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List of disasters in Massachusetts by death toll information


Damage from the 1953 Worcester tornado
Wreckage of Eastern Air Lines Flight 375
Aftermath of the Grover Shoe Factory disaster
Streetcar involved in the Summer Street Bridge disaster being raised from the river
Andrea Doria sinking
Ruins of the Great Boston Fire of 1872
Wreckage of the Great Molasses Flood
Great Chelsea fire of 1908

This is a list of disasters that have occurred in Massachusetts organized by death toll.

Year[a] Event Type Death toll Location Sources
1918 Spanish flu pandemic Disease 28,870 Statewide [1]
2020 COVID-19 pandemic Disease 20,872 Statewide [2]
1693 1693 Boston yellow fever epidemic Disease 3,100+ Boston [3]
1911 1911 Eastern North America heat wave Heatwave 1,110 Statewide [4]
1633 Massachusetts smallpox epidemic Disease 1,000 Statewide [5]
1721 1721 Boston smallpox outbreak Disease 844 Boston [6]
1677 1677–1678 Boston smallpox epidemic Disease 750–1,000 Boston [7]
1942 Cocoanut Grove fire Fire 492 Boston [8]
1898 Sinking of the Portland Shipwreck 193 to 245 Gloucester [9]
1874 Mill River Flood of 1874 Flood 139 Williamsburg and Northampton [10]
1963 Sinking of the USS Thresher Submarine wreck 129 Cape Cod [11]
1884 Sinking of the SS City of Columbus Shipwreck 103 Martha's Vineyard [12]
1953 1953 Worcester tornado Tornado 94 Worcester [13]
1973 Delta Air Lines Flight 723 Aviation accident 89 Boston [14]
1860 Pemberton Mill collapse Explosion and building collapse 88 to 145 Lawrence [15][16]
1938 1938 New England hurricane Hurricane 88 Statewide [17]
1875 Precious Blood Church fire Fire 78 Holyoke [18]
1960 Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 Aviation accident 62 Boston [19]
1905 Grover Shoe Factory disaster Explosion and building collapse 58 Brockton [20]
1916 Summer Street Bridge disaster Streetcar accident 46 Boston [21]
1956 Sinking of the SS Andrea Doria Shipwreck 46 Nantucket [22]
1925 Pickwick Club collapse Building collapse 44 Boston [23]
1927 Sinking of the USS S-4 Shipwreck 40 Provincetown [24]
1887 Forest Hills disaster Bridge collapse 38 Boston [25]
1911 Septic score throat outbreak Disease 38 Boston [26]
1853 USS Leyte explosion Explosion 36 Boston [27]
1871 Great Revere train wreck of 1871 Railway accident 30 Revere [28]
1872 Great Boston Fire of 1872 Fire 30 Boston [29]
1913 Arcadia Hotel fire Fire 28 Boston [30]
1946 Mount Tom B-17 crash Aviation accident 25 Holyoke [31]
1874 Granite Mill fire Fire 23 Fall River [32]
1890 1890 Quincy train wreck Railway accident 23 Quincy [33]
1958 Northeast Airlines Flight 258 Aviation accident 23 Nantucket [34]
1903 United States Cartridge Company explosion Explosion 22 Lowell [35]
1915 St. John's School fire Fire 21 Peabody [36]
1919 Great Molasses Flood Flood 21 Boston [37]
1928 Preble Box Toe Company explosion Explosion 20 Lynn [38]
1878 Wollaston disaster Railway accident 19 Quincy [39]
1908 Great Chelsea fire of 1908 Fire 19 Chelsea [40]
1945 SS Silver Star Park and SS Mangore collision Shipwreck 19 New Bedford [41][42]
1966 1966 Nantucket radar plane crash Aviation Accident 19 Nantucket [43]
2012 2012–2013 flu season Disease 18 Statewide [44]
1905 Baker Bridge train wreck Railway accident 17 Lincoln [45]
1910 Morewood Lake Ice Company explosion Explosion 17 Pittsfield [46]
1942 Garnet Hill crash Aviation accident 17 Peru [47]
1944 Sinking of the USS YF-415 Shipwreck 17 Hingham [48]
1804 1804 New England hurricane Hurricane 16 Statewide
1965 1965 Nantucket radar plane crash Aviation Accident 16 Nantucket [49]
1958 Westover Air Force Base KC-135 crash Aviation Accident 15 Chicopee [50]
1967 1967 Nantucket radar picket plane crash Aviation Accident 15 Nantucket [51]
1984 Beverly rooming house fire Arson 15 Beverly [52]
1893 Chester train wreck Bridge collapse 14 Chester [53]
1928 Beacon Oil explosion Explosion 14 Everett [54]
1867 Hoosac Tunnel Central Shaft accident Tunnel collapse 13 Florida [55]
1906 Amsden Building collapse Building collapse 13 Framingham [56][57]
1941 Strand Theatre fire Fire 13 Brockton [58]
1942 Melvin Hall fire Fire 13 Lynn [59]
1956 Swampscott train wreck Railway accident 13 Swampscott [60]
1966 Everett train-truck crash Railway accident 13 Everett [61]
1890 Boston tenement fire Fire 12 Boston [62]
1952 Camp Edwards plane collision Aviation accident 12 Mashpee [63]
1958 Northeast Airlines Flight 285 Aviation accident 12 New Bedford [64]
1886 Deerfield railway accident Railway accident 11 Deerfield [65]
1902 Frank A. Palmer and Louise B. Crary collision Shipwreck 11 Gloucester [66]
1913 Lawrence bathhouse tragedy Drowning 11 Lawrence [67]
1919 Springfield Boys' Club Camp drownings Drowning 11 East Otis [68]
1964 January 1964 blizzard Blizzard 11 Statewide [69]
1966 Paramount Hotel explosion Explosion 11 Boston [70]
1902 Italian lodging house fire Fire 10 Boston [71]
1944 Mount Holyoke bomber crash Aviation accident 10 South Hadley [72]
1973 Worcester rooming house fire Fire 10 Worcester [73]


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