SUBJECT: DISASTERS
               13--:  Black Death (1300s)
               1665: London Plague
               1721: Boston Smallpox Epidemic
               1795: NYC Yellow Fever Epidemic 
               1871: Chicago Fire
               1889: Johnstown Flood (Pennsylvania)
               1900: Galveston (TX) Hurricane & Flood
              1906: San Francisco Earthquake & Fire
              1919: Influenza Epidemic 
              Other Floods
              Earthquakes
              Oil Spills