List of Boiler Explosions

This article contains a list of steam boiler explosions.
==Events==
Event 	Date 	Nation 	City/Locale 	Killed	Injured
Brunton's Mechanical Traveller 	July 31, 1815 	United Kingdom	Philadelphia, Tyne and Wear 	16 	-
Stockton and Darlington Railway No. 2 or No. 5 	March 19, 1828 	United Kingdom	Simpasture, near Shildon 	1 	1
Stockton and Darlington Railway No. 1 Locomotion 	July 1, 1828 	United Kingdom	Aycliffe Lane 	1 	-
Best Friend of Charleston 	June 17, 1831 	United States 	Charleston, South Carolina 	1 	3
Locomotive under test 	November 1834 	United States 	Baltimore, on Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 	1 	-
Liverpool and Manchester Railway No. 33 Patentee 	November 12, 1834 	United Kingdom	Whiston Bank 	- 	-
Harlem Railroad 	July 4, 1839 	United States 	14th Street, New York City 	2 	5
Surprise 	November 10, 1840 	United Kingdom	Bromsgrove 	2 	?
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Richmond 	September 2, 1844 	United States 	Reading, Pennsylvania 	4 	-
London and North Western Railway 122 Goliah 	1847 	United Kingdom	 	- 	-
Great Western Railway Goliah 	June 29, 1849 	United Kingdom	Plympton, foot of Hemerdon Bank 	1 	-
London and North Western Railway 401 	1850 	United Kingdom	Longsight 	- 	-
Midland Railway 363 (ex Bristol and Gloucester Railway 7 Wickwar) 	January 8, 1853 	United Kingdom	Clay Hill, Bristol 	- 	-
Erie Railroad 	June 16, 1853 	United States 	Susquehanna, Pennsylvania 	5 	-
London and North Western Railway 249 	July 4, 1861 	United Kingdom	Rugby, Warwickshire 	1 	-
Erie Railroad 	October 25, 1862 	United States 	Jersey City docks 	5 	-
Great Western Railway Perseus 	November 1862 	United Kingdom	Westbourne Park shed 	- 	-
Calcutta Explosion 	1863 	India 	Kolkata, West Bengal 	- 	-
Midland Railway 356 	May 5, 1864 	United Kingdom	Colne, Lancashire 	1 	2
Great Northern 138 	May 5, 1864 	United Kingdom	Metropolitan Railway's Bishop's Road station (now Paddington)	- 	-
? 108 	1864 	United Kingdom	Leominster, Shrewsbury and Hereford Joint Railway 	- 	-
New York Central Railroad 	June 18, 1864 	United States 	Syracuse, New York 	3 	-
New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad 4-4-0 	December 19, 1890 	United States 	Wallingford, Connecticut 	- 	-
Railway Explosion 	1890 	Australia 	New South Wales 	- 	-
Queensland Railways 	June 18, 1892 	Australia 	Queensland 	- 	-
North East Dundas Tramway 	April 14, 1893 	Australia 	Tasmania 	- 	-
Statens järnvägar Class Ä No. 510 "Jemtland" 	July 26, 1898 	Sweden 	Kävlinge 	- 	-
Zeehan 	May 1, 1899 	Australia 	Tasmania 	- 	-
Great Eastern Railway No. 522 	September 25, 1900	United Kingdom	Westerfield, Suffolk 	2 	2
Central of Georgia Railway 	October 12, 1907 	United States 	Reynolds, Georgia 	2 	2
Rhymney Railway 97 	1909 	United Kingdom	Rhymney Railway's Cardiff shed 	3 	3
Southern Pacific Roundhouse 	March 18, 1912 	United States 	San Antonio, Texas 	26 	-
Rumney Shed 	April 21, 1912 	United Kingdom	Cardiff, Wales 	- 	-
Texas & New Orleans 4-4-2 	1913 	United States 	Houston, Texas 	- 	-
Southern Pacific 4037 	February 14, 1914 	United States 	SP's San Joaquin Division 	- 	-
Maine Central Railroad 	1915 	United States 	Ayers Junction 	- 	-
Milwaukee Road 	1916 	United States 	Mitchell, South Dakota 	- 	-
Medina-Salamanca Railway No.2 	January 10, 1918 	Spain 	Medina del Campo, VA 	15 	15
Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific 1965 	December 11, 1919 	United States 	Kansas 	- 	-
Missouri, Kansas, & Texas 2-6-0 	1921 	United States 	Cumby, Texas 	- 	-
Santa Fe 2-8-2 	1921 	United States 	Standish, Mo 	- 	-
London and North Western Railway 132 	November 11, 1921 	United Kingdom	Buxton, Derbