National Post (National Edition)
ON THIS DAY
August 25, 1873 A hurricane-then called the “Great Nova Scotia Cyclone”-swept across Cape Breton Island and Newfoundland, killing more than 500 people, destroying 1,200 sailing vessels and flattening more than 900 buildings. One of the deadliest storms to ever hit Canada resulted in numerous advancements in storm warning systems in Nova Scotia.