Showing the Aftermath of the 1929 Newfoundland Earthquake / Tsunami Event

The home of S.H. Isaacs of Port au Bras, which was towed back to shore after being swept out to sea by the tsunami and anchored to the fishing schooner Marian Belle Wolfe.

Source: The Rooms Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador, A2-149, Tidal Wave Disaster, Newfoundland, November 1929 (postcard no. 351) / S.H. Parsons and Sons, Parsons family fonds. Handwritten text on reverse: “House nearly submerged after Burin Tidal Wave, Nov. 1929”. Photograph courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives, A2-149 / S.H. Parsons and Sons.