Accident industriel

Grover Shoe Factory disaster

20 mars 1905 · 42.07° N, 71.02° W

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20 mars 1905
Type
Accident industriel
Coordonnées
42.07° N, 71.02° W
Description
1905 boiler explosion and fire that killed 58

Grover Shoe Factory disaster

Industrial explosion in Brockton, Massachusetts on March 20, 1905

The Grover Shoe Factory disaster was an industrial explosion, building collapse and fire that killed 58 people and injured 150 when it leveled the R. B. Grover shoe factory in Brockton, Massachusetts on March 20, 1905. Following a boiler explosion, the four-story wooden building collapsed and the ruins burst into flames, incinerating workers trapped in the wreckage.

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