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S1.E1 ∙ The 1903 Frank Slide

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

The Frank Slide was a massive rock slide that buried part of the mining town of Frank in the District of Alberta of the North-West Territories, Canada, at 4:10 a.m. on April 29, 1903. Around 110 million tonnes of limestone rock slid down Turtle Mountain.

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S1.E2 ∙ The Hillcrest Mine

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

The workers at the Hillcrest Mine had started the morning shift on June 19, 1914 when an explosion rips through tunnel 33. 189 miners die in the worst mining disaster in Canadian history.

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S1.E4 ∙ The Moose Jaw Air Crash

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

On April 8, 1954, Trans-Canada Flight 9 collided in midair with a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) trainer aircraft that was on a cross-country navigation exercise over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Both aircraft crashed and 37 were killed.

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S1.E5 ∙ When Laughter Turns to Tears

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Until the Hartford Circus Fire, circuses performed in large canvas tents, waterproofed with paraffin and kerosene. In 1944, a Ringling Brothers tent caught fire near Hartford, Connecticut, resulting in the fiery deaths of 168 persons, mostly children - heralding the end of the big top era.

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S1.E6 ∙ Hurricane Hazel

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In October 1954 an unexpected weather system hurls Hurricane Hazel out of the Caribbean via a low pressure system to re-energize over Lake Ontario, slamming into Toronto and causing 80 deaths. Swollen river systems flooded city streets and forced the city to re-engineer waterways and parks to avoid unnecessary fatalities.

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S1.E7 ∙ From the Inside Out

Sun, Mar 03, 2002

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S1.E8 ∙ The Wrong Choice

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

In a wealthy enclave of Texas, the Consolidated School has illegally tapped into a 'wet' natural gas line to save the cost of heating. When contractors maintaining the school puncture the gas line, odorless gas fills the building, and a spark sets off an explosion that kills 455 people. Local hospitals run out of bandages, undertakers can't meet the demand for coffins and the community is forever changed. Legislation is passed that introduces mercaptan into natural gas, giving it the telltale odor we recognize today.

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