List of boiler explosions

This is a list of steam boiler explosions such as railway locomotive, marine transport (military and civilian), and stationary power:

Events

Event Date Type Nation City/Locale Killed Injured MissingReferences Savery explosion Industrial 1 Brunton's Mechanical Traveller Locomotive Philadelphia, England 16 SS Washington Marine (civilian) Marietta, Ohio 12 5 SS Constitution1817Marine (civilian)Mississippi River30 The Aetna Marine (civilian) New York City, New York 10 40 SS Teche1825Marine (civilian) Mississippi River20 Stockton and Darlington Railway locomotive no. 2 or no. 5 Locomotive Simpasture, near Shildon, England 1 1 Stockton and Darlington Railway Locomotion No. 1 Locomotive , Heighington, England 1 SS Helen McGregorMarine (civilian)Memphis, Tennessee Best Friend of Charleston Locomotive Charleston, South Carolina 1 3 Locomotive under test Locomotive Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Baltimore, Maryland 1 Liverpool and Manchester Railway No. 33 Patentee Locomotive Whiston Bank, Whiston, England PS Union 1837 Marine (civilian) Hull, England 23 20 SS Moselle Marine (civilian) Cincinnati, Ohio 160 13 Lloyds Steamboat Disasters SS Pulaski Marine (civilian) Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 128 New York and Harlem Railroad Locomotive 14th Street, New York City, New York 2 5 Surprise Locomotive Bromsgrove railway station, Bromsgrove, England 2 SS Henry Eckford Marine (civilian) New York City, New York 1 2 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Richmond Locomotive Reading, Pennsylvania 4 London and North Western Railway 122 Goliah Locomotive Great Western Railway Goliah Locomotive Foot of Hemerdon Bank, Plympton, England 1 London and North Western Railway 401 Locomotive Longsight, Manchester, England Firth Woollen Mill Industrial Halifax, England 12 17 Leeds Intelligencer 22 March 1851 Hague Street explosion Industrial New York City, New York 67 50 Midland Railway 363 (ex Bristol and Gloucester Railway 7 Wickwar) Locomotive Clay Hill, Bristol, England Erie Railroad Locomotive Susquehanna, Pennsylvania 5 SS Canemah Marine (civilian) Champoeg, Oregon 1 SS Shoalwater Marine (civilian) Rock Island, Oregon SS Gazelle Marine (civilian) Oregon City, Oregon 24 many Fieldhouse Mills Industrial Rochdale, England 10 13 Georgiana Marine (civilian) Petaluma, California 1 2 0Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 10, Number 1456, 24 November 1855 p.2, col.5 SS Pennsylvania Marine (civilian) Memphis, Tennessee 250 London and North Western Railway 249 Locomotive Rugby, Warwickshire 1 Erie Railroad Locomotive Docks, Jersey City, New Jersey 5 Great Western Railway Perseus Locomotive Westbourne Park shed, London, England Hembrigg Mills Industrial Morley, England 9 SS Ada Hancock Marine (civilian) San Pedro Bay, California 26 23 Tugboat Greenwood Marine (civilian) Barrytown, New York 7 3 3 Calcutta explosion Kolkata Merrick Sons, Southwark Foundry Industrial Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 7 13 USS Chenango Marine (military) New York City, New York 28 6 Midland Railway 356 Locomotive Colne, England 1 2 Great Northern 138 Locomotive Metropolitan Railway's Bishop's Road station (now ), London, England ? 108 Locomotive Shrewsbury and Hereford Joint Railway, Leominster, England New York Central Railroad Locomotive Syracuse, New York 3 Marine (military) Potomac River, Maryland 49 Eclipse (steamboat) Marine (military) Tennessee River 38 Sultana Marine (civilian) Memphis, Tennessee 1169 Staten Island Ferry Westfield II Marine (civilian)New York City, New York45–9178–208 Spa Well Mill Industrial Elland, England 3 4 Huddersfield Chronicle, 17 December 1873, p. 4, printed in Huddersfield, England Town & Son Factory Industrial Bingley, England 15 SS Senator Marine (civilian) Portland, Oregon Marine (military) Portsmouth Harbour, England 45 70 Boston Stamping Company, under Seavey & Co. Industrial East Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts 3 6 Railway explosion Locomotive