On 15th January, 1919, The Great Boston Molasses Disaster claimed 21 lives... Read more »

On 8th March, 1924, The Castle Gate coal mine disaster in Utah, USA, claimed 171 lives... Read more »

On 9th January, 1927, A fire at the Laurier Palace Theatre in Canada killed 78 children... Read more »

On 12th March, 1928, The St. Francis Dam in Los Angeles failed, killing 600 people... Read more »

On 21st April, 1930, The Ohio State Penitantiary fire killed more than 320 inmates... Read more »

On 13th February, 1934, An experimental voyage of the Chelyuskin steamship ended when it was crushed by ice and sank... Read more »

On 18th March, 1937, The New London School Explosion claimed at least 296 lives... Read more »

On 6th May, 1937, The Hindenburg airship was destroyed as it burst into flames... Read more »

On 7th November, 1940, The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed under strong winds... Read more »

On 26th April, 1942, An explosion at the Benxihu Colliery in China killed 1,549 miners... Read more »