What the records say
- When
- 7 Nov 1916
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 42.35° N, 71.05° W
- Description
- 1916 streeetcar accident in Boston. Massachusetts, US
- Deaths
- 46
Summer Street Bridge disaster
1916 streeetcar accident in Boston. Massachusetts, US
On November 7, 1916, a streetcar loaded with passengers ran off the open Summer Street Bridge, a retractile bridge, 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.
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