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Tsunami: The Newfoundland Tidal Wave Disaster

Maura Hanrahan

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Twenty-seven dead. Staggering property losses.

Triggered by an offshore earthquake on the Grand Banks, a tsunami unleashed its fury on the coastline of the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland, killing twenty-seven people and destroying homes and fishing premises in fifty outports.

Here is the dramatic, incredible story of the South Coast Disaster of 1929, the superhuman efforts of Nurse Dorothy Cherry to save the sick and dying, and Magistrate Malcolm Hollett’s tireless campaign to rebuild shattered lives and devastated communities.

Shortlisted for the 2005 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards - Rogers Cable Non-Fiction Award

Winner of the 2005 Newfoundland and Labrador Historic Sites Heritage and History Award

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 229 pages

Publication:: 2004

Publisher:: Flanker Press

Edition:: Fourth Printing

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1894463633

ISBN13:: 9781894463638

kindle Asin:: B00DO0QN7C

Tsunami: The Newfoundland Tidal Wave Disaster

Maura Hanrahan

3.95/5 (109 ratings)

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Twenty-seven dead. Staggering property losses.

Triggered by an offshore earthquake on the Grand Banks, a tsunami unleashed its fury on the coastline of the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland, killing twenty-seven people and destroying homes and fishing premises in fifty outports.

Here is the dramatic, incredible story of the South Coast Disaster of 1929, the superhuman efforts of Nurse Dorothy Cherry to save the sick and dying, and Magistrate Malcolm Hollett’s tireless campaign to rebuild shattered lives and devastated communities.

Shortlisted for the 2005 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards - Rogers Cable Non-Fiction Award

Winner of the 2005 Newfoundland and Labrador Historic Sites Heritage and History Award

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 229 pages

Publication:: 2004

Publisher:: Flanker Press

Edition:: Fourth Printing

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1894463633

ISBN13:: 9781894463638

kindle Asin:: B00DO0QN7C

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