The wind blew fast across St. John’s, Newfoundland on a hot summer afternoon. It was a day like any other. Until it wasn’t. At a barn atop Carter’s Hill, a lit pipe, placed too close to the edge of a table, was about to change the course of history...
Fires were an ever-present danger in the early history of communities in Canada. It didn’t matter if a community was large or small, a fire could cause immense destruction. St. John’s had a history that dated back to the early 1500s, making it the...