How might deaths and injuries be lessened during a major earthquake?

How did the growth of the middle class affect social reform during the industrial revolution?

What does the quote describe? “the closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us….the shrieks of the women, and the groans of the dying, rendered the whole a scene of horror almost inconceivable.”

What is the best possible explanation for why the first ghosts seen were flaming spirits with their bodies on fire