Disasters
Earthquake Hits Trois-Rivières  (Jun 11, 1638)
Earthquake Hits Québec  (Feb 5, 1663)
Miramichi Fire  (Oct 5, 1825)
Red River Flood, 1826  (May 22, 1826)
Fire Destroys Château  (Jan 23, 1834)
Fire at Saint-Jean (Que)  (Jun 28, 1845)
Fire Destroys St John's, 1846  (Jun 9, 1846)
Rail Disaster at Chatham  (Oct 27, 1854)
Heroine of Long Point  (Nov 24, 1854)
Desjardins Canal Train Disaster  (Mar 12, 1857)
Rail Disaster at St Hilaire  (Jun 29, 1864)
Jackman's Heroism  (Oct 9, 1867)
Atlantic Sinks  (Apr 1, 1873)
Wreck of the SS Atlantic  (Apr 1, 1873)
Mine Disaster at Westville  (May 13, 1873)
Fire Destroys Saint John  (Jun 20, 1877 to Jun 21, 1877)
NB Legislature Burned  (Feb 25, 1880)
Fire Devastes Vancouver  (Jun 13, 1886)
Mine Disaster at Nanaimo  (May 3, 1887)
Rockslide in Québec  (Sep 19, 1889)
Springhill Mine Disaster, 1891  (Feb 21, 1891)
Fire Destroys St John's, 1892  (Jul 8, 1892)
Point Ellice Bridge Disaster  (May 26, 1896)
New Westminster Burns  (Sep 11, 1898)
Fire at Académie de musique de Québec  (Mar 17, 1900)
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