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Some buckling of the main car deck resulted from the heat of the fire, but no vehicles were damaged in the incident. [ 22 ] On March 26, 2019, the 7:30 a.m. sailing from Horseshoe Bay of the vessel had an incident while docking at Langdale at 8:10am.
At one time, there was road access to the peak as there was a fire lookout at the summit. Today, the road is closed to vehicles but the mountain has become popular with local hikers as it has great views of the Strait of Georgia, the mainland Coast Mountains of British Columbia, the Nanaimo River valley, and the Vancouver Island Ranges ...
The Nanaimo mine explosion occurred on May 3, 1887, in Nanaimo, British Columbia killing 150 miners. Only seven miners survived and the mine burned for one full day. No 1 Esplanade Explosion Monument (see gallery for text detail) The explosion started deep underground in the Number One Coal Mine after explosives were laid improperly.
Nanaimo mine explosion: Mining disaster Nanaimo, British Columbia: West Coast 148 1889 September 19: Québec rockslide: Geologic collapse near Quebec City, Quebec Central Canada 40+ 1890 May 16: Saint-Jean-de-Dieu asylum fire: Fire Montreal, Quebec: Central Canada 86-104 1892 July 8: The Great Fire of 1892: Fire St. John's, Newfoundland ...
On October 1, 1960, the station covered the Nanaimo Chinatown fire which ended up destroying that historical area of the city. In 1962, the Vancouver Sun sold CHUB to former CKNW and CKWX news director Bob Giles, CKNW broadcaster Jack Kyle and Joe Lawlor (former sales manager of CHAB in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan ), who formed the Nanaimo ...
The fire burned around 23,015 hectares (56,871 acres) and between 30 and 40 structures were destroyed. [88] [89] The response to the fire included widespread evacuation orders of the surrounding area, displacing around 5000 people. [90] This wildfire was the largest recorded in the history of Nova Scotia. [84] [91]
A Ventura County fire helicopter picks up water from a pond at Pepperdine University while fighting the Franklin fire in Malibu, CA on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times ...
Departure Bay [1] is a bay in central Nanaimo, British Columbia, on the east coast of Vancouver Island. The surrounding neighbourhood is also referred to as "Departure Bay" [2] —once a settlement of its own, it was amalgamated into the City of Nanaimo in the 1970s.