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Vancouver, BC Plane Crashes On Landing, Feb 1968

Posted March 1st, 2010 by Stu Beitler
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INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED INTO B.C. PLANE CRASH.  read more »

Britannia Beach, BC Flooding And Landslide, Oct 1921

Posted February 1st, 2010 by Stu Beitler
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LIFE TOLL TAKEN BY RAGING WATER.  read more »

Vancouver, BC Business District Fire, July 1912

Posted December 28th, 2009 by Stu Beitler

VANCOUVER HAS BIG FIRE.

NEARLY $2,000,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE DONE BY BLAZE LATE LAST NIGHT.  read more »

Victoria, BC Famous Aviator Killed, Aug 1913

Posted December 27th, 2009 by Stu Beitler
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CALIFORNIA AIRMAN KILLED.

JOHN F. BRYANT'S MACHINE FAILS IN 600th FLIGHT AT VICTORIA, B.C.  read more »

Port Townsend, BC (near) Steamer PACIFIC Collision, Nov 1875

Posted December 25th, 2009 by Stu Beitler
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THE PACIFIC DISASTER.  read more »

Kootenay Lake, BC Sternwheeler CITY OF AINSWORTH Sinking, Nov 1898

Posted December 25th, 2009 by Stu Beitler
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CITY OF AINSWORTH STERNWHEELER SINKS FROM STORM.

LAKE KOOTENAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA.  read more »

Mount Kologet, BC Bomber Crash, Feb 1950

Posted November 21st, 2009 by Stu Beitler
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SEARCH CONTINUES FOR MEN WHO JUMPED FROM PLANE.  read more »

Coal Creek, BC Mine Explosion, Aug 1928

Posted September 3rd, 2009 by Stu Beitler

3 MINERS KILLED IN GAS EXPLOSION.

THREE MEN MISSING ALSO BELIEVED TO HAVE DIED IN MINE.  read more »

Douglas Island, BC Steamer ISLANDER Disaster, Aug 1901

Posted September 2nd, 2009 by Stu Beitler
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ALASKA STEAMER LOST.

STEAMSHIP "ISLANDER" COLLIDES WITH AN ICEBERG.

SIXTY PEOPLE PERISH.  read more »

Williams Lake, BC (near) Hospital Fire, May 1958

Posted June 11th, 2009 by Stu Beitler

12 INDIAN CHILDREN DIE IN FLAMES; B. C. HOSPITAL.

INTENSE HEAT DRIVES BACK NUNS AND MEN
ATTEMPTING RESCUE.  read more »

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