This is a list of steam boiler explosions such as railway locomotive, marine transport (military and civilian), and stationary power:
Event | Date | Type | Nation | City/Locale | Killed | Injured | Missing | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Savery explosion | 1716 | Industrial | United Kingdom | 1 | [1] | |||
Brunton's Mechanical Traveller | July 31, 1815 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | Philadelphia, England | 16 | [2] | ||
SS Washington | 1816 | Marine (civilian) | United States | Marietta, Ohio | 12 | 5 | [3] | |
SS Constitution | 1817 | Marine (civilian) | United States | Mississippi River | 30 | [4] | ||
The Aetna | May 15, 1824 | Marine (civilian) | United States | New York City, New York | 10 | 40 | [3] | |
SS Teche | 1825 | Marine (civilian) | United States | Mississippi River | 20 | [4] | ||
Stockton and Darlington Railway locomotive no. 2[5] or no. 5[2] | March 19, 1828 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | Simpasture, near Shildon, England | 1 | 1 | [2][5] | |
Stockton and Darlington Railway Locomotion No. 1 | July 1, 1828 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | Aycliffe Lane, Heighington, England | 1 | [2] | ||
SS Helen McGregor | February 24, 1830 | Marine (civilian) | United States | Memphis, Tennessee | [4] | |||
Best Friend of Charleston | June 17, 1831 | Locomotive | United States | Charleston, South Carolina | 1 | 3 | [6] | |
Locomotive under test | November 1834 | Locomotive | United States | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Baltimore, Maryland | 1 | [7] | ||
Liverpool and Manchester Railway No. 33 Patentee | November 12, 1834 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | Whiston Bank, Whiston, England | [8] | |||
PS Union | 1837 | Marine (civilian) | United Kingdom | Hull, England | 23 | 20 | [9][10][11][12] | |
SS Moselle | April 28, 1838 | Marine (civilian) | United States | Cincinnati, Ohio | 81 | 13 | 55 | [13] |
SS Pulaski | June 14, 1838 | Marine (civilian) | United States | Cape Hatteras, North Carolina | 128 | |||
New York and Harlem Railroad | July 4, 1839 | Locomotive | United States | 14th Street, New York City, New York | 2 | 5 | [14] | |
Surprise | November 10, 1840 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | Bromsgrove railway station, Bromsgrove, England | 2 | [15][2] | ||
SS Henry Eckford | April 27, 1841 | Marine (civilian) | United States | New York City, New York | 1 | 2 | ||
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Richmond | September 2, 1844 | Locomotive | United States | Reading, Pennsylvania | 4 | [16] | ||
London and North Western Railway 122 Goliah | 1847 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | [17] | ||||
Great Western Railway Goliah | June 29, 1849 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | Foot of Hemerdon Bank, Plympton, England | 1 | [18] | ||
London and North Western Railway 401 | 1850 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | Longsight, Manchester, England | [19] | |||
Firth Woollen Mill | 1850 | Industrial | United Kingdom | Halifax, England | 12 | 17 | [20][21] | |
Hague Street explosion | February 4, 1850 | Industrial | United States | New York City, New York | 67 | 50 | [22] | |
Midland Railway 363 (ex Bristol and Gloucester Railway 7 Wickwar) | January 8, 1853 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | Clay Hill, Bristol, England | [23] | |||
Erie Railroad | June 16, 1853 | Locomotive | United States | Susquehanna, Pennsylvania | 5 | [24] | ||
SS Canemah | August 8, 1853 | Marine (civilian) | United States | Champoeg, Oregon | 1 | |||
SS Shoalwater | May 1853 | Marine (civilian) | United States | Rock Island, Oregon | ||||
SS Gazelle | April 8, 1854 | Marine (civilian) | United States | Oregon City, Oregon | 24 | many | ||
Fieldhouse Mills | July 15, 1855 | Industrial | United Kingdom | Rochdale, England | 10 | 13 | [25] | |
Georgiana | November 23, 1855 | Marine (civilian) | United States | Petaluma, California | 1 | 2 | 0 | [26] |
SS Pennsylvania | June 13, 1858 | Marine (civilian) | United States | Memphis, Tennessee | 250 | |||
London and North Western Railway 249 | July 4, 1861 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | Rugby, Warwickshire | 1 | [27] | ||
Erie Railroad | October 25, 1862 | Locomotive | United States | Docks, Jersey City, New Jersey | 5 | [24] | ||
Great Western Railway Perseus | November 1862 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | Westbourne Park shed, London, England | [28] | |||
