List of boiler explosions
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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 | Missing | References |
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Savery explosion | 1716 | Industrial | ![]() | 1 | [1] | |||
Brunton's Mechanical Traveller | July 31, 1815 | Locomotive | ![]() | Philadelphia, England | 16 | [2] | ||
SS Washington | 1816 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Marietta, Ohio | 12 | 5 | [3] | |
SS Constitution | 1817 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Mississippi River | 30 | [4] | ||
The Aetna | May 15, 1824 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | New York City, New York | 10 | 40 | [3] | |
SS Teche | 1825 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Mississippi River | 20 | [4] | ||
Stockton and Darlington Railway locomotive no. 2[5] or no. 5[2] | March 19, 1828 | Locomotive | ![]() | Simpasture, near Shildon, England | 1 | 1 | [2][5] | |
Stockton and Darlington Railway Locomotion No. 1 | July 1, 1828 | Locomotive | ![]() | Aycliffe Lane, Heighington, England | 1 | [2] | ||
SS Helen McGregor | February 24, 1830 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Memphis, Tennessee | [4] | |||
Best Friend of Charleston | June 17, 1831 | Locomotive | ![]() | Charleston, South Carolina | 1 | 3 | [6] | |
Locomotive under test | November 1834 | Locomotive | ![]() | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Baltimore, Maryland | 1 | [7] | ||
Liverpool and Manchester Railway No. 33 Patentee | November 12, 1834 | Locomotive | ![]() | Whiston Bank, Whiston, England | [8] | |||
PS Union | 1837 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Hull, England | 23 | 20 | [9][10][11][12] | |
SS Moselle | April 28, 1838 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Cincinnati, Ohio | 81 | 13 | 55 | [13] |
SS Pulaski | June 14, 1838 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Cape Hatteras, North Carolina | 128 | |||
New York and Harlem Railroad | July 4, 1839 | Locomotive | ![]() | 14th Street, New York City, New York | 2 | 5 | [14] | |
Surprise | November 10, 1840 | Locomotive | ![]() | Bromsgrove railway station, Bromsgrove, England | 2 | [15][2] | ||
SS Henry Eckford | April 27, 1841 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | New York City, New York | 1 | 2 | ||
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Richmond | September 2, 1844 | Locomotive | ![]() | Reading, Pennsylvania | 4 | [16] | ||
London and North Western Railway 122 Goliah | 1847 | Locomotive | ![]() | [17] | ||||
Great Western Railway Goliah | June 29, 1849 | Locomotive | ![]() | Foot of Hemerdon Bank, Plympton, England | 1 | [18] | ||
London and North Western Railway 401 | 1850 | Locomotive | ![]() | Longsight, Manchester, England | [19] | |||
Firth Woollen Mill | 1850 | Industrial | ![]() | Halifax, England | 12 | 17 | [20][21] | |
Hague Street explosion | February 4, 1850 | Industrial | ![]() | New York City, New York | 67 | 50 | [22] | |
Midland Railway 363 (ex Bristol and Gloucester Railway 7 Wickwar) | January 8, 1853 | Locomotive | ![]() | Clay Hill, Bristol, England | [23] | |||
Erie Railroad | June 16, 1853 | Locomotive | ![]() | Susquehanna, Pennsylvania | 5 | [24] | ||
SS Canemah | August 8, 1853 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Champoeg, Oregon | 1 | |||
SS Shoalwater | May 1853 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Rock Island, Oregon | ||||
SS Gazelle | April 8, 1854 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Oregon City, Oregon | 24 | many | ||
Fieldhouse Mills | July 15, 1855 | Industrial | ![]() | Rochdale, England | 10 | 13 | [25] | |
Georgiana | November 23, 1855 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Petaluma, California | 1 | 2 | 0 | [26] |
SS Pennsylvania | June 13, 1858 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Memphis, Tennessee | 250 | |||
London and North Western Railway 249 | July 4, 1861 | Locomotive | ![]() | Rugby, Warwickshire | 1 | [27] | ||
