This is a list of non-deliberate structural failures and collapses of buildings and other structures including bridges, dams, and radio masts/towers.

Antiquity to the Middle Ages YearStructureLocationTypeCasualties 226 BCE Colossus of Rhodes collapse City of Rhodes, Island of Rhodes Statue 27 Fidenae amphitheatre collapse Fidenae, Italia, Roman Empire Amphitheatre ~20,000 dead ca. 27–30 Tower of Siloam Jerusalem, Judea, Roman Empire Tower 18 dead 140 Upper tier collapse of the Circus Maximus Rome, Italia, Roman Empire Amphitheatre ~13,000 dead 312 Milvian Bridge Rome, Italy Bridge 558 Dome of Hagia Sophia Constantinople, Byzantine Empire Church 1091 London Bridge London, England Bridge 1184 Erfurt Cathedral Erfurt, Holy Roman Empire Church ~60 dead1275St. Servatius BridgeMaastricht, NetherlandsBridge~400 dead 1284 Choir of Beauvais Cathedral Beauvais, France Church 1303 Lighthouse of Alexandria Alexandria, Mamluk Sultanate (now Egypt) Tower 1322 Ely Cathedral Tower collapse Ely, Cambridgeshire, England Church 1342 Judith Bridge Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia Bridge 1382 Bell tower of St. Mary's Church Stralsund, Duchy of Pomerania, Hanseatic League Church 1444 Rialto Bridge Venice, Republic of Venice Bridge 1500 Malmesbury Abbey Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England Church 1529 St Elizabeth's Church Breslau, Silesia, Hapsburg lands, Holy Roman Empire (now Poland) Church 1549 Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Church 1573 Tower of Beauvais Cathedral Beauvais, France Church 1577 Martinikerk Groningen, free city, Spanish Netherlands Church

17th–19th centuries YearStructureLocationTypeCasualties 1625 Tower of St. Olaf's Church Tallinn, Sweden (now Estonia) Church 1647 Tower of St. Mary's Church Stralsund, Duchy of Pomerania Church 1661 Tower of St. Reinold's Church Dortmund, Hanseatic League Church 1666 St. Peter's Church Riga, Sweden (now Latvia) Church 8 buried in rubble 17th century Abbaye-aux-Hommes Caen, France Church 1674 Nave of the Dom Church Utrecht, Netherlands Church 1697 Tower of St. Michael's Church Klausenburg, Habsburg monarchy (now Romania) Church 1713 St. Mary's Church Twickenham, England, Great Britain Church ca. 1715 Marsalforn Tower Xagħra, Gozo, Malta Tower 1721 St. Peter's Church Riga, Sweden/Russia (now Latvia) Church 1763 Tower of St. Michael's Church Klausenburg, Habsburg monarchy (now Romania) Church 1807 Eitai Bridge Tokyo, Japan Bridge 500–2,000 dead 1809 Ponte das Barcas Porto, Portugal Bridge 4,000 dead 1821 Saalebrücke bei Mönchen-Nienburg Nienburg, Germany Bridge 55 dead 1831 Broughton Suspension Bridge Broughton, Greater Manchester, England, UK Bridge 0 dead, 20 injured 1845 Yarmouth suspension bridge Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK Bridge 79 dead 1847 Dee bridge disaster Chester, England, UK Bridge 5 dead, 9 injured 1850 Angers Bridge Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France Bridge 226 dead 1854 Wheeling Suspension Bridge Wheeling, West Virginia, United States Bridge 1860 Pemberton Mill Lawrence, Massachusetts, US ~145 dead, ~166 injured 1860 Wootton bridge collapse Wootton, Warwickshire, England, UK Bridge 2 dead 1860 Bull bridge accident Ambergate, Derbyshire, England, UK Bridge 1861 Chichester Cathedral spire collapse Chichester, West Sussex, UK Church 1863 Chunky Creek Bridge between Meridian and Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States Bridge 1864 Dale Dike Reservoir South Yorkshire, England, UK Dam 240+ dead 1868 Saint Peter's Church spire collapse Fritzlar, Hesse, Prussia, North German Confederation Church 21 dead, 31 injured 1870 1870 Virginia Capitol collapse Richmond, Virginia, US Government building 62 dead, 251 injured 1873 Dixon Bridge Disaster Dixon, Illinois, United States Bridge 46 dead, 56 injured 1876 Ashtabula River railroad disaster Ashtabula, Ohio, US 92 dead, 64 injured 1879 Tay Bridge disaster Dundee, Scotland Bridge ~75 dead, With 60 known 1887 Bussey bridge disaster Boston, Massachusetts, US Bridge 23 dead, 100+ injured 1888 Big Four Bridge Kentucky, United States Bridge 37 dead 1889 South Fork Dam Johnstown, Pennsylvania, US Dam 2,209 dead 1890 Walnut Grove Dam Wickenburg, Arizona Territory, US Dam 100–150 dead 1891 Münchenstein rail disaster Münchenstein, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Bridge 73 dead, 171 injured 1895 Ireland Building New York City, New York, US Office building 16 dead, 12 injured 1896 Point Ellice Bridge disaster Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Bridge 55 dead 1897 Maddur Railway Bridge Maddur, India Bridge 150 dead

