Canadian Catastrophes

What we learn from our past allows us to appreciate our ancestors’ struggles and understand the influences that shape the world we know today. Much like some of my previous books, stories written by newsmen from our past written for newspapers are resurrected.

In order as they appear in the book.

1. Regina Cyclone 1912

2. Beacon Arms Hotel 1964

3. Frank’s slide 1903

4. Dryden Air Crash 1989

5. Hillcrest Mining Disaster 1914

6. Star City car crash 1989

7. The Laurier Palace fire 1927

8. Springhill Mining Disaster 1958

9. Heron Road Bridge Collapse 1966

10. The Bear Attack Camp Petawawa 1978

11. Edmund Fitzgerald 1975

12. Canada’s Parliament Burns 1916

13. Great Northern Fire 1922