Avalanche at the Battery.
View of the Battery following the avalanche of February 1959. This was the second major avalanche to have affected the Battery in 40 years. Several other smaller incidents have been reported subsequently.

Image reproduced by permission of Shirley Eales © 1959. Text reproduced by permission of M. Batterson, D.G.E. Liverman, J. Ryan and D. Taylor, The Assessment of Geological Hazards and Disasters in Newfoundland: An Update. (St. John's: Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Mines and Energy, Geological Survey, © 1999) 121.