What disasters looked like in the 1900s
Fast-grown cities of wood and brick meet earthquakes and fires.
Horse-drawn carts, early cars and men in hats in the streets fix the decade.
1900s moments in the game
- Annie Taylor Survives Niagara in a Barrel1901
- Collapse of St Mark's Campanile1902
- Eruption of Mount Pelée1902
- Flooding the Salton Sink1905
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire1906
- The Quake That Broke San Francisco1906
- First Collapse of the Quebec Bridge1907
- Aftermath of the Tunguska Event1908
- Wreck of the Eduard Bohlen1909
Dating a disasters scene
- Buildings
- Wooden cities that burned easily are mostly before 1900; steel and concrete ruins point to the 20th century.
- Rescue
- Bucket chains and horse-drawn pumps are before 1900; fire engines and ambulances after 1910; helicopters after 1950.
- Landscape
- Volcanoes, fault zones and storm coasts narrow the map to a short list of places.