September 8, 1900. On the brink of the 20th century, the “Great Hurricane,” the greatest natural disaster in human terms ever to strike North America, destroys much of Galveston and kills 6,000 people there.
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September 8, 1900. On the brink of the 20th century, the “Great Hurricane,” the greatest natural disaster in human terms ever to strike North America, destroys much of Galveston and kills 6,000 people there.