Cyclone in the Indian Ocean Disasters 10 min readThe ship Pendragon, an iron vessel of 1278 tons register, was owned by Messrs MacDiarmid, Greenshields, and Co., of Drury-buildings,... Read More
Ty Newydd Colliery Flood of 1877 Disasters 7 19 min readOn Wednesday evening, 11 April 1877, as the miners were getting ready to leave the Ty Newydd Colliery at the end... Read More
Carrington Solar Flare of 1859 Disasters 3 9 min readIn mid-August of 1859, astronomers were excited by the appearance of a large solar spot on the sun which first... Read More
Shipwreck on Blackwater Bank Disasters 14 min read‘A light on the south end of Blackwater Bank is absolutely required to prevent the frequent shipwrecks on that bank.’... Read More
Hurricane Hazel Disasters 12 min readThey said it might rain; they said it might be windy; but they never really thought that Hurricane Hazel would... Read More
Great Fire of 1922 Disasters 6 5 min readIn Northern Ontario, the unusually hot and dry conditions that had prevailed throughout the summer of 1922 continued unabated into... Read More
London Beer Flood 1814 Disasters 2 13 min readOn Monday, 17 October 1814, between five and six o’clock in the evening, a large vat in the Mr. Henry... Read More
Eighteen Hundred and Froze To Death Disasters 2 8 min readThe summer of 1816 has been called ‘the summer that never was’, ‘the poverty year’ and ‘eighteen hundred and froze... Read More
Frank Rock Slide, Alberta Disasters 4 9 min readNestled into the side of Turtle Mountain in the Crowsnest Pass area of the Albert District of the Northwest Territories... Read More
The Ill-fated Sultana Disasters 3 6 min readLong before the Europeans came to North America, the Mississippi River was used by the native people to travel from... Read More