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Book SynopsisTwenty of Massachusetts' most catastrophic incidents due to natural and other causes are recounted here. Featured are the 1874 Mill River flood, the blizzard of 1888, the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 in Boston's North End, and four shipwrecks.
Table of Contents(1) The Sinking of the Maritana, 1861 (2) The Wreck of the Eveline Treat, 1865 (3) Crash on the Eastern Railroad, 1871 (4) The Great Boston Fire, 1872 (5) Failure of the Williamsburg Dam, 1874 (6) The City of Columbus Tragedy, 1884 (7) The Collapse of Bussey Bridge, 1887 (8) Trapped by a Blizzard, 1888 (9) The Spanish Influenza, 1918 (10) U-Boat Attack on Cape Cod (11) The Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (12) The Failure of the Wheeler Dam, 1927 (13) The Connecticut River Floods, 1936 (14) The New England Hurricane, 1938 (15) The Cocoanut Grove Fire, 1942 (16) The Worcestor Tornado, 1953 (17) The Sinking of the Andrea Doria, 1956 (18) Building Collapse in Brighton, 1971 (19) The Sinking of the Argo Merchant, 1976 (20) The Great Whiteout, 1978 (21) Collision at Back Bay Station, 1990 (22) Bibliography (23) About the Author
