Accident ferroviaire

Summer Street Bridge Disaster

7 nov. 1916 · 42.35° N, 71.05° W

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Quand
7 nov. 1916
Type
Accident ferroviaire
Coordonnées
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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