Erie Railroad | October 25, 1862 | Locomotive | ![]() | Docks, Jersey City, New Jersey | 5 | [24] | ||
Great Western Railway Perseus | November 1862 | Locomotive | ![]() | Westbourne Park shed, London, England | [28] | |||
Hembrigg Mills | June 27, 1863 | Industrial | ![]() | Morley, England | 9 | [29] | ||
SS Ada Hancock | April 23, 1863 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | San Pedro Bay, California | 26 | 23 | ||
Tugboat Greenwood | June 15, 1863 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Barrytown, New York | 7 | 3 | 3 | |
Calcutta explosion | 1863 | ![]() | Kolkata | |||||
Merrick Sons, Southwark Foundry | April 6, 1864 | Industrial | ![]() | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 7 | 13 | ||
USS Chenango | April 15, 1864 | Marine (military) | ![]() | New York City, New York | 28 | 6 | ||
Midland Railway 356 | May 5, 1864 | Locomotive | ![]() | Colne, England | 1 | 2 | [28] | |
Great Northern 138 | May 5, 1864 | Locomotive | ![]() | Metropolitan Railway's Bishop's Road station (now Paddington), London, England | [30] | |||
? 108 | 1864 | Locomotive | ![]() | Shrewsbury and Hereford Joint Railway, Leominster, England | [31] | |||
New York Central Railroad | June 18, 1864 | Locomotive | ![]() | Syracuse, New York | 3 | [24] | ||
USS Tulip | November 11, 1864 | Marine (military) | ![]() | Potomac River, Maryland | 49 | |||
Eclipse (steamboat)[32] | January 27, 1865 | Marine (military) | ![]() | Tennessee River | 38 | |||
Sultana | April 27, 1865 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Memphis, Tennessee | 1169 | |||
Staten Island Ferry Westfield II | July 30, 1871 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | New York City, New York | 45–91 | 78–208 | [33][34][35][36] | |
Spa Well Mill | December 15, 1873 | Industrial | ![]() | Elland, England | 3 | 4 | [37] | |
Town & Son Factory | June 9, 1869 | Industrial | ![]() | Bingley, England | 15 | [38] | ||
SS Senator | May 6, 1875 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Portland, Oregon | ||||
HMS Thunderer | July 14, 1876 | Marine (military) | ![]() | Portsmouth Harbour, England | 45 | 70 | ||
Boston Stamping Company, under Seavey & Co. | April 6, 1878 | Industrial | ![]() | East Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts | 3 | 6 | ||
Railway explosion | December 21, 1881 | Locomotive | ![]() | Katoomba, New South Wales | Unverified report[39] | |||
Queensland Railways | 1890 | Locomotive | ![]() | Queensland | ||||
North East Dundas Tramway | June 18, 1892 | Locomotive | ![]() | Tasmania | ||||
Annie Faxon | April 14, 1893 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Columbia River | 8 | |||
Zeehan | May 1, 1899 | Locomotive | ![]() | Zeehan, Tasmania | ||||
Great Eastern Railway No. 522 | September 25, 1900 | Locomotive | ![]() | Westerfield, England | 2 | 2 | [40] | |
Grover Shoe Factory disaster | March 20, 1905 | Industrial | ![]() | Brockton, Massachusetts | 58 | 150 | ||
HMS Implacable | July 12, 1905 | Marine (military) | ![]() | 2 | ||||
USS Bennington | July 21, 1905 | Marine (military) | ![]() | 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) | ![]() | 2 | ||||
Hemingway Paint & Colour Manufacturers | August 23, 1907 | Industrial | ![]() | Millwall, London, England | 2 | [42] | ||
Central of Georgia Railway | October 12, 1907 | Locomotive | ![]() | Reynolds, Georgia | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Boiler house at Laura coal mine | September 15, 1908 | industrial | ![]() | Eygelshoven, the Netherlands | 7 | many | ||
Rhymney Railway 97 | 1909 | Locomotive | ![]() | Rhymney Railway's shed, Cardiff, Wales | 3 | 3 | [43] | |
Morewood Lake Ice Company explosion | December 29, 1910 | Industrial | ![]() | Pittsfield, Massachusetts | 17 | 20 | ||
SS Sarah Dixon | January 18, 1912 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Kalama, Washington | 3 | |||
Southern Pacific Roundhouse | March 18, 1912 | Locomotive | ![]() | San Antonio, Texas | 26 | [44] | ||
Rumney Shed | April 21, 1912 | Locomotive | ![]() | Cardiff, Wales | ||||
