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Table of Contents A Bird's-Eye View of Pre-Fire Chicago The Great Conflagration The Ruined City Rescue and Relief Queen of the West Once More { Detailed Table of Contents } Special Media Interactive Panorama of Chicago, 1858 A Bird's-Eye View of Pre-Fire Chicago describes Chicago up to the eve of the fire, while The Great Conflagration examines the calamity itself. The Ruined City is concerned ...

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JACK LONDON'S JOURNALISM THE STORY OF AN EYEWITNESS By Jack London, Collier's special Correspondent (First published in Collier's, May 5, 1906) Upon receipt of the first news of the earthquake, Collier's telegraphed to Mr. Jack London-who lives only forty miles from San Francisco-requesting him to go to the scene of the disaster and write the story of what he saw. Mr. London started at once, and ...

Home Science and Society Science for Everyone Climate CLIMATE AND GLOBAL CHANGE Why the United States Is Becoming More Vulnerable to Natural Disasters Despite increases in what we know about natural disasters and how to protect ourselves against them, more and more people are concentrated along the coasts, where loss of life and property from these disasters are greatest. by G. van der Vink, R.