Nanaimo Chinatown Fire

Home movies of Nanaimo Chinatown fire which occurred there on Sept 30th, 1960.

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Travel & Events

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• Nanaimo
• chinatown
• fire
• 1960

[gupnup]

i live in nanaimo i never even new nanaimo had a china town and i dont think it has one right now does it? where did this take place? somewhere downtown im guessing? i dont know much im only 12

[feygirl]

This chinatown was located between the downtown area and Harewood, just off of Pine and around Hecate but burned in 1960. The museum had a good exhibit but they are temporarily closed while they relocate to the new Nanaimo Centre.

[teoni]

thats so sad...it would have been nice to have a china town. people seriously have to be evil to do something like that

[feygirl]

Although I don't know why the fire occurred, I have never heard that it was an intentional act.

[AdrianH888]

I always wondered why we dint have a china town. Now I know.

[freewheeler88]

All the displaced chinese were taken in by the church going public

.I remember my mother and father telling me they had a chinese man staying in their house for awhile..

They never knew what started the fire,some theorys were that the chinese had hoardes of fireworks stored in their shops,which excelerated the blaze.

[EMandCLOtv]

I live in nanaimo . I heard of the China town . And We used to have a Zoo near Ruthoford in the Marshes where like the pond is . And It was in the newspaper that a little girl got killed but there isn't any info on it besides the news artical . But the cina town is interesting did anyone get hurt when this happend?

[JordLikesGuitar]

@nimocity lol look at you mr. grumpy pants. maybe you should go shove another tampon in your pussy. calm the fuck down. no need to get mad at kids on youtube, you dont solve anything, you just look like a fucking retard. if you were smart, you wouldnt reply.

[nimocity]

@JordLikesGuitar hey idiot harewood didn't join nanaimo until 1974 so shut your fucking mouth idiot, and neither did departure bay or pleasant valley or chase river or about 8 other communituies, go learn some history you fucking moron

[JordLikesGuitar]

@nimocity which is in Nanaimo goof.

[anthraxinhalin]

That fire was an accident i beleave there houses were just all so close together, i used to play were china town burnt down you could usually find some awesome bottle, which insted of selling we shot at with bb guns to bad allot were worth some good dough, china town was right off from kennedy street and Albert st right up from downtown that big fucking hill they just started re building in there.

[nimocity]

it wasn't in nanaimo, it was in harewood

[remaxwessmithnanaimo]

Where exactly was Chinatown? What streets?

[tuxinbo88]

WOW! That is so intense. I can't wait to show my Mom and her syblings. They grew up near there and visited to eat and shop in the 50's.

BTW Golden Inn is the best ever in Nan. Especially the SaltyPepperSquid and Shanghai Noodles