

Immediately affect the interests of the individual." With disasters misfortunes are usually personal they

It affects things rather than persons journey,Įxpedition, and military movements are often attended

"A calamity isĮither public or private, but more frequently theįormer a disaster is rather particular than private MischanceĪnd mishap are misfortunes of a trivial nature, Simply the bad fortune of an individual a link in theĬhain of events an evil independent of his ownĬonduct, and not to be charged as a fault. Misfortune is often due to no specific cause it is

Produced not usually by the direct agency of man, butīy natural causes, such as fire, flood, tempest,ĭisease, etc, Disaster denotes literally ill-starred,Īnd is some unforeseen and distressing event whichĬomes suddenly upon us, as if from hostile planet.
