List of disasters in Massachusetts by death toll

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Ruins of the Great Boston Fire of 1872
Aftermath of the Grover Shoe Factory disaster (1905) Grover Shoe site after.jpg
Aftermath of the Grover Shoe Factory disaster (1905)
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Great Chelsea fire of 1908
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Streetcar involved in the Summer Street Bridge disaster (1916) being raised from the river
Wreckage of the Great Molasses Flood (1919) BostonMolassesDisaster.jpg
Wreckage of the Great Molasses Flood (1919)
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Damage from the 1953 Worcester tornado
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Andrea Doria sinking (1956)
Wreckage of Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 (1960) Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 fuselage.png
Wreckage of Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 (1960)
Wreckage of the 1967 Nantucket radar plane crash, in a hangar after recovery EC-121H Warning Star wreckage, tail number 53-0549 in hangar.jpg
Wreckage of the 1967 Nantucket radar plane crash, in a hangar after recovery

This is a list of known disasters that have occurred in Massachusetts, organized by death toll. Historically documented events that caused 10 or more deaths are included. Notes:

Contents

Year [lower-alpha 1] EventTypeDeath tollLocationSources
1918 Spanish flu pandemicDisease28,870Statewide [1]
2020 COVID-19 pandemic Disease20,872Statewide [2]
16931693 Boston yellow fever epidemicDisease3,100+ Boston [3]
1911 1911 Eastern North America heat wave Weather1,110Statewide [4]
1633 Massachusetts smallpox epidemic Disease1,000Statewide [5]
1721 1721 Boston smallpox outbreak Disease844 Boston [6]
16771677–1678 Boston smallpox epidemicDisease750–1,000 Boston [7]
1942 Cocoanut Grove fire Fire492 Boston [8] [9]
1898Sinking of the Portland Shipwreck193 to 245off Gloucester [lower-alpha 2] [10]
1874 Mill River Flood of 1874 Flood139 Williamsburg/Northampton [11]
1963Sinking of the USS Thresher Shipwreck129off Cape Cod [lower-alpha 3] [12]
1884Sinking of the SS City of Columbus Shipwreck103off Martha's Vineyard [lower-alpha 4] [13]
1953 1953 Worcester tornado Weather94 Worcester [14]
1973 Delta Air Lines Flight 723 Aviation accident89 Boston [15] [16]
1860 Pemberton Mill collapseCollapse (building)88 to 145 Lawrence [17] [18]
1938 1938 New England hurricane Weather88Statewide [19]
1875 Precious Blood Church fire Fire78 Holyoke [20]
1960 Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 Aviation accident62 Boston Harbor [21] [22]
1905 Grover Shoe Factory disaster Explosion58 Brockton [23]
1916 Summer Street Bridge disaster Railway accident46 Boston [24]
1956Sinking of the SS Andrea Doria Ship collision46off Nantucket [lower-alpha 5] [25]
1925 Pickwick Club collapse Collapse (building)44 Boston [26]
1927Sinking of the USS S-4 Ship collision40off Provincetown [lower-alpha 6] [29]
1887 Forest Hills disaster Collapse (rail bridge)38 Boston [30]
1911 Septic sore throat outbreakDisease38 Boston [31]
1953Explosion aboard USS Leyte Shipboard explosion37 Boston (Naval Annex) [32] [33]
1871 Great Revere train wreck of 1871 Railway collision30 Revere [34]
1913 Arcadia Hotel fire Fire28 Boston [35] [36]
1872 Great Boston Fire of 1872 Fire26 to 30 Boston [37] [38]
1946 Mount Tom B-17 crash Aviation accident25 Holyoke [39] [40]
1874 Granite Mill fire Fire23 Fall River [41]
1890 1890 Quincy train wreck Railway accident23 Quincy [42]
1958 Northeast Airlines Flight 258 Aviation accident23 Nantucket [43] [44]
1903 United States Cartridge Company explosion Explosion22 Lowell [45]
