32 épisodes
(16 h)
Épisodes
S2 E1 • The Newfoundland Snow Slide
S2 E2 • Under Siege
When disaster strikes for the coal miner excavating the earth and the fisherman harvesting the sea, the way of life of entire communities is at risk.
S2 E3 • The SS Florizel Wreck
S2 E4 • The Westray Mine Explosion
S2 E5 • By Their Own Doing
Examines the Queen Mary and Curacoa crash and the Newfoundland Sealing disaster.
S2 E6 • Rising From the Ashes
A huge tidal wave hits England and the Netherlands and claimed 2,000 lives. 200 die in Austria avalanche.
S2 E7 • Battery Snow Slide
Two avalanches leave 70,000 people without power.
S2 E8 • B.C. Forest Fire
The province of British Columbia declares at state of emergency and evacuates residents due to a forest fire.
S2 E9 • Truxton/Pollux
A U.S. Navy destroyer and supply ship grounded themselves on the rocks of Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula.
S2 E10 • Swiss Air Crash
Swiss Air 111 decides to make an emergency landing when a cockpit fire makes the electric system fail.
S2 E11 • Cranbrook Air Crash
Pilots making a touch down notice a snow plough on the runway.
S2 E12 • Hurricane Juan
A hurricane hits Halifax and brings the city to a standstill.
S2 E13 • Ocean Ranger
Mobile oil drilling platform Ocean Ranger sinks to the bottom of the sea killing 84 people.
S2 E14 • Kwanto Earthquake
A catastrophic earthquake off the eastern coast of the Kwanto Province in Japan caused numerous buildings to collapse.
S2 E15 • The Nicaragua Earthquake
Examines the impact of the Nicaragua earthquake in 1972.
S2 E16 • Rogers Pass Avalanche
A crew dispatched to clear railroad tracks from one avalanche dies in another.
S2 E17 • Minaki Train Crash
In 1947, an outdated passenger train collides with the Transcontinental.
S2 E18 • Burin Tsunami
An earthquake causes a tsunami which caused massive damage to Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula.
S2 E19 • Black Market Express
A strange train disaster kills 521 people.
S2 E20 • U.S.S. Forrestal
A chain reaction of fire and explosions claims the U.S.S. Forrestal.
S2 E21 • HMS Thetis
The sinking of the HMS Thetis during a trial dive claimed the lives of all 99 aboard.
S2 E22 • Boston Molasses Flood
A tank of molasses splits open and kills 21 people.
S2 E23 • Quebec Bridge Collapse
A bridge claims a total of 89 lives before reaching from shore to shore.
S2 E24 • Springhill Mine Disaster
On Oct. 23, 1958, a mining accident buries 174 men in Springhill, Nova Scotia.
S2 E25 • Windsor Fire
The busy Metropolitan Department Store in downtown Windsor explodes from within.
S2 E26 • Matheson Fire
Winds turn a small fire into an inferno that destroys towns.
S2 E27 • Empire State Building
The 1945 crash of a B-25 Bomber lost in fog into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building.
S2 E28 • Eye of the Storm
A storm claims the lives of over 200 sailors.
S2 E29 • Lost in Transit
A charter bus sinks in Quebec's Lac D'Argent.
S2 E30 • In an Instant
Rogers Pass avalanche; Vaiont Dam.
S2 E31 • Final Destination
The Minaki train; Naples Black Market Express.
S2 E32 • Lost at Sea
U.S.S. Forrestal; HMS Thetis.