SS City of Liverpool | February 24, 1913 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Manchester Ship Canal, Runcorn, England | 1 | [45] | ||
SS James T. Staples | January 10, 1913 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Bladon Springs, Alabama | 26 | 21 | [46][47] | |
Destroyer Ikazuchi | October 9, 1913 | Marine (military) | ![]() | Ominato | ||||
Southern Pacific 4037 | February 14, 1914 | Locomotive | ![]() | Southern Pacific's San Joaquin Division | [48] | |||
Maine Central Railroad | 1915 | Locomotive | ![]() | Ayers Junction, Pembroke, Maine | [49] | |||
Medina-Salamanca Railway No.2 | January 10, 1918 | Locomotive | ![]() | Medina del Campo | 15 | 15 | 0 | [50] |
London and North Western Railway 132 | November 11, 1921 | Locomotive | ![]() | Buxton, England | 2 | 1 | [51] | |
Southern Pacific 4017 | September 12, 1929 | Locomotive | ![]() | [48] | ||||
LMS 6399 Fury | February 10, 1930 | Locomotive | ![]() | 1 | ||||
Southern Pacific 4402 | December 25, 1931 | Locomotive | ![]() | Near Richvale, California | [52] | |||
Elkhorn Piney Coal Company | January 27, 1934 | Locomotive | ![]() | Powellton, West Virginia | 16 | |||
Deutsche Reichsbahn 02 101 | April 3, 1939 | Locomotive | ![]() | |||||
Southern Pacific 4199 | May 3, 1941 | Locomotive | ![]() | Cooper, California | 4 | [48] | ||
Canadian National 242 | August 9, 1941 | Locomotive | ![]() | Montreal, Quebec | 1 | 1 | ||
Pennsylvania Railroad 520 | November 14, 1942 | Locomotive | ![]() | Cresson, Pennsylvania | 2 | 4 | ||
SS Cascades | 1943 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Portland, Oregon | ||||
New York Central Railroad J-3a No. 5450 while hauling the 20th Century Limited | September 7, 1943 | Locomotive | ![]() | Canastota, New York | 3 | [24][53] | ||
USATC S160 Class | 1943, 1944 | Locomotive | ![]() | |||||
Great Northern 2581 | January 9, 1947 | Locomotive | ![]() | Crary, North Dakota | ? | ? | [54] | |
RL Smith Lumber Company 91 | February 14, 1948 | Locomotive | ![]() | Canby, California | 2 | 2 | [55] | |
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway locomotive no. 3020 | May 12, 1948 | Locomotive | ![]() | Near Chillicothe, Ohio | 3 | 0 | [56] | |
Union Pacific 9018 | October 20, 1948 | Locomotive | ![]() | 1.97 miles (3.17 km) east of Upland, Kansas | 3 | [57] | ||
Deutsche Reichsbahn 95 6679 | May 4, 1951 | Locomotive | ![]() | Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works, Meiningen | 11 | |||
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 1642 | June 9, 1953 | Locomotive | ![]() | Hinton, West Virginia | 3 | [58] | ||
British Railways | January 24, 1962 | Locomotive | ![]() | Bletchley, England | 0 | 2 | ||
New York Telephone Company building explosion | October 3, 1962 | Stationary power | ![]() | New York City, New York | 23 | 94 | [59] | |
USS Basilone | February 5, 1973 | Marine (military) | ![]() | 7 | ||||
Deutsche Reichsbahn 01 1516 | November 27, 1977 | Locomotive | ![]() | Railway station, Bitterfeld | 9 | 45 | ||
Gettysburg Railroad 1278 | June 16, 1995 | Locomotive | ![]() | Gardners, Pennsylvania | 2 | [60] | ||
USS Willamette | June 29, 1995 | Marine (military) | ![]() | 0 | 7 | |||
Ford River Rouge complex | 2 February 1999 | Industrial | ![]() | Dearborn, Michigan | 6 | |||
Medina County Fair Ground | July 29, 2001 | Antique steam tractor | ![]() | Medina County, Ohio | 5 | ~40 | [61][62][63] | |
SS Norway | May 25, 2003 | Marine (civilian) | ![]() | Miami, Florida | 8 | 17 | ||
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) | May 20, 2005 | Stationary | ![]() | Vancouver, British Columbia | ||||
St Mary's General Hospital | 15 July 2006 | Stationary | ![]() | Passaic, New Jersey | ||||
Dana Corporation 400-hp fire-tube boiler | 19 June 2007 | Industrial | ![]() | Paris, Tennessee | ||||
Orewa College | June 24, 2009 | Industrial | ![]() | Orewa, Auckland | 1 | 1 | [64] | |
Loy-Lange Box Company | April 3, 2017 | Industrial | ![]() | St. Louis, Missouri | 4 | 3 | [65][66] |
See also
References
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- ^ a b Baxter 1986, p. 65.
