The disaster had overtaken them so suddenly that they were half out of their wits.

A husband might die, or some disaster overtake the family.

In 1889 he learned that financial disaster had overtaken his Queensland interests.

But before disaster overtook them, they had reported on their problems; without surprise or disappointment, the mother world prepared its second attempt.

But on the corner of Third and Maple, disaster overtook him.

For several moments it seemed as if disaster would overtake the little band of platinum-hunters.

If you do not, disaster will overtake our world.

If disaster had overtaken the house of de Vaux, would he fall along with the rest?

Newby feels the place will continue "whatever disasters overtook the rest of mankind".

Up to the moment when disaster overtook us Movements had a fairly clear picture of what was happening.