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Newfoundland Tsunami - November 18, 1929

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Photograph of two nurses who helped the tsunami victims

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Nurse Dorothy Cherry (left) risked her life to help victims of the tsunami

Photograph of a truck with a sign on the side that reads BURIN RELIEF, 1929

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Collection vehicle for Burin tsunami relief, 1929

Photograph showing destroyed houses surrounded by flood waters, Burin Peninsula, 1929

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Coastline of the Burin Peninsula after the tsunami, 1929

Photograph of houses in Taylor's Bay, Newfoundland, damaged by the tsunami, 1929

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Tsunami damage to the west side of Taylor's Bay, Newfoundland, 1929

Photograph of a family grave containing four wooden crosses, boxed-off with a wooden rail, Lord's Cove, Newfoundland

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A family's grave, Lord's Cove, Newfoundland

Photograph of the devastated shoreline at Port au Bras, Newfoundland, after the tsunami, 1929

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Devastated shoreline at Port au Bras, Newfoundland, 1929

Photograph of a schooner towing a house through the water after the tsunami, 1929

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A washed-out house is retrieved by a schooner after the tsunami, 1929

Photograph of a house dislodged and partially moved into the water by the tsunami, Burin North, Newfoundland, 1929

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Dislodged home in Burin North, Newfoundland, after the tsunami, 1929

Photograph of roof and collapsed walls of a house floating in the water after the tsunami, Newfoundland, 1929

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Waterfront house destroyed by the tsunami, Newfoundland, 1929

Photograph showing a basin with schooners submerged, their masts just visible above the waterline, after the Newfoundland tsunami of 1929

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Sunken schooners after the Newfoundland tsumani of 1929

 
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