The wreckage of the B-24 Liberator remains on Black Mountain at the crash site along with the graves of the men who died in the tragic accident.
Here is a list of some past accidents in Canada — including air crashes, shipwrecks, mining disasters and derailments — with high death tolls.— 1864 - St-Hilaire train disaster, Richelieu River, Beloeil, Quebec: 99 deaths.— 1910 - Spanish River derailment, Northern Ontario: 44 deaths.— 1914 - SS Southern Cross shipwreck off Newfoundland: 174 deaths.— 1914 - Hillcrest mine disaster, Hillcrest, Alberta: 189 deaths.—1914 - Empress of Ireland shipwreck in the St. Lawrence River: 1,012 deaths.— 1917 - Explosion of munitions ship in Halifax, Nova Scotia: 2,000 estimated deaths, 1,950 recorded names.— 1918 - SS Florizel shipwreck, Cappahayden, Newfoundland: 173 deaths.— 1927 - Laurier Palace Theatre Fire, Montreal: 77 deaths.— 1947 - Dugald train disaster, Dugald, Manitoba: 31 deaths.— 1958 - Springhill mining disaster, Springhill, Nova Scotia: 74 deaths.— 1963 - Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 from Montreal to Toronto air crash: 118 deaths.— 1970 - Air Canada Flight 621, near Toronto: 109 deaths.— 1982 - Ocean Ranger oil platform sinking, off Newfoundland coast: 84 deaths.— 1985 - Crash of Arrow Air flight in Gander, Newfoundland: 256 deaths.— 1986 - Hinton train collision, Hinton, Alberta: 23 deaths.— 1992 - Westray mine explosion, Plymouth, Nova Scotia: 26 deaths.__ 1997 - Thanksgiving Day bus crash near Les Eboulements in Quebec's Charlevoix region: 44 deaths.— 1998 - Crash of Swissair Flight 111 into Atlantic Ocean off Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia: 229 deaths.FILE - This Dec. 12, 1985, file photo, shows the wreckage of Arrow Air Flight 1285 after the plane crashed in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 passengers and crew on board. tornadoTemperature checks and ‘deep cleaning’ aren’t good at stopping coronavirus. Credit: Global News / Mike Armstrong. The wreckage of the B-24 Liberator remains on Black Mountain at the crash site along with the graves of the men who died in the tragic accident.
Seventy years later, it is still the worst accident in the history of the Royal Canadian Air Force.On Oct. 19, 1943, an Ottawa-bound B-24 bomber crashed into a mountain just north of Montreal, killing 24 military men who were headed for some well-deserved time off.The wreckage of the B-24 Liberator that crashed during a snowstorm still rests near the summit of Black Mountain, outside of St. Donat.After the plane disappeared during the flight from Gander, Newfoundland, the RCAF sent more than 700 search flights to locate the wreckage.Friends and family of those on board waited for news of survivors, but as time passed and the plane was not found, hope began to fade.Nearly three years later, a pilot noticed a flicker of light coming from a forest, far north of where the original search had taken place, and the wreckage was discovered on the remote mountain top.For families of the deceased, the agony of never knowing what happened had finally ended and personal belongings recovered from the crash site were sent back to grieving next of kin.As Canadians mark Remembrance Day, the family of one of the deceased airmen, Corporal Ronald Douglas Marr, is recalling their own tragic story of loss.“To think family didn’t know anything for 32 months about where the crash was, where his remains were… that’s a long time,” said Karen Valley, Marr’s grandniece.It took several days for officials to make the trek to the crash site.
Credit: Global News / Mike Armstrong.
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