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World disasters report 2005 : focus on information in disasters / editor, Jonathan Walter.
Date: 2005
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John Bancks, expecting a visit by a lady, has tea prepared for her, but she does not turn up, the servant accidentally breaks a bowl, and the kettle placed in front of the fire melts. Etching by I. Basire, 1738.
John BancksDate: [1738]Reference: 33144i
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Charles R. : His Majesty in his princely compassion and very tender care, taking into consideration the distressed condition of many of his good subjects, whom the late dreadful and dismal fire hath made destitute of habitations, and exposed to many exigencies and necessities : for present remedy and redresse whereof ... Given at our court at Whitehall, this fifth day of September, in the eighteenth year of our reign, one thousand six hundred sixty six. God save the King.
United KingdomDate: [1666]
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Naturkatastrophen in der Antike : Wahrnehmung, Deutung, Management / Holger Sonnabend.
Holger SonnabendDate: 1999
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Little white people being threatened by huge black spikes representing global threats to the earth anticipated in 2001 (war, poverty, drugs etc.). Colour screenprint by Rajlich Design, 1995.
Rajlich, Jan.Date: 1995Reference: 677254i
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Disasters : prevention & coping proceedings of the conference May 21-22, 1980 / conference organized by Sally Buchanan ; proceedings edited by James N. Myers, Denise D. Bedford.
Date: 1981
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The sorrowful and weeping lamentation of the wives and orphans of the unhappy men who lost their lives at the tremendous blowing up of the Canal Company's warehouse, et Nottingham.
Date: [1818]
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Emerging systemic risks in the 21st century : an agenda for action.
Date: [2003], ©2003
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World disasters report 2004 : focus on community resilience / edited by Jonathan Walter.
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent SocietiesDate: [2004], ©2004
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A full true and particler record of a dreadful fire : wherein upwards of 200 people were burnt, and which occurred at Miramichi, in America, October 7, 1825 / W. Abrams.
Abrams, WilliamDate: [1825?]
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The end of the world : the science and ethics of human extinction / John Leslie.
John A. LeslieDate: [1996]
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Decade of disaster / Ann Larabee.
Ann LarabeeDate: [2000], ©2000
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The gallery of nature and art; or, a tour through creation and science. Comprising new and entertaining descriptions of the most surprising volcanoes, caverns, cataracts, whirlpools, waterfalls, earthquakes, and other wonderful and stupendous phenomena of nature. Forming a rich and comprehensive view of all that is interesting and curious in every part of the habitable world. By the Rev. E. Polehampton, and John M. Good, F.R.S. Illustrated by one hundred engravings / [Edward Thomas William Polehampton].
Polehampton, Edward (Edward Thomas William), 1777?-1830.Date: 1821
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Copy of verses on the late dreadful fire in James Street, Lisson Grove : pray give ear you feeling Christians.
Date: [between 1849 and 1862]
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The city remembrancer: being historical narratives of the Great Plague at London, 1665; Great Fire, 1666; and Great Storm, 1703. To which are added, observations and reflections on the plague in general; considered in a religous, philosophical, and physical view: with historical accounts of the most memorable plagues, fires, and hurricanes / Collected from curious and authentic papers, originally compiled by the late learned Dr. Harvey ... and enlarged with authorities of a more recent date.
Gideon HarveyDate: 1769
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World disasters report 1997 / International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent SocietiesDate: 1997
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Advising the householder on protection against nuclear attack / prepared by the Home Office and the Central Office of Information.
Home OfficeDate: 2008
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The wandering Cainidae, or, The ancient nomads : a lecture delivered to the Medical Society of Dubois County, and to the citizens of Huntingburgh, Indiana, April 22, 1879 / by Matthew Kempf.
Kempf, Matthew.Date: 1879
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Of the conclusion arrived at by a committee of the Academy of Sciences of France, agreeably to which, tornados are caused by heat : while, agreeably to Peltier's report to the same body, certain insurers had been obliged to pay for a tornado as an electrical storm, also, abstracts from Peltier's report : moreover, quotations shewing the ignorance which existed in the Academy respecting the nature and causes of the meteor in question, prior to the publication ascribing it to a convective discharge of electricity : with objections to the opinions of Peltier and Espy / by Dr. Hare.
Robert HareDate: 1852
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World disasters report 1996 / International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ; [edited by Nick Cater and Peter Walker].
Date: 1996
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Catastrophes naturelles et calamités au Moyen Age / Jacques Berlioz.
Jacques BerliozDate: 1998
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The use of science in humanitarian emergencies and disasters : June 2012 / The Government Office for Science.
Great Britain. Government Office for ScienceDate: [2011]
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Who's in charge? : leadership during epidemics, bioterror, attacks, and other public health crises / Laura H. Kahn.
Kahn, Laura H.Date: [2009], ©2009
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Manual for disaster relief work / Muriel Skeet ; foreword by John H. Knowles.
Muriel SkeetDate: 1977
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Wrong! : a carnival of human error : Friday 5 July, 19.00-23.00 : free event / Wellcome Collection.
Date: 2013

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World disasters report 2005 : focus on information in disasters / editor, Jonathan Walter.

John Bancks, expecting a visit by a lady, has tea prepared for her, but she does not turn up, the servant accidentally breaks a bowl, and the kettle placed in front of the fire melts. Etching by I. Basire, 1738.

Naturkatastrophen in der Antike : Wahrnehmung, Deutung, Management / Holger Sonnabend.

Little white people being threatened by huge black spikes representing global threats to the earth anticipated in 2001 (war, poverty, drugs etc.). Colour screenprint by Rajlich Design, 1995.

Disasters : prevention & coping proceedings of the conference May 21-22, 1980 / conference organized by Sally Buchanan ; proceedings edited by James N. Myers, Denise D. Bedford.

The sorrowful and weeping lamentation of the wives and orphans of the unhappy men who lost their lives at the tremendous blowing up of the Canal Company's warehouse, et Nottingham.

Emerging systemic risks in the 21st century : an agenda for action.

World disasters report 2004 : focus on community resilience / edited by Jonathan Walter.

A full true and particler record of a dreadful fire : wherein upwards of 200 people were burnt, and which occurred at Miramichi, in America, October 7, 1825 / W. Abrams.

The end of the world : the science and ethics of human extinction / John Leslie.

Decade of disaster / Ann Larabee.

Copy of verses on the late dreadful fire in James Street, Lisson Grove : pray give ear you feeling Christians.

World disasters report 1997 / International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Advising the householder on protection against nuclear attack / prepared by the Home Office and the Central Office of Information.

The wandering Cainidae, or, The ancient nomads : a lecture delivered to the Medical Society of Dubois County, and to the citizens of Huntingburgh, Indiana, April 22, 1879 / by Matthew Kempf.

World disasters report 1996 / International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ; [edited by Nick Cater and Peter Walker].

Catastrophes naturelles et calamités au Moyen Age / Jacques Berlioz.

The use of science in humanitarian emergencies and disasters : June 2012 / The Government Office for Science.

Who's in charge? : leadership during epidemics, bioterror, attacks, and other public health crises / Laura H. Kahn.

Manual for disaster relief work / Muriel Skeet ; foreword by John H. Knowles.

Wrong! : a carnival of human error : Friday 5 July, 19.00-23.00 : free event / Wellcome Collection.