Summer Street Bridge disaster | |
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Details | |
Date | November 7, 1916 Around 5:25 p.m. EDT (UTC-4) |
Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
Coordinates | 42°21′3.7″N 71°3′6.42″W / 42.351028°N 71.0517833°W |
Country | United States |
Line | City Point to Downtown |
Operator | Boston Elevated Railway |
Statistics | |
Deaths | 46 |
On November 7, 1916, a streetcar loaded with passengers ran off the open Summer Street Bridge, a drawbridge, 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.