1900–1949 YearStructureLocationTypeCasualties 1900 1900 Big Game disaster San Francisco, California, United States Factory 23 dead, 100+ injured 1902 St. Mark's Campanile Venice, Italy 1902 Ibrox disaster Glasgow, Scotland, UK Stadium 25 dead, 500+ injured 1903 North Inch disaster Perth, Scotland, UK Stadium 150+ injured 1904 Eden railroad bridge collapse Eden, Colorado, US Bridge 111 dead 1905 Egyptian Bridge Saint Petersburg, Russia Bridge 1905 Portage Canal Swing Bridge Houghton, Michigan, United States Bridge 1905 Grover Shoe Factory Brockton, Massachusetts, US Factory 58 dead, 150 injured 1906 National Electric Signaling Company mast Machrihanish, Scotland Guyed mast 1906 Amsden Building Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S. Office building 13 dead, 8 injured 1907 Quebec Bridge Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Bridge 75 dead, 11 injured 1911 Romanov Bridge Zelenodolsk, Russian Empire Bridge 13 dead 1912 Mast of Nauen Transmitter Station Nauen, Germany Radio tower 1915 Division Street Bridge Spokane, Washington, US Bridge 5 dead, 12 injured 1916 Quebec Bridge Quebec City, Canada Bridge 13 dead 1919 Molasses Tank Boston, Massachusetts, US Tank 21 dead, 150 injured 1921 Shukhov Tower (under construction) Moscow, Russia Radio tower 1922 Knickerbocker Theatre Washington, D.C., US Cinema building 98 dead, 133 injured 1925 Three masts of Norddeich Transmitting Station Norddeich, Germany Radio tower 1925 Pickwick Club Boston, Massachusetts, US Building 44 dead, 24 injured 1927 Western mast of Deutschlandsender Zeesen Zeesen, Germany Guyed mast 1928 St. Francis Dam Santa Clarita, California, US Dam ~600 dead 1930 Towers of Sender Stadelheim Munich, Germany Radio tower 1935 Wooden tower of Rundfunksender Langenberg Langenberg (Rheinland), Germany Radio tower 1937 New London School New London, Texas, US School ~300 dead 1938 Tokamachi, Niigata, Japan Cinema building 69 dead, 92 injured 1939 Sandö BridgeKramfors, Ångermanland, Sweden Bridge 18 dead 1939 Collapse of Utbremen Radio Tower Bremen, Germany Radio tower 1940 First Tacoma Narrows Bridge Tacoma, Washington, US Bridge 1940 Theodor Heuss Bridge Ludwigshafen, Germany Bridge 1945 Hindenburg Bridge Cologne, Germany Bridge Unknown 1945 Ludendorff Bridge Remagen, Germany Bridge ~18–33 dead, ~63–93 injured 1949 Two masts of the Langenberg transmission tower Langenberg (Rheinland), Germany Radio tower 1949 Inotani wire bridge Toyama, Toyama, Japan Bridge 29 dead 1949 Mast of the Transmitter Hamburg-Billstedt Hamburg, West Germany Radio tower

