Table 1b: Canadian Disasters Meeting Criteria (1900 - 1949)

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#
 DESCRIPTION OF DISASTER REFERENCES CAT
YEAR
DEATHS
WEATHER FACTOR
89
 "Planet Mercury" Disappears off NS Coast Y S
1900
45
yes*
90
 Tanker "Heligoland" Aground St. Shotts NL Pa S
1900
35
yes
91
 Remains of the "Galveston Hurricane" Sinks Many Ships in Atlantic Provinces** Re S
1900
86**
yes
92
 "St. Olaf" Sinks in Snowstorm near Sept-Îles QC MFi S
1900
27
yes
93
 Union Mine Explosion, Grand Forks BC O M 1901
64
no
94
 Coal Creek Mine Explosion, Fernie BC (Crowsnest Pass area) - I CrO M
1902
128
no
95
 Grand Trunk Railway Collision, Wanstead ON Ra T
1902
28
no
96
 Explosion in Extension Colliery Mine, Cranberry BC O M
1902
32
no
97
 Frank Slide, Turtle Mtn., April 29, Frank AB SHATRFMOL L
1903
70
no
98
 Great Lakes Gales Sink Ships L S
1905
70
yes
99
 Wreck of "Valencia" near Cape Beale, Vancouver I., 26 January TC S
1906
136
yes
100
 Quebec Bridge Collapse - I, 29August SHAROL B
1907
75
no
101
 Sealers from "Greenland" Freeze on Ice off NL Mc I
1908
48
yes
102 Leda Clay Landslide into du Lièvre R., 26 April Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette QC OCi L 1908 34 no*
103 Kootenay Valley Fire, Elk River BC, towns of Fernie & Michel Destroyed, 1-3 August OL FE 1908 70-100 yes*
104
 Steamship "Hestia" Lost off Grand Manan I. NB  Gi S
1909
34
yes
105 Landslide, Burnaby & New Westminster BC, 28 November.  Train Derailed. O L 1909 22 yes*
106
 Avalanche in Rogers Pass BC (5 March) HACTMOL AV
1910
62
yes
107
 CPR Derailment, (Spanish R.) Sudbury ON HMWOL T
1910
43
no
108
 Bellevue Mine Explosion, Crowsnest Pass AB FCrL M
1910
30
no
109
 Montreal Herald Building Collapses 
(June 14)		 Ga C
1910
32
no
110
 "SS Regulos" Lost in Motion Bay NL (near Petty Harbour, 15 km S of St. John's) Co S
1910
20
yes
111
 Forest Fire 14 July, South Porcupine ON RTOLT FE
1911
73-100
yes
112
 Regina SK Tornado (called "Cyclone" 
in some reports)		 STROL WX
1912
28-30
yes
113
 "SS Florence" Hits Cliffs near Mariner's Cove NL Pa S
1912
20
yes
114
 38 Ships Sink in Great Lakes Storm (7-13 November) STMOL S
1913
244
yes
115
 Coal Dust Explosion, Hillcrest AB (Crowsnest Pass area) HAFCrOL M
1914
189
no
116
 Four Seal Ships Caught in Ice (April 1) off NL HSTML I
1914x
77
yes
117
 "Southern Cross" Vanishes in Same Storm off NL HL S
1914x
173
yes
118
 "Empress of Ireland"/"Storstad" Collision off Rimouski QC SHATRMOL S
1914
1,014
yes
119
 Britannia Mine Avalanche, Howe Sound BC CO AV
1915
57
yes
120
 Western Fuel Co. Mine Explodes, BC O M
1915
22
no
121
 Forest Fire Ignited by Lightning, 29 July, 
Cochrane / Matheson ON		 SHAMOL FE
1916
223
yes
122
 Halifax Explosion, 6 December SHATGROLRu FE
1917
1,963
no
123
 Dominion Co. Coal Mine Explosion, 
New Waterford NS		 HO M
1917
65
no
124
 Coal Dust Explosion, Coal Creek Mines (#3 Michel Mine E.), Fernie BC - II CrO M
1917
34
no
125
 Schooner "Mina Swim" Disappears Enroute from Burin to Grand Banks NL Pa S
1917
23
no*
126
 HMCS "Galiano" Sinks in Heavy Seas off Queen Charlotte Islands BC Vi S
1918
36
yes
127
 "SS Florizel" Aground, 24-26 February, N. of Cape Race NL  Pa S
1918
94
yes
128
 Allan Mine Explosion, Stellarton NS HO M
1918
88
no
129
 "Inkermann", Newly-built French Minesweeper Sinks in Storm in mid-Lake Superior Sw S
1918
38
yes
130
 Fire at Grey Nunnery, Montreal QC L FE
1918
53
no
131 Landslide, Dam Burst and Flood, Britannia Beach BC, 28 October O L 1921 37 yes
