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  • Vitims of the Stephenville Crash Hill Air Disaster: October 3, 1946
  • In 1946 a plane, after taking off at the Harmon Field Base, crashed into a fog-hidden Newfoundland mountainside and exploded into flames.
  • Creed and culture of the Irish immigrant population in Newfoundland from 1784-1830.
  • Information about the origins and genres of folklore, as well as the scholarly works written about the subject.
  • About the LSPU Hall, a Registered Heritage Structure located on 3 Victoria Street in St. John's and initially built in the late eighteenth century.
  • A Mount Pearl Junior High School project about the Newfoundland and Labrador tsunami
  • Information about the St. John's 1892 fire with emphasis on the reconstruction of the city after the disaster.
  • 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.
  • About the Spanish influenza pandemic that reached Newfoundland and Labrador in 1918 and killed more than 600 people in less than five months.
  • Since 1979, the Stephenville Theatre Festival has produced professional plays of the highest quality here in Newfoundland and Labrador.