Boston Disasters

Boston Disasters & Misfortunate Accidents

 

Blizzards & Storm

Blizzard of 1888
Hurricane of 1938
Blizzard of 1978
Perfect Storm, 1991

Urban Blizzard Survival
Urban Hurricane Survival

Fires

Ropewalk District Fire, 1794
Exchange Coffee House Fire, 1818
Beacon Street Fire, 1824
Bake House Fire, 1831 - 5 Killed
Brattle Square Fire, 1845 - 2 Firefighters Killed
Chickering Piano Works Fire, 1852 - 1 Policeman Killed
Gerrish Market Fire, 1856
Federal Street Fire, 1858 - 2 Firefighters Killed + 2 Civilians
Boston Steam Bakery Fire, 1859 - 2 Killed
Great Boston Fire, 1872
Lincoln Street Fire, 1893 - 5 Killed
Luongo's Restaurant Fire, 1942 - 6 Firefighters Killed
Cocoanut Grove Fire, 1942 - 491 Killed + 1 Suicide
Cocoanut Grove Fire Official Cause
Sallinger's Fire, 1942
Paramount Hotel Fire, 1966 - 11 Killed
1800 Club Fire, 1971
Vendome Hotel Fire, 1972 - 9 Firefighters Killed
East Boston Gas Explosion, 1983

Aviation Accidents

Balloon Crash, Queen of the Air, 1861
Plane Crash, Harriet Quimby, 1912 -2 Killed
Plane Crash, Icy Weather, 1948
Plane Crash, James Conway Heroism, 1954 - 1 Killed
Plane Crash by Bird-Strike, 1960 - 62 Killed
Plane Crash off Runway, 1961
Eastern Airlines Hijacking, 1970 - Copilot Killed
Plane Crash into Seawall, 1973 - 89 Killed
Plane Crash off Runway, 1982 - 2 Killed

Railroad Accidents

Salem Train Wreck, 1848 - 6 Killed
Athol Bridge Wreck, 1870 - 4 Killed
Revere Train Wreck, 1871 - 29 Killed
Revere Disaster Story, 1871
Vermont Central Wreck, 1887 - 40 Killed
Bussey Bridge Collapse, 1887 - 37 Killed
Haverhill Bridge Wreck, 1888 - 12 Killed
West Canaan Wreck, 1907 - 26 Killed
Everett Oil Tanker Crash, 1966 - 12 Killed

MBTA Accidents

Tremont Street Gas Explosion, 1897 - 6 Killed
Court Street Accident, 1906 - 1 Killed
Haymarket Elevated Train Collision, 1906
Motte Street Derailment, 1907
Guild Street Accident, 1913
Summer Street Bridge Disaster, 1916 - 47 Killed
North Station Crash, 1917
Forest Hills Derailment, 1921
Harvard Square Collision, 1922
Harvard Square Bus Crash, 1944 - 2 Killed
Atlantic Avenue Station Fire, 1949 - 3 Killed
North Station Explosion, 1959 - 1 Killed
Kenmore Subway Flood, 1962

Earthquakes

Earthquake of 1663
Earthquake of 1727
Earthquake of 1755
Earthquake of 1846
Earthquake of 1852
Earthquake of 1869

Epidemics

Great Influenza, 1918
Smallpox Epidemics

Other Tragedies

Boston Molasses Flood, 1919 - 21 Killed
Halifax Explosion, 1919 - 2,000 Killed
The 1978 Boston Red Sox

Colonial Disasters

Lightning Strike, 1726
Solar Flare, 1730

Massachusetts Related

Salisbury Tornado, 1773
Northampton Tornado, 1877 - 3 Killed
Petersham Tornado, 1788 - 1 Killed
Reading Tornado, 1857
New England's Dark Day, 1780
New England's Dark Day Witness Account
Year Without a Summer, 1816
Pemberton Mill Collapse, 1860 - 169 Killed
Mary Celeste Mystery, 1872 - 9 Presumed Dead
Yellow Day, 1881
Great Lynn Fire, 1889
Lawrence Tornado, 1890
Tewksbury Explosion, 1903
Great Chelsea Fire, 1908
Great Chelsea Fire, 1973
Columbia, 2003

Shipwrecks

Schooner Catherine Nichols, Nahant, 1839

New England Related

Wallingford Tornado (CT), 1878

 

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