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Hurricane Hazel : Canada's storm of the century / Jim Gifford ; [foreword by Mike Filey].

Title
Hurricane Hazel : Canada's storm of the century / Jim Gifford ; [foreword by Mike Filey].
Author
Gifford, Jim.
Publication
Toronto : Dundurn Group, c2004.

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Filey, Mike
Description
104 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
Summary
"On October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel battered southern Ontario, leaving in its wake a terrible toll: thousands homeless, $25 million in property damage, and worst of all, 81 people dead. Hazel destroyed bridges, submerged towns, and drowned unsuspecting Ontarians. After the storm, people walked the surreal streets: cars upside down, iceboxes and dead cows hanging from trees, houses flattened, toys and furniture floating past." "On its fiftieth anniversary, Jim Gifford has captured that fatal night in the voices of those who survived it. Including more than 100 never-before-published photographs, Hurricane Hazel: Canada's Storm of the Century documents one of the worst natural disasters in Canadian history."--BOOK JACKET.
Alternative Title
Canada's storm of the century
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Hurricane Hazel, 1954
  • Hurricanes > Toronto > History > 20th century
  • Ouragan Hazel, 1954
  • Ouragans > Toronto > Histoire > 20e siècle
  • Toronto (Ont.) > History
  • Toronto (Ont.) > Histoire
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [103]-104).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
1550025260 (pbk.) :
OCLC
  • 55510836
  • SCSB-11554964
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library