Whether the result of human error or nature, the calamities in World's Worst Historical Disasters are sobering and riveting. The book looks across time to explore devastating plagues, earthquakes, volcanoes, genocides, floods, and crashes. Learn about the massacre at Milan, the great fire of London, the Samastipur train disaster, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and many more. Each illustrated account presents a full analysis of the causes, the actual event, and the aftermath.