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1984 – Oil spill set fire to the shantytown of Vila Socó, Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil, on 25 February; official death toll is 93 people although speculation is more than 200. [ citation needed ] 1985 – MOVE incident in Philadelphia destroyed 65 houses on Osage Avenue and left 250 homeless. 11 people died in the fire or were shot by police ...
Hamilton, Canada West, Province of Canada, British North America (Hamilton, Ontario) Central Canada 59 1857 June 26: SS Montreal: Shipwreck: Quebec City, Canada East, Province of Canada, British North America (Quebec City, Quebec) Central Canada 253 1860 February 19: SS Hungarian: Shipwreck: Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia: Maritimes 205 1863 ...
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
Heartbreaking images show how a picturesque North Carolina mountain village was all but wiped off the map by Hurricane ... mountain town destroyed by Hurricane Helene as death toll surpasses 100 ...
Province of Canada : Jul 1852: 0: $5 million: 1,200 [2] Nearly half of city's housing destroyed. Great Fire of Quebec City: Quebec City: Province of Canada : Oct 1866: $3 million: 2,500 [2] Saguenay Fire: Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec Quebec: May 1870: 7: 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres) Nearly 1/3 of the population lost everything. Fire in ...
This list of Canadian disasters by death toll includes major disasters (excluding acts of war) that occurred on Canadian soil or involved Canadian citizens, in a definable incident, where the loss of life was 10 or more.
Massive power outages and at least ten casualties were the result of a powerful thunderstorm complex, known as a derecho, riding through a densely-populated corridor of southeastern Ontario and ...
Articles relating to cities which were destroyed in disasters ... Pages in category "Destroyed populated places" The following 159 pages are in this category, out of ...