Newfoundland Disasters, one of several Canadian bestsellers
by Jack Fitzgerald, has been revised to include a new chapter on deadly
avalanches and winter storms. This book updates the 1942 unsolved mystery of
the Knights of Columbus arson, which claimed 99 lives, and offers a possible
solution to the crime. This is a gripping and dramatic presentation of a series
of major calamities and loss of life, each of which relates amazing stories of
courage and endurance. The book includes the following chapters: Avalanche at
the Battery, The Truth behind the K of C Fire, The Viking Disaster, The Sinking
of the Caribou, The Hull Home Tragedy, and The Fire Destruction of St. John's
1892. 193 pages About the Author Jack Fitzgerald was born and educated in St.
John's, Newfoundland. During his career he has been a journalist, a feature
writer and a political columnist with the St. John's Daily News; a reporter and
public affairs writer with CJON and VOCM news services; editor of the
Newfoundland Herald and the Newfoundland Chronicle. During the Smallwood
administration he was Assistant Director of Public Relations with the
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland Disasters is Jack's
twentieth book.
