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E.C. Rossie photograph of the remains of the Canadian Pacific Railway Roundhouse in central Regina.
1912
Regina, Saskatchewan

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As it reached the Canadian Pacific Railway yards and mainline, the tornado blew out the bricks of the roundhouse, leaving only the massive wood frame structure behind, a mere skeleton of the monumental locomotive maintenance facility it had been only a few minutes before.

North of the tracks, in what is now called the Old Warehouse District also suffered the blasting force of the tornado. But as the tornado moved north, its path widened. Yet, the voracious tempest seemed to target its victims more selectively.

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A view of Fire Hall no. 2 shortly after the tornado.
1912
Regina, Saskatchewan

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The Ackerman Building on Dewdney Avenue suffered significant damage. It was the most imposing warehousing structure of its day in the district. Buildings located as far east as Scarth Street were damaged. Fire Hall no. 2 lost part of its exterior wall, but would still serve as a temporary relief station for area residents in the following days.

Thus the tornado exited the city shrouded in even more mystery than that with which it had entered Regina.

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Text by Claude-Jean Harel, MA, MAHI
President and Founder of the Great Excursions Company
www.greatexcursions.com