132
 Forest Fire, Haileybury ON RO FE
1922
44
yes
133
 Colliery Explosion, Comox BC - II O M
1923
33
no
134
 "Sylvia Mosher" and "Sadie A. Knickle" Sink in Gale, 8 August, off  Sable I. NS BMm S
1926
49
yes
135
 "Laurier Palace" Theatre Fire in Montreal QC SHAROL FE
1927
77
no
136
 Nine Schooners (including "Joyce M. Smith"; "Clayton Walters"; "Mahala"; "Columbia"; "Vienna"; "Loretta"; "Valena"; "Una Corkum") lost off NL and NS in 24-25 August Gale PaBOMm S
1927
87
yes
137
 School Fire, Quebec City QC L FE
1927
40
no
138
 Naval Sloop "Acorn" Sinks off Halifax NS AOL S
1928
115
no*
139
 Tsunami Hits Burin Peninsula, NL (all deaths in NL except one drowning in Cape Breton NS),18 November SHATOLRuT E
1929
28
no
140
 John B. King" Explodes and Sinks in St. Lawrence R. after Lightning Strike TOL WX
1930
30
yes
141
 Explosion in the Colliery, Coalmont BC O M
1930
45
no
142
 Sealing Ship "Viking" Explodes, 15 March, off  St. Barbe Island NL MoLCi FE
1931
27
no
143
 Schooners "Alsatian" and "Arthur D. Strong" Disappear in March Storm, Grand Banks NL  Pa S
1935
33
yes
144
 Storm Destroys Villages in NL, 25 August O WX 1935 50 yes
145
 Train hits Farm Truck at Level Crossing,  Louiseville QC HCiO T
1936
22
no
146
 Schooner "Partanna" Wrecked near St. Shotts NL Pa S
1936
25
yes
147 Cable Breaks in Mine Shaft, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton NS, 6 December O M 1938 20 no
148
 Sacred Heart Residential School Fire, St. Hyacinthe QC, 18 January L FE
1938
46
no
149
 Three Great Lakes Ships Wrecked in Storm T S
1940
69
yes
150
 Bell Island Ferries "W Garland" and "Little Golden Dawn" Collide, 10 November, Conception Bay NL Co S
1940
22
no
151 Prairie Blizzard, 14 March, Causes Deaths in Three Provinces and USA O WX
1941
76
yes
152 American Airlines DC3 Crashes, 30 October, near St. Thomas, ON K A 1941 20 no*
153
 Arsonist Sets Knights of Columbus Hostel Fire, St. John's NL HARMcOL MM
1942
99
no
154
 Troop Train Hits Stopped Passenger Train, Almonte ON WO T
1942
36
no
155
 "Truxton" & "Pollux" Aground off NL ATMcO S
1942
204
yes
156
 Yacht "Wawinet" Sinks 21 September,  After Turn in Calm Water off Penetanguishene, Georgian Bay ON MSw S
1942
25
no
157
 Great Lakes Gales Sink Ships L S
1942
50
yes
158
 "Fanad Head" & "Flora Alberta" Collide, April, off S. Shore NS PrMm S
1943
21
no
159
 RCAF Liberator Bomber (B24) Crash, 19 October, Saint-Donat QC (airmen travelling on leave) HOK A
1943
24
no
160
 December 11 Snowstorm in Southern Ontario StTO WX
1944
21
yes
161 RCAF Transport Plane (C-47 Dakota) Crashes, 15 September, near Estevan SK  OK A 1946 20 no
162
 Belgian Sabena DC4 Crashes, 18 September, SW of Gander Lake NL NK A
1946
27
yes
163
 American Overseas Airlines Douglas C54E Crashes, 3 October, at Stephenville NL KCo A
1946
39
yes
164
 Passenger Trains Collide at Dugald, E. of Winnipeg MB SOL T
1947
31-40
no
165 Rimouski Air DC3 Crashes in Fog, 24 July, at Cap des Rosiers, Gaspé QC K A 1948 26 yes
166
 RCAF Canso Crashes, 21 August, in Thunderstorms near Bigstone Lake (about 200 km NE of Lake Winnipeg) MB. KSt A
1949
21
yes
167
 "Noronic" Burns, 17 September, in Toronto Harbour SHAOLSw FE
1949
118
no
168
 Bomb Explodes, 9 September, 40 Miles East of Québec City on Québec Air DC3 (see Note, Table 3) HAOK MM
1949
23
no

x The same storm

* Weather-related factor uncertain from description

** An additional 120 fishermen from St. Pierre et Miquelon reportedly died in this storm