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Encyclopedia > Disasters of the Century

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:

  • Ep#1 Living on the Edge

The 1903 Frank Slide
1914 Hillcrest Mine

  • Ep#2 Black Week

The Senghenydd mine collapse
Liverpool train collision
Zeppelin airship disaster

  • Ep#3 Nature's Fury

1912 Regina Tornado
American Super Outbreak of 1974

  • Ep#4 Washed Away

1954 Hurricane Hazel
1960 Great Chilean Tsunami
Lowest pressure ≤937 mbar (hPa)[1] Damage $381+ million (1954 USD)[2] $3–5 billion (2005 USD) Fatalities 600 – 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...

  • Ep#5 Out of Control

1949 Noronic Fire
1942 Cocoanut Grove Fire

  • Ep#6 Human Error

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...

  • Ep#7 From the Inside Out

1953 Tangiwai Christmas Eve Express
1902 Mont Pelee Martinque eruption

  • Ep#8 Critical Mass

1907 Quebec Bridge collapse
1919 Boston Molasses Flood disaster

  • Ep#9 Lost at Sea

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

  • Ep#11 Final Destination

1947 Minaki Train crash
1944 Naples Black Market Express

  • Ep#12 In an Instant

1910 Rogers Pass avalanche
1963 Vaiont Dam disaster

  • Ep#13 When the Earth Moves

1923 Kwanto Earthquake
1972 Managua, Nicaragua earthquake

  • Ep#14 Up in Flames

1916 Matheson Forest Fire
1960 Windsor Gas Explosion

  • Ep#15 Lost in Transit

1978 Eastman Bus Tragedy
1956 CF100 Convent Crash

  • Ep#16 Eye of the Storm

1913 Great Lakes Storm
1914 Newfoundland Sealing disaster

  • Ep#17 Death by Water

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.



 
 

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