Introduction

1902 Mine Disaster
    Causes of the Mine Disaster
    The Disaster
    The Aftermath

1904 Downtown Fire
    The Fire
    The Aftermath

1908 Great Fire
    How It Started
    The Fire
    The Great Escape
    Heroes of the Fire
    The Aftermath
    Rebuilding
    Newspaper Clippings

Valley Disasters

1902- Mine Disaster
The evening of May 22 1902, 128 miners were killed instantly in an explosion at Coal Creek Mine. It was the worst mining disaster in British Columbia’s History.

1904 - Downtown Fire
On April 29th the downtown core of Fernie became engulfed in flames. Fernie’s entire business section was burnt to the ground.

1908 - The Great Fire
The Great Fire of 1908 took only 90 minutes to destroy all of Fernie. It is was known as one of Western Canada’s most devastating fires.

	1902 Mine Disaster