SUMMARY: A documentary about the disastrous earthquake and fire that devastated the city of San Francisco in 1906. The program features the recollections of eyewitnesses to the disaster: Major General F.F. Worthington, Adrian Falk, Michael Well, Mrs. Rose Stiller, and Mrs. Mabel Johnson. The program also includes a discussion of the geophysical fault off the Pacific Coast, running from Alaska to California, and the possible recurrence of an earthquake of similar magnitude. Includes comments from Dr. John Hodgson of the Dominion Seismological Bureau (Ottawa) and Dr. Sheldon Cherry (UBC).

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1976-02-02 SUMMARY: Ruth Chambers interviews Miss Eveline Meade, a retired school teacher. While teaching at the Freebel Institute in London, England, in 1909, Miss Meade became one of the first women to lead a Wolf Cub pack. She came to Canada in 1913 and taught in Saskatchewan for a time. She was teaching in Japan in 1923 when the country was struck by a major earthquake. In the 1930s, Miss Meade opened and taught at one-room schools in the Peace River district. She also taught at North Ward and Quadra Schools in Victoria.