Title

An appalling cataclysm,1932

Caption

An appalling cataclysm, 1932. 'Un Épouvantable Cataclysme'. Buildings are torn apart and people are killed and injured during the destruction of Saint-Denis de la Réunion. A tropical cyclone hit Saint-Denis in Réunion, a French territory in the Indian Ocean, on 4 February 1932. At least 90 people died, with more than 41,000 made homeless or otherwise affected. Front cover of "L'Illustré du Petit Journal". [France, 21 February 1932]

Date

1932

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F22_221

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,3Mb (5,5Mb) / 13,3in x 17,6in / 4000 x 5273 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather storm people black male man men destruction wind country French France fear body bodies guy color dead design dramatic death frightened windy hurricane damage location disaster century alarm catastrophe scared afraid newspapers press thirties wreckage fleeing concept injured cyclone injury frightening terror lettering terrified killed terrifying publication Colour frighten dead body graphic design 1930s 20th century tropical storm The Print Collector front page the body Le Petit Journal L'Illustre Saint-Denis newspaper Unknown petit journal L'Illustré Saint-Denis de la Reunion Saint-Denis de la Réunion