- ^ Shaw 1978, p. 16.
- ^ Shaw 1978, pp. 46–47.
- ^ Baxter 1978, p. 13.
- ^ Schroder, Henry (1851), "Explosion of a Steam Packet Boiler at Hull", The annals of Yorkshire from the earliest period to the present time, vol. 1, Crosby & Co., Leeds, pp. 303–4
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- ^ Timperley, J.; Cubitt, W.; MacNeill, J.; Buddle, J.; Field, J. (1838). "On the Explosion of One of the Boilers of the Union Steam Packet, at Hull. (Includes Discussion)". Minutes of the Proceedings. 1 (1838): 41. doi:10.1680/imotp.1838.24811.
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- ^ Rolt & Kichenside 1982, pp. 69–70.
- ^ Baxter 1978, p. 22.
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- ^ Leeds Intelligencer 22 March 1851
- ^ Common Council, New York, NY (1850). Report of the Special Committee: Catastrophe In Hague Street. New York: McSpedon & Baker. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
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- ^ a b c d Shaw 1978, p. 48.
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- ^ "Who Was to Blame?" (PDF). New-York Tribune. 2 August 1871. p. 4. Retrieved 27 September 2017 – via Fultonhistory.com.
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Sources
- Baxter, Bertram (1978). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 2A: London and North Western Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. ISBN 0-903485-51-6.
- Baxter, Bertram (1982). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923. Vol. 3A: Midland Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. ISBN 9780903485524.
- Baxter, Bertram (1986). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 5A: North Eastern Railway, Hull and Barnsley Railway. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. ISBN 0-903485-54-0.
- Hewison, Christian H. (1983). Locomotive Boiler Explosion. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8305-1.
- Rolt, L. T. C.; Kichenside, G. M. (1982). Red for Danger: A history of railway accidents and railway safety (4th ed.). Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8362-0. OCLC 9526651.
- Shaw, Robert B. (1978). A History of Railroad Accidents, Safety Precautions and Operating Practices. LCCN 78104064.
Further reading
Contemporary listings and accounts
- Abel, F. A. (March 1875). "On Accidental Explosions". Notices of the Proceedings at the Meetings of the Members of the Royal Institution: 390–396. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1877). Parliamentary Papers, "361. Boiler Explosions" (For Years 1875-1876). London: HMSO. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- Manchester Steam Users' Association for the Prevention of Steam Boiler Explosions (Founded 1855)
- Laxton, William (1866). "July 31st Meeting". The Civil Engineer & Architect's Journal. 29 (September 1): 265–267. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- Laxton, William (1866). "September 25th Meeting". The Civil Engineer & Architect's Journal. 29 (November 1): 333–336. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- Laxton, William (1866). "October 30th Meeting". The Civil Engineer & Architect's Journal. 29 (December 1): 359–. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- Marten E.B. Records of Steam Boiler Explosions Various volumes, e.g. 1869 at Open Library; 1872 at Open Library; 1875, 1878, 1890 covering explosions in Britain.
- The National Boiler Insurance Company
- Laxton, William (1866). "Abstract of Report". The Civil Engineer & Architect's Journal. 29 (February 1st): 39–40. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- Redfield, William C. (1839). Letter To The Secretary Of The Treasury, On The History and Causes of Steamboat Explosions And The Means Of Prevention. New York: william Osborn. ISBN 978-0-608-40457-8. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- Stryker, James (March 1849). "Steam Boiler Explosions". Strykers American Register and Magazine. II (I): 100–101. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- Thurston, R. H. (1903). Steam-Boiler Explosions in Theory and in Practice, Chapter: The Statistics of Explosions (3rd ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
Other
- For a short status of European steam users' associations and boiler insurance companies c. 1897, see Hale, R. S. (April 1897). "European Boiler Practice". Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies. XVIII (4): 242–243. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
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