Hembrigg Mills | June 27, 1863 | Industrial | United Kingdom | Morley, England | 9 | [29] | ||
SS Ada Hancock | April 23, 1863 | Marine (civilian) | United States | San Pedro Bay, California | 26 | 23 | ||
Tugboat Greenwood | June 15, 1863 | Marine (civilian) | United States | Barrytown, New York | 7 | 3 | 3 | |
Calcutta explosion | 1863 | India | Kolkata | |||||
Merrick Sons, Southwark Foundry | April 6, 1864 | Industrial | United States | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 7 | 13 | ||
USS Chenango | April 15, 1864 | Marine (military) | United States | New York City, New York | 28 | 6 | ||
Midland Railway 356 | May 5, 1864 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | Colne, England | 1 | 2 | [28] | |
Great Northern 138 | May 5, 1864 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | Metropolitan Railway's Bishop's Road station (now Paddington), London, England | [30] | |||
? 108 | 1864 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | Shrewsbury and Hereford Joint Railway, Leominster, England | [31] | |||
New York Central Railroad | June 18, 1864 | Locomotive | United States | Syracuse, New York | 3 | [24] | ||
USS Tulip | November 11, 1864 | Marine (military) | United States | Potomac River, Maryland | 49 | |||
Eclipse (steamboat)[32] | January 27, 1865 | Marine (military) | United States | Tennessee River | 38 | |||
Sultana | April 27, 1865 | Marine (civilian) | United States | Memphis, Tennessee | 1169 | |||
Staten Island Ferry Westfield II | July 30, 1871 | Marine (civilian) | United States | New York City, New York | 45–91 | 78–208 | [33][34][35][36] | |
Spa Well Mill | December 15, 1873 | Industrial | United Kingdom | Elland, England | 3 | 4 | [37] | |
Town & Son Factory | June 9, 1869 | Industrial | United Kingdom | Bingley, England | 15 | [38] | ||
SS Senator | May 6, 1875 | Marine (civilian) | United States | Portland, Oregon | ||||
HMS Thunderer | July 14, 1876 | Marine (military) | United Kingdom | Portsmouth Harbour, England | 45 | 70 | ||
Boston Stamping Company, under Seavey & Co. | April 6, 1878 | Industrial | United States | East Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts | 3 | 6 | ||
Railway explosion | December 21, 1881 | Locomotive | Australia | Katoomba, New South Wales | Unverified report[39] | |||
Queensland Railways | 1890 | Locomotive | Australia | Queensland | ||||
North East Dundas Tramway | June 18, 1892 | Locomotive | Australia | Tasmania | ||||
Annie Faxon | April 14, 1893 | Marine (civilian) | United States | Columbia River | 8 | |||
Zeehan | May 1, 1899 | Locomotive | Australia | Zeehan, Tasmania | ||||
Great Eastern Railway No. 522 | September 25, 1900 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | Westerfield, England | 2 | 2 | [40] | |
Grover Shoe Factory disaster | March 20, 1905 | Industrial | United States | Brockton, Massachusetts | 58 | 150 | ||
HMS Implacable | July 12, 1905 | Marine (military) | United Kingdom | 2 | ||||
USS Bennington | July 21, 1905 | Marine (military) | United States | San Diego, California | 66 | |||
T.J. Salts Lumber Company | August 7, 1905 | Industrial | United States | Del Rio, Tennessee | 5 | 16 | [41] | |
HMS Implacable | August 16, 1906 | Marine (military) | United Kingdom | 2 | ||||
Hemingway Paint & Colour Manufacturers | August 23, 1907 | Industrial | United Kingdom | Millwall, London, England | 2 | [42] | ||
Central of Georgia Railway | October 12, 1907 | Locomotive | United States | Reynolds, Georgia | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Boiler house at Laura coal mine | September 15, 1908 | industrial | Netherlands | Eygelshoven, the Netherlands | 7 | many | ||
Rhymney Railway 97 | 1909 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | Rhymney Railway's shed, Cardiff, Wales | 3 | 3 | [43] | |
Morewood Lake Ice Company explosion | December 29, 1910 | Industrial | United States | Pittsfield, Massachusetts | 17 | 20 | ||
SS Sarah Dixon | January 18, 1912 | Marine (civilian) | United States | Kalama, Washington | 3 | |||
Southern Pacific Roundhouse | March 18, 1912 | Locomotive | United States | San Antonio, Texas | 26 | [44] | ||
Rumney Shed | April 21, 1912 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | Cardiff, Wales | ||||
SS City of Liverpool | February 24, 1913 | Marine (civilian) | United Kingdom | Manchester Ship Canal, Runcorn, England | 1 | [45] | ||
