By: five fresh fish
Glad to hear Gander/Gambo &c are getting props. They really deserve it.
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fish tick: Don't mind my grousing. Last year's coverage was pretty much as I indicated earlier. My memory's a little foggy, but I think the Herald interviewed two women in their late 80s, early 90s,...
View ArticleBy: nightchrome
It's great that the Heritage Moments spots actually do bring Canadians together in their awareness of common cultural events we might otherwise not have been aware of. I can think of a handful I know...
View ArticleBy: dhartung
re: the xmas tree -- is there any likewise cross-border gifting from the US? I imagine the closest parallels are the gestures of gratitude toward the citizens of Gander, and Gambo, Newfoundland, whose...
View ArticleBy: five fresh fish
Heritage Moments rock, agreed, agreed! 22 Minutes spoofs of same also rocked, but not quite so hard.
View ArticleBy: five fresh fish
Heritage Moments rock, agreed, agreed! 22 Minutes spoofs of same also rocked, but not quite so hard. re: the xmas tree -- is there any likewise cross-border gifting from the US?
View ArticleBy: spock
The Tunguska event was June 30, 1908. Very few think it was man-made. Even fewer than that think it was a secret nuclear bomb. But other than that you are spot on.
View ArticleBy: zardoz
The jury's still out on if it was man-made (many think it was a secret nuclear bomb--the first), but a far larger explosion was in Tunguska, Siberia, in 1909.
View ArticleBy: Triplanetary
I saw a documentary on the explosion a year or two ago. It surprised me that the crew of the ship just jumped overboard and didn't try to put the fire out or scuttle the craft. Maybe I'm being too...
View ArticleBy: livii
Heritage Moments rock. I don't think you're a real Canadian if you don't know "Doc-tor, I smell burnt toast!" You'd be surprised how often that can be relevant to a conversation. The Vince Coleman one...
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Yep. Had not read that thread, but GhostintheMachine hit it with a comment. Hopefully still worth a FPP to most.
View ArticleBy: costas
I thought I had seen this before (not really a double post, but definitely related).
View ArticleBy: fenriq
What language was the original write up of the story done in since it reads extremely choppy with some sentences just repeated? An amazing story really. As for culpability, I'd think the captain of the...
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GhostintheMachine: I know a few pretty alert 95-year-olds myself, and it seems to me that a traumatic event such as that when you were 7 would remain a 'true' memory, at least to some extent. Dare one...
View ArticleBy: stray
I'm from NS, so I've heard my share of Explosionisms, but my favorite part was always that Historica Heritage moment on TV depicting Vince Coleman, railway despatcher, in his last frantic attempts to...
View ArticleBy: GhostintheMachine
fish tick: But that's my point. If they actually were survivor stories, they would be interesting and compelling. But instead we get to put some 90 year old woman on the front page and ask her about...
View ArticleBy: livii
Good post, good links. The Explosion's an interesting story. I lived in Halifax for three years, and it's interesting the effect it still has on the city. For example, any old tree in the explosion...
View ArticleBy: spock
Also interesting: Francis Mackey was an experienced harbour pilot. A judicial inquiry put much of the blame for the disaster on him, and he was even charged with manslaughter. Other courts, including...
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Amazing silent movie film reel of the aftermath (REAL format). If the above link does not work for you, fire up RealPlayer and choose "Open Location" from the File menu. Paste the following URL...
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