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Boston Disasters

 

Blizzards & Storms

• Blizzard of 1888
• Hurricane of 1804
• Hurricane of 1938
• Blizzard of 1978
• Perfect Storm, 1991
• (Related Subjects)
• Urban Blizzard Survival
• Urban Hurricane Survival

Fires

• Great Boston Fire, 1787
• 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
• Merchant's Row Fire, 1860 - 2 Firefighters Killed
• 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
• Charles River Wreck Wreck, 1862 - 5 Killed
• Athol Bridge Wreck, 1870 - 4 Killed
• Revere Train Wreck, 1871 - 29 Killed
• Revere Disaster Story, 1871 - 29 Killed
• 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
• North Station Siding Accident, 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
• New England's Dark Day, 1780
• New England's Dark Day Witness Account
• Year Without a Summer, 1816
• Great Fall River Fire, 1843
• Worcester State Hospital Fire, 1852 - 4 Killed
• Reading Tornado, 1857
• 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