About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 96. Chapters: Disasters in London, Fires in England, Massacres in England, Mining disasters in England, Natural disasters in England, Transport disasters in England, Great Plague of London, Peterloo Massacre, Bexhill-on-Sea, Buncefield fire, History of the Jews in England, Bradford City stadium fire, Windscale fire, 1996 Channel Tunnel fire, Cumbria shootings, Hungerford massacre, Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead, Laki, Great Storm of 1987, 1992 Windsor Castle fire, North Sea flood of 1953, 2008 Channel Tunnel fire, Boscastle flood of 2004, Silvertown explosion, Bolton Massacre, Sweating sickness, Great Storm of 1703, 1580 Dover Straits earthquake, Great Stink, Bristol Channel floods, 1607, Summit Tunnel fire, Great Smog, Harrying of the North, Dolcoath mine, Lynmouth, Marchioness disaster, Lindsey Oil Refinery, National Shell Filling Factory, Chilwell, RAF Fauld explosion, 1928 Thames flood, Flixborough disaster, Emma, 2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, Early fires of London, List of disasters on the Severn, Victoria Hall disaster, Burning of Parliament, St. Brice's Day massacre, Taunton sleeping car fire, Lewes avalanche, Holmfirth Flood, The Great Thunderstorm, Great Fire of Warwick, East Wheal Rose, London Beer Flood, Gillingham Fair fire disaster, Theatre Royal, Exeter, 1884 Colchester earthquake, St Bedes Junction rail crash, Derby plague of 1665, 1931 Dogger Bank earthquake, The Great Fire of Whitstable, 1869, 1947 Thames flood, 2007 Atherstone on Stour fire, Fatal Vespers, Festival Fireworks, Toarni Slaughter. Excerpt: The Peterloo Massacre (or Battle of Peterloo) occurred at St Peter's Field, Manchester, England, on 16 August 1819, when cavalry charged into a crowd of 60,000-80,000 gathered at a meeting to demand the reform of parliamentary representation. The end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 had resulted in p...
