Twenty of Massachusetts' most catastrophic incidents due to natural and other causes are recounted here. Featured are the 1874 Mill River flood, the blizzard of 1888, the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 in Boston's North End, the 1953 Worcester tornado, and four shipwrecks, including the crash of the passenger steamer City of Columbus off Martha's Vineyard in January 1884.
Twenty of Massachusetts' most catastrophic incidents due to natural and other causes are recounted here. Featured are the 1874 Mill River flood, the blizzard of 1888, the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 in Boston's North End, the 1953 Worcester tornado, and four shipwrecks, including the crash of the passenger steamer City of Columbus off Martha's Vineyard in January 1884.
(1) The Sinking of the Maritana 1861 (2) The Wreck of the Eveline Treat 1865 (3) Crash on the Eastern Railroad 1871 (4) The Great Boston Fire 1872 (5) Failure of the Williamsburg Dam 1874 (6) The City of Columbus Tragedy 1884 (7) The Collapse of Bussey Bridge 1887 (8) Trapped by a Blizzard 1888 (9) The Spanish Influenza 1918 (10) U-Boat Attack on Cape Cod (11) The Great Molasses Flood 1919 (12) The Failure of the Wheeler Dam 1927 (13) The Connecticut River Floods 1936 (14) The New England Hurricane 1938 (15) The Cocoanut Grove Fire 1942 (16) The Worcestor Tornado 1953 (17) The Sinking of the Andrea Doria 1956 (18) Building Collapse in Brighton 1971 (19) The Sinking of the Argo Merchant 1976 (20) The Great Whiteout 1978 (21) Collision at Back Bay Station 1990 (22) Bibliography (23) About the Author
(1) The Sinking of the Maritana 1861 (2) The Wreck of the Eveline Treat 1865 (3) Crash on the Eastern Railroad 1871 (4) The Great Boston Fire 1872 (5) Failure of the Williamsburg Dam 1874 (6) The City of Columbus Tragedy 1884 (7) The Collapse of Bussey Bridge 1887 (8) Trapped by a Blizzard 1888 (9) The Spanish Influenza 1918 (10) U-Boat Attack on Cape Cod (11) The Great Molasses Flood 1919 (12) The Failure of the Wheeler Dam 1927 (13) The Connecticut River Floods 1936 (14) The New England Hurricane 1938 (15) The Cocoanut Grove Fire 1942 (16) The Worcestor Tornado 1953 (17) The Sinking of the Andrea Doria 1956 (18) Building Collapse in Brighton 1971 (19) The Sinking of the Argo Merchant 1976 (20) The Great Whiteout 1978 (21) Collision at Back Bay Station 1990 (22) Bibliography (23) About the Author
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