crimes and worst in Cleveland history are recounted in these 15 incredible-but-true tales. Each no-holds-barred account into one of this city's most notorious moments, from the 1916 waterworks collapse to the Cleveland Clinic fire to the sensational Sam Sheppard murder trial. These gripping narratives deliver high drama and dark comedy, heroes and villains, obsession, courage, treachery, deceit, fear, and guilt -- all from the streets of Cleveland.
Women Behaving Badly
Title | Women Behaving Badly PDF eBook |
Author | John Stark Bellamy, II |
Publisher | Gray & Company, Publishers |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1598510002 |
Women who murder . . . why are they so much more fascinating than their male counterparts? For evidence, dip into any of the sixteen strange-but-true tales collected in this anthology by Cleveland’s leading historical crime writer. You’ll meet: • Ill-fated Catherine Manz, the “Bad Cinderella” who poisoned her step-sister in revenge for years of mistreatment, then made her getaway wearing her victim’s most fetching outfit, a red dress and an enormous feathered hat . . . • Velma West, the big-city girl who scandalized rural Lake County in the 1920s with her “unnatural passions”—and ended her marriage-made-in-hell with a swift hammer’s blow to the skull of her dull husband, Eddie . . . • Eva Kaber, “Lakewood’s Lady Borgia,” who, along with her mother and daughter, conspired to dispose of an inconvenient husband with arsenic and knife-wielding hired killers . . . • Martha Wise, Medina’s not-so-merry widow, who poisoned a dozen relatives—including her husband, mother, and brother—because she enjoyed going to funerals . . . And a cast of other, equally fascinating women who behaved very, very badly. This is wickedly entertaining reading!