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Chelsea, MA Fire 1908
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Cape Cod, MA Hurricane 1938

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Shelburne Falls, MA Train Wreck, Apr 1886  

 
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Massachusetts Disasters

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Drownings
:: City Point, MA Drownings, Jun 1896
:: Salisbury Point, MA Drowning, Jul 1912
:: Sharon, MA Lake Massapoag Drownings, Jun 1896  
 
Explosions
:: Clinton, MA Waterworks Aqueduct Explosion, Sept 1896
:: Haverhill, MA Bottling Works Explosion, May 1907
:: Marion, MA Boat Explosion, Jul 1908  
:: Pelham, MA House Explosion, Jan 1891  
:: Woburn, MA Loring & Jones Tannery Boiler Explosion, Apr 1895  
:: Woburn, MA Foucar Leather Plant Explosion, Sept 1912 
:: Worcester, MA Boiler Explosion, Jul 1859 
 
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Earthquakes
:: East Coast Earthquake, Aug 1884
 
Floods
:: Lowell, MA Freshet Apr 1895
:: North Adams, MA Freshet Mar 1896
:: Worcester, MA Flood, Mar 1876
:: Worcester, MA area Nashua River Flood, Mar 1896
 
Hurricane
:: Cape Cod Hurricane 1938
 
Ship Wrecks, Boating Accidents & Explosions
:: Boston, MA Schooner Benson Sinking, Dec 1894
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Boston, MA Steamer Rose Standish Sinking, Aug 1884

:: Boston, MA Steamer Collision, Aug 1884
:: Gloucester, MA Schooner Juliette Wreck, Jan 1889
:: Marion, MA Boat Explosion, Jul 1908  
:: Nahant, MA Cabin Cruiser Fire, Jul 1950
:: New Bedford, MA Schooner J. W. Campbell Wreck, Apr 1896
 
Tornadoes
:: Lawrence, MA Tornado, Jul 1890
 
Train Wrecks
:: Ashley Falls, MA Train Wreck, Aug 1910  
:: Bardswell's Ferry, MA Train Wreck, Apr 1886
:: Chester, MA Train Wreck, Sept 1893
:: East Brookfield, MA Train Wreck, Sept 1904
:: North Adams, MA Hoosic Tunnel Train Wreck, Feb 1912
:: Shelburne Falls, MA Train Wreck, Apr 1886  
:: West Cambridge, MA Train Wreck, Sept 1892
 
More...
:: Chelsea, MA Wall Collapse, Aug 1908 
:: Fitchburg, MA Falling Roof Accident, Apr 1889
:: Quincy, MA Aeroplane Accident, Jun 1915
   
 
Welcome to GenDisasters, a look back at the events that touched our ancestor's lives - tornadoes, fires, floods, hurricanes, train wrecks, mine explosions, and tragic accidents that became a part of history and our genealogy.
 
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