1950–1979 YearStructureLocationTypeCasualties 1951 Duplessis bridge collapse Quebec, Canada Bridge 4 dead 1953 Tangiwai Bridge Tangiwai, New Zealand Bridge 151 dead 1957 WSM-TV Tower Nashville, Tennessee, US Guyed mast (under construction) 4 dead 1957 Rail bridge near St Johns railway station Lewisham, London, UK Bridge 90 dead, 173 injured 1958 Second Narrows Bridge Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Bridge 19 dead 1958 LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach Carolina Beach, North Carolina, US Radio tower 1958 Collapse of the Ochsenkopf Transmitter Ochsenkopf, Germany Guyed mast 1959 Vega de Tera Ribadelago, Spain Dam 144 dead 1959 Malpasset Côte d'Azur, France Dam 423 dead1959Bryansk, USSRCinema46 dead, at least 123 injured 1960 KOBR-TV Tower Caprock, New Mexico, US Guyed mast 1962 LORAN-C transmitter Ejde Ejde, Faroe Islands, Denmark Radio tower 1962 King Street Bridge Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Bridge 1963 Beaver Dam Bridge Murdochville, Quebec, Canada Bridge 6 dead 1963 Vajont Dam Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy Dam ~1,900–2,500 dead 1963 Baldwin Hills Reservoir Los Angeles, California, US Dam 5 dead 1964 General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge Maracaibo, Venezuela Bridge 1965 Mast of Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmitter Iwo Jima, Ogasawara Subprefecture, Japan Radio tower 6 dead 1966 Heron Road Bridge Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Bridge 9 dead, 60+ injured 1967 Swidnica Town Hall Tower Swidnica, Poland Tower 1967 Queen Juliana Bridge Willemstad, Curaçao Bridge 15 dead 1967 Waltham transmitting station Waltham, UK Guyed mast 1967 Silver Bridge Point Pleasant, West Virginia, US Bridge 46 dead 1968 Ronan Point collapse London, UK High rise 4 dead, 17 injured 1968 KELO TV Tower Rowena, South Dakota, US Guyed mast 1969 FM-/TV-Mast of Marnach transmitter Marnach, Luxembourg Guyed mast 1969 Emley Moor TV mast collapse Emley, West Yorkshire, UK Guyed mast 1970 Orlunda radio transmitter central mast collapse Orlunda, Sweden Guyed mast 1970 West Gate Bridge Melbourne, Australia Bridge 35 dead, 18 injured 1970 Britannia Bridge Menai Strait, Wales, UK Bridge 1970 Cleddau Bridge Pembroke Dock and Neyland, Wales, UK Bridge 4 dead, 5 injured 1970 Seoul, South Korea Residential building 34 dead, 40 injured 1971 2000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse Boston, Massachusetts, US Condominium building under construction 4 dead, 30 injured 1971 Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany Bridge under construction 13 dead, 13 injured 1971 1971 Certej dam failure Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania Dam 89 dead, 76 injured 1972 Buffalo Creek Flood West Virginia, US Dam 125 dead, 1,121 injured 1972 Königs Wusterhausen Central Tower Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany Lattice tower 1973Skyline Towers collapseBailey's Crossroads, Virginia, USBuilding under construction14 dead, 35 injured 1973 Broadway Central Hotel, Mercer Arts Center New York, NY, US Hotel and theaters 4 dead, at least 12 injured 1973 Zeulenroda Artificial Lake bridge Zeulenroda, East Germany (GDR) Bridge (under construction) 4 dead 1974 Makahali River bridge Baitadi, Nepal Bridge 140 dead 1974 Miami DEA building collapse Miami, US 4-story office building 7 dead 1975 Tasman Bridge disaster Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Bridge 12 dead 1975 Banqiao and Shimantan Dams Zhumadian, Henan, China Dam ~85,600 to 240,000 dead 1976 Teton Dam Idaho, US Earthen dam 11 dead 1976 Sendeanlage Burg SL-3 Burg bei Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, East Germany Guyed mast 1976 Reichsbrücke Vienna, Austria Bridge 1 dead 1976 Pic de Nore transmitter Pic de Nore, France Guyed mast 1977 KSLA-TV Tower Mooringsport, Louisiana, US Guyed mast 1977 Kelly Barnes Dam Georgia, US Dam 39 dead1977Granville rail disasterGranville, NSW, AustraliaBridge83 dead (including an unborn child), 213 injured1977Pushkino, Moscow Oblast, USSR Bridge23 dead, 125 injured 1978 Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut, US Arena 1978 Sender Zehlendorf Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg, East Germany Guyed mast 1978 Willow Island Cooling Tower Willow Island, West Virginia, US Cooling tower under construction 51 dead 1978 Connor Hotel Joplin, Missouri, US Hotel slated for demolition 2 dead, 1 injured 1979 Penmanshiel Tunnel Grantshouse, Scottish Borders, UK Tunnel 2 dead 1979 Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri, US Stadium 1979 Sender Krasch Bernklau, Czechoslovakia (now part of Czech Republic) Guyed mast 1979 Blåbärskullen transmitter Sunne, Sweden Pinnacle of guyed mast

1980–1999