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Disasters of the Century is a television series that airs on The History Channel (History Television). History Television is a Canadian cable television specialty channel which presents programming about history and some non-historical programming of military and technology interest. ...
Each episode documents two different disasters from Canada and around the world, using a mixture of re-enactments, photographs and interviews with survivors and family members of victims. Some episodes include: The 1903 Frank Slide 1914 Hillcrest Mine
The Senghenydd mine collapse Liverpool train collision Zeppelin airship disaster
1912 Regina Tornado American Super Outbreak of 1974
1954 Hurricane Hazel 1960 Great Chilean Tsunami Lowest pressure â¤937 mbar (hPa)[1] Damage $381+ million (1954 USD)[2] $3â5 billion (2005 USD) Fatalities 600 â 1,200 direct Areas affected Grenada, Haiti, Bahamas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Toronto and southern and eastern Ontario Part of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane...
1949 Noronic Fire 1942 Cocoanut Grove Fire
1917 Halifax Explosion 1955 Le Mans Race car crash In 1917, the waterfront areas of the City of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada and its neighbouring community of Richmond, along with the waterfront area of the cross-harbour town of Dartmouth were devastated when the French Merchant ship Mont-Blanc, charted by the French government to carry munitions, collided...
1953 Tangiwai Christmas Eve Express 1902 Mont Pelee Martinque eruption
1907 Quebec Bridge collapse 1919 Boston Molasses Flood disaster
1967 U.S.S. Forestal 1939 HMS Thetis
- Ep#10 It Came from the Sky
1945 Empire State Building crash 1954 Moose Jaw Air crash
1947 Minaki Train crash 1944 Naples Black Market Express
1910 Rogers Pass avalanche 1963 Vaiont Dam disaster
- Ep#13 When the Earth Moves
1923 Kwanto Earthquake 1972 Managua, Nicaragua earthquake
1916 Matheson Forest Fire 1960 Windsor Gas Explosion
1978 Eastman Bus Tragedy 1956 CF100 Convent Crash
1913 Great Lakes Storm 1914 Newfoundland Sealing disaster
1921 Britannia Beach Disaster 1958 Second Narrows Bridge Collapse
- Ep#18 Communities Under Siege
1958 Springhill Mine Disaster 1929 Grand Banks Tsunami
The program is produced by Regina, Saskatchewan based Partners in Motion. |