Newfoundland

Off St. John's, NF Oil Rig Disaster, Feb 1982

Ocean Ranger Drilling Rig

OIL RIG SINKS; 84 MISSING.

84 FEARED DEAD IN OIL RIG SINKING.  read more »

Cape Race, NF Steamers Europa & Arabia Wreck, Aug 1858

Collision between the Steamships Europa and Arabia.  read more »

Stephenville, NF Airliner Crashes, Oct 1946

AIRLINER CRASHES IN FLAMES IN NFLD.

RESCUE CREWS REPORT 39 PERSONS ARE KILLED.  read more »

near Gander, NF Belgian Airliner Crashes, Sep 1946

WRECKAGE BELGIAN AIRLINER FOUND.

REPORT FIVE SURVIVE CRASH.

WRECKAGE OF CRAFT CARRYING 44 FOUND NEAR GANDER, NFLD.  read more »

Gander, NF Charter Jet Crashes, Dec 1985

Aircraft Wreckage Crash Memorial

CRASH KILLS SERVICEMEN -- 258 DEAD.  read more »

St. John's, NF Terrible Catastrophe At Recreation Hall, Dec 1942

Disastrous Fire

99 DIE IN NEWFOUNDLAND HOSTEL FIRE.

CANADIAN AIR, ARMY MEN IN LIST OF DEAD.  read more »

Off Newfoundland, NF Explosion On Steamer COBAN, May 1903

EXPLOSION ON A STEAMSHIP.

COAL GAS BLOWS OUT ENTIRE AFTER PART OF THE COBAN OFF NEWFOUNDLAND -- ONE MAN KILLED, TWO MISSING.  read more »

Goose Bay, NF 23 Die In C-54 Transport Crash, Dec 1947

3 OF SURVIVORS FLOWN FROM CRASHED C-54.  read more »

Cape Race, NF Steamer Arctic Wreck, Oct 1854

LOSS OF THE ARCTIC.

Collision Between the Steamer and a Propeller off Cape Race.

PROBABLE LOSS OF TWO TO THREE HUNDRED LIVES.

INSTANT DESTRUCTION OF THE ARCTIC.  read more »


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