SS James T. Staples | January 10, 1913 | Marine (civilian) | United States | Bladon Springs, Alabama | 26 | 21 | [46][47] | |
Destroyer Ikazuchi | October 9, 1913 | Marine (military) | Japan | Ominato | ||||
Southern Pacific 4037 | February 14, 1914 | Locomotive | United States | Southern Pacific's San Joaquin Division | [48] | |||
Maine Central Railroad | 1915 | Locomotive | United States | Ayers Junction, Pembroke, Maine | [49] | |||
Medina-Salamanca Railway No.2 | January 10, 1918 | Locomotive | Spain | Medina del Campo | 15 | 15 | 0 | [50] |
London and North Western Railway 132 | November 11, 1921 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | Buxton, England | 2 | 1 | [51] | |
Southern Pacific 4017 | September 12, 1929 | Locomotive | United States | [48] | ||||
LMS 6399 Fury | February 10, 1930 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | 1 | ||||
Southern Pacific 4402 | December 25, 1931 | Locomotive | United States | Near Richvale, California | [52] | |||
Elkhorn Piney Coal Company | January 27, 1934 | Locomotive | United States | Powellton, West Virginia | 16 | |||
Deutsche Reichsbahn 02 101 | April 3, 1939 | Locomotive | Germany | |||||
Southern Pacific 4199 | May 3, 1941 | Locomotive | United States | Cooper, California | 4 | [48] | ||
Canadian National 242 | August 9, 1941 | Locomotive | Canada | Montreal, Quebec | 1 | 1 | ||
Pennsylvania Railroad 520 | November 14, 1942 | Locomotive | United States | Cresson, Pennsylvania | 2 | 4 | ||
SS Cascades | 1943 | Marine (civilian) | United States | Portland, Oregon | ||||
New York Central Railroad J-3a No. 5450 while hauling the 20th Century Limited | September 7, 1943 | Locomotive | United States | Canastota, New York | 3 | [24][53] | ||
USATC S160 Class | 1943, 1944 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | |||||
Great Northern 2581 | January 9, 1947 | Locomotive | United States | Crary, North Dakota | ? | ? | [54] | |
RL Smith Lumber Company 91 | February 14, 1948 | Locomotive | United States | Canby, California | 2 | 2 | [55] | |
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway locomotive no. 3020 | May 12, 1948 | Locomotive | USA | Near Chillicothe, Ohio | 3 | 0 | [56] | |
Union Pacific 9018 | October 20, 1948 | Locomotive | United States | 1.97 miles (3.17 km) east of Upland, Kansas | 3 | [57] | ||
Deutsche Reichsbahn 95 6679 | May 4, 1951 | Locomotive | East Germany | Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works, Meiningen | 11 | |||
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 1642 | June 9, 1953 | Locomotive | United States | Hinton, West Virginia | 3 | [58] | ||
British Railways | January 24, 1962 | Locomotive | United Kingdom | Bletchley, England | 0 | 2 | ||
New York Telephone Company building explosion | October 3, 1962 | Stationary power | United States | New York City, New York | 23 | 94 | [59] | |
USS Basilone | February 5, 1973 | Marine (military) | United States | 7 | ||||
Deutsche Reichsbahn 01 1516 | November 27, 1977 | Locomotive | East Germany | Railway station, Bitterfeld | 9 | 45 | ||
Gettysburg Railroad 1278 | June 16, 1995 | Locomotive | United States | Gardners, Pennsylvania | 2 | [60] | ||
USS Willamette | June 29, 1995 | Marine (military) | United States | 0 | 7 | |||
Ford River Rouge complex | 2 February 1999 | Industrial | United States | Dearborn, Michigan | 6 | |||
Medina County Fair Ground | July 29, 2001 | Antique steam tractor | United States | Medina County, Ohio | 5 | ~40 | [61][62][63] | |
SS Norway | May 25, 2003 | Marine (civilian) | United States | Miami, Florida | 8 | 17 | ||
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) | May 20, 2005 | Stationary | Canada | Vancouver, British Columbia | ||||
St Mary's General Hospital | 15 July 2006 | Stationary | United States | Passaic, New Jersey | ||||
Dana Corporation 400-hp fire-tube boiler | 19 June 2007 | Industrial | United States | Paris, Tennessee | ||||
Orewa College | June 24, 2009 | Industrial | New Zealand | Orewa, Auckland | 1 | 1 | [64] | |
Loy-Lange Box Company | April 3, 2017 | Industrial | United States | St. Louis, Missouri | 4 | 3 | [65][66] |
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) Also see: Little, George P. (1860). The Fireman's Own Book, Chapter: Explosion and Fire in Hague Street. pp. 259–277. Retrieved 13 June 2009. "The Dreadful Explosion in New York". The Friend: A Religious and Literary Journal: 176. 16 February 1850. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)