Samuel Francis writes that a deluge destroyed the world.
Samuel Francis, "'A Time For All Things'," The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 22, no. 14 (April 7, 1860): 210
As God raised up Noah to warn the antediluvians of the destruction of the world by a deluge, and through him offered them a conditional pardon and salvation, so has he now sent forth his servant Joseph Smith to proclaim the established of his kingdom and "the hour of his judgment."