Summer Street Bridge disaster

Summer Street Bridge disaster
The streetcar being raised from the river the next day
Details
DateNovember 7, 1916 (1916-11-07)
Around 5:25 p.m. EDT (UTC-4)
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°21′3.7″N 71°3′6.42″W / 42.351028°N 71.0517833°W / 42.351028; -71.0517833
CountryUnited States
LineCity Point to Downtown
OperatorBoston Elevated Railway
Statistics
Deaths46

On November 7, 1916, a streetcar loaded with passengers ran off the open Summer Street Bridge, a retractile bridge, 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.