Disasters of the Century

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Disasters of the Century is a television series that airs on The History Channel (History Television).

Each episode documents two different disasters from Canada and around the world, using a mixture of re-enactments, photographs and interviews with survivors and family members of victims. Some episodes include:

  • Ep#1 Living on the Edge

The 1903 Frank Slide
1914 Hillcrest Mine

  • Ep#2 Black Week

The Senghenydd mine collapse
Liverpool train collision
Zeppelin airship disaster

  • Ep#3 Nature's Fury

1912 Regina Tornado
American Super Outbreak of 1974

  • Ep#4 Washed Away

1954 Hurricane Hazel
1960 Great Chilean Tsunami

  • Ep#5 Out of Control

1949 Noronic Fire
1942 Cocoanut Grove Fire

  • Ep#6 Human Error

1917 Halifax Explosion
1955 Le Mans Race car crash

  • Ep#7 From the Inside Out

1953 Tangiwai Christmas Eve Express
1902 Mont Pelee Martinque eruption

  • Ep#8 Critical Mass

1907 Quebec Bridge collapse
1919 Boston Molasses Flood disaster

  • Ep#9 Lost at Sea

1967 U.S.S. Forestal
1939 HMS Thetis

  • Ep#10 It Came from the Sky

1945 Empire State Building crash
1954 Moose Jaw Air crash

  • Ep#11 Final Destination

1947 Minaki Train crash
1944 Naples Black Market Express

  • Ep#12 In an Instant

1910 Rogers Pass avalanche
1963 Vaiont Dam disaster

  • Ep#13 When the Earth Moves

1923 Kwanto Earthquake
1972 Managua, Nicaragua earthquake

  • Ep#14 Up in Flames

1916 Matheson Forest Fire
1960 Windsor Gas Explosion

  • Ep#15 Lost in Transit

1978 Eastman Bus Tragedy
1956 CF100 Convent Crash

  • Ep#16 Eye of the Storm

1913 Great Lakes Storm
1914 Newfoundland Sealing disaster

  • Ep#17 Death by Water

1921 Britannia Beach Disaster
1958 Second Narrows Bridge Collapse

  • Ep#18 Communities Under Siege

1958 Springhill Mine Disaster
1929 Grand Banks Tsunami


The program is produced by Regina, Saskatchewan based Partners in Motion.