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On November 7, 1916, a streetcar loaded with passengers ran off the open Summer Street Bridge, a drawbridge, into Fort Point Channel near downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Forty-six passengers were killed, making it the deadliest disaster in Boston's history until surpassed by the Cocoanut Grove fire in 1942.
The stone arch bridge, still in use, which replaced the bridge destroyed in the disaster. The Forest Hills disaster (also called the Forest Ridge disaster and the Bussey Bridge train disaster) was a railroad bridge accident that occurred on March 14, 1887, in the Roslindale section of Boston, Massachusetts.
Ruins of the Great Boston Fire of 1872 Aftermath of the Grover Shoe Factory disaster (1905) Great Chelsea fire of 1908 Streetcar involved in the Summer Street Bridge disaster (1916) being raised from the river Wreckage of the Great Molasses Flood (1919) Damage from the 1953 Worcester tornado Andrea Doria sinking (1956) Wreckage of Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 (1960) Wreckage of the 1967 ...
Crews are removing light posts from a Boston bridge after a woman was struck by a falling pole while walking across that bridge in the Seaport District, an incident first reported by 5 Investigates.
A man who heard the pole fall, and works as a hardware engineer, says most of the poles on that bridge are in "pretty poor condition." Crews remove dozens of light posts from Boston bridge after ...
Traffic crawls over a closed Fort Point Channel Tunnel entrance in Boston during rush hour on July 11, 2006, a day after the collapse.. The Big Dig ceiling collapse occurred on July 10, 2006, when a concrete ceiling panel and debris weighing 26 short tons (52,000 lb; 24,000 kg) and measuring 20 by 40 feet (6.1 by 12.2 m) fell in Boston's Fort Point Channel Tunnel (which connects to the Ted ...
1916 Summer Street Bridge disaster, Boston, Massachusetts; 46 killed. Deadliest disaster in Boston's history up to that point and still remains the city's deadliest transport-oriented disaster. 1917 Frisco collision, Kellyville, Oklahoma; 23 killed along with many cattle plus 80 injured.
The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1983 film): [a] The fictional Madison Bridge, portrayed by the Astoria-Megler Bridge, collapses due to a multi-car accident. Train Man (1999 novel): The destruction of multiple rail bridges over the Mississippi River forms the basis of the novel's plot.