Katoomba, New South Wales Unverified report Queensland Railways Locomotive Queensland North East Dundas Tramway Locomotive Tasmania Marine (civilian) Columbia River 8 Zeehan Locomotive Zeehan, Tasmania Great Eastern Railway No. 522 Locomotive Westerfield, England 2 2 Grover Shoe Factory disaster Industrial Brockton, Massachusetts 58 150 Marine (military) 2 Marine (military) San Diego, California 66 T.J. Salts Lumber CompanyIndustrialUnited StatesDel Rio, Tennessee516 Marine (military) 2 Hemingway Paint & Colour Manufacturers Industrial Millwall, London, England 2 Lincolnshire Echo, 24 August 1907, p. 4, col. 3, printed in Lincoln, England Central of Georgia Railway Locomotive Reynolds, Georgia 2 2 0 Boiler house at Laura coal mine industrial Eygelshoven, the Netherlands 7 many Rhymney Railway 97 Locomotive Rhymney Railway's shed, Cardiff, Wales 3 3 Morewood Lake Ice Company explosion Industrial Pittsfield, Massachusetts 17 20 SS Sarah Dixon Marine (civilian) Kalama, Washington 3 Southern Pacific Roundhouse Locomotive San Antonio, Texas 26 Rumney Shed Locomotive Cardiff, Wales SS City of Liverpool Marine (civilian)Manchester Ship Canal, Runcorn, England1 Directors' minutes of North Lonsdale Ironworls Co, BDB47 box 16 at CRO, Barrow SS James T. Staples Marine (civilian) Bladon Springs, Alabama 26 21 Destroyer Ikazuchi Marine (military) Ominato Southern Pacific 4037LocomotiveSouthern Pacific's San Joaquin Division Maine Central Railroad Locomotive Ayers Junction, Pembroke, Maine Medina-Salamanca Railway No.2 Locomotive Medina del Campo 15 15 0"La Horrorosa Catástrofe de Medina" [The terrible disaster of Medina]. [The Forward of Salamanca]. 11 January 1918. p. 2. Spain: Ministry of Culture. London and North Western Railway 132 Locomotive Buxton, England 2 1 Chicago and North Western 1132 Locomotive Glenrock, Wyoming 1 Southern Pacific 4017Locomotive LMS 6399 Fury Locomotive 1 Southern Pacific 4402LocomotiveNear Richvale, California Elkhorn Piney Coal Company Locomotive Powellton, West Virginia 16 Deutsche Reichsbahn 02 101 Locomotive Southern Pacific 4199LocomotiveCooper, California4 Canadian National 242 Locomotive Montreal, Quebec 1 1 Pennsylvania Railroad 520 Locomotive Cresson, Pennsylvania 2 4 SS Cascades Marine (civilian) Portland, Oregon New York Central Railroad J-3a No. 5450 while hauling the 20th Century Limited Locomotive Canastota, New York 3 USATC S160 Class , 1944 Locomotive Great Northern 2581 Locomotive Crary, North Dakota ? ? Chicago and North Western R-1 Locomotive Lake Preston, South Dakota 1 RL Smith Lumber Company 91 Locomotive Canby, California 2 2 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway locomotive no. 3020 Locomotive Near Chillicothe, Ohio 3 0 Union Pacific 9018 Locomotive east of Upland, Kansas 3 Deutsche Reichsbahn 95 6679 Locomotive Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works, Meiningen 11 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 1642 Locomotive Hinton, West Virginia 3 British Railways Locomotive Bletchley, England 0 2 New York Telephone Company building explosion Stationary power New York City, New York 23 94 PNKA CC 5002 (Bendul Explosion)11 April 1968LocomotivePurwakarta, West Java61 Marine (military) 7 Deutsche Reichsbahn 01 1516 Locomotive Railway station, Bitterfeld 9 45 Gettysburg Railroad No. 1278 Locomotive Gardners, Pennsylvania 2 USS Willamette Marine (military) 0 7 Ford River Rouge complex2 February 1999IndustrialDearborn, Michigan6 Medina County Fair Ground Antique steam tractor Medina County, Ohio 5 c. 40 Boiler Explosion in Ohio, USA First Hand Observations from Andrew Semple Marine (civilian) Miami, Florida 8 17 British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)StationaryVancouver, British ColumbiaSt Mary's General HospitalStationaryPassaic, New JerseyDana Corporation 400-hp fire-tube boilerIndustrialParis, Tennessee Orewa College Industrial Orewa, Auckland 1 1 Loy-Lange Box Company Industrial St. Louis, Missouri 4 3

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