Matching Articles"St. John's" (Total 7)

  • Disasters 1892-1929
    Some of Newfoundland and Labrador's best-known and most destructive disasters occurred during the era of Responsible Government.
  • The 1846 Great Fire
    About the Great Fire that started on 9 June 1846 in St. John's when a fire broke out in a cabinetmaker's workshop on George Street.
  • The St. John's Fire of 1892
    About the St. John's fire that started on 8 July 1892 in a stable after a lit pipe or match fell into a bundle of hay.
  • Public Response to the 1929 Tsunami
    The tsunami left the people of the affected communities on the Burin Peninsula in desperate need of help, a role the public gladly filled.
  • Rebuilding St. John's: Reconstruction after the 1892 Fire
    Information about the St. John's 1892 fire with emphasis on the reconstruction of the city after the disaster.
  • Global Relations and the Spanish Influenza
    The Spanish flu did not originate in Newfoundland and Labrador, but the country's ports, and global trade relations made it vulnerable to the disease.
  • The 1918 Spanish Flu
    About the Spanish influenza pandemic that reached Newfoundland and Labrador in 1918 and killed more than 600 people in less than five months.

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