1915 St. John's School fire Fire21 Peabody [46]
1919 Great Molasses Flood Flood21 Boston [47]
1928 Preble Box Toe Company explosion Explosion20 Lynn [48]
1878 Wollaston disaster Railway accident19 Quincy [49]
1908 Great Chelsea fire of 1908 Fire19 Chelsea [50]
1945SS Silver Star Park and SS Mangore collisionShip collision19off New Bedford [lower-alpha 7] [53] [54]
1966 1966 Nantucket radar plane crash Aviation accident19off Nantucket [lower-alpha 8] [55] [56]
2012 2012–2013 flu season Disease18Statewide [57]
1905 Baker Bridge train wreck Railway collision17 Lincoln [58]
1910 Morewood Lake Ice Company explosion Explosion17 Pittsfield [59]
1944Sinking of the USS YF-415 Shipboard explosion17off Hingham [lower-alpha 9] [60]
1804 1804 New England hurricane Weather16Statewide [61]
1965 1965 Nantucket radar plane crash Aviation accident16off Nantucket [lower-alpha 10] [62] [63]
1942Garnet Peak C-53 crashAviation accident16 Peru [64] [65]
1958 Westover Air Force Base KC-135 crash Aviation accident15 Chicopee [66] [67]
1967 1967 Nantucket radar plane crash Aviation accident15off Nantucket [lower-alpha 11] [68] [69]
1984 Beverly rooming house fire Fire (arson)15 Beverly [70]
1893 Chester train wreck Collapse (rail bridge)14 Chester [71]
1928 Beacon Oil explosion Explosion14 Everett [72]
1867 Hoosac Tunnel Central Shaft accidentCollapse (rail tunnel)13 Florida [73]
1906 Amsden Building collapse Collapse (building)13 Framingham [74] [75]
1941 Strand Theatre fire Fire13 Brockton [76]
1942Melvin Hall fireFire13 Lynn [77]
1956 Swampscott train wreck Railway collision13 Swampscott [78]
1966 Everett train-truck crash Railway accident13 Everett [79]
1890 North End tenement fire (North Street)Fire12 Boston [80] [81]
1952 Camp Edwards C-47/F-94B collisionAviation accident12 Mashpee [82] [83]
1958 Northeast Airlines Flight 285 Aviation accident12 New Bedford [84] [85]
1886 Deerfield railway accident Railway accident11 Deerfield [86]
1902 Frank A. Palmer and Louise B. Crary collision Ship collision11off Gloucester [lower-alpha 12] [87]
1913 Lawrence bathhouse tragedy Drowning11 Lawrence [88]
1919 Springfield Boys' Club Camp drowningsDrowning11 East Otis [89]
1964January 1964 blizzardWeather11Statewide [90]
1966 Paramount Hotel explosion Explosion11 Boston [91]
1902 North End lodging house fire (Fleet Street)Fire10 Boston [92] [93]
1944 Mount Holyoke B-24 crashAviation accident10 South Hadley [94] [95]
1973Worcester rooming house fireFire10 Worcester [96]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ For continuous multi-year events, the year in the year column represents the initial year of the event, unless otherwise noted.
  2. ↑ The wreck is located within Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.
  3. ↑ Approximately 220 miles (350 km) east of Cape Cod
  4. ↑ Approximately one mile (1.6 km) northwest of Gay Head Light
  5. ↑ Approximately 50 miles (80 km) south of Nantucket
  6. ↑ Approximately 1,800 yards (1.0 mi; 1.6 km) off Wood End Coast Guard Station, [27] which was located near Wood End Light. [28]
  7. ↑ Described as "in the vicinity of Hen and Chickens Lightship at Buzzards Bay, Mass." [51] although another source places the collision at "about 45 nm ENE of the Long Island Sound access to New York City and about 10 nm from Newport, RI". [52]
  8. ↑ Approximately 125 miles (201 km) east of Nantucket
  9. ↑ Approximately 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Boston Harbor
  10. ↑ Approximately 85 miles (137 km) northeast of Nantucket
  11. ↑ Approximately one-quarter mile (0.40 km) off Madaket Beach
  12. ↑ The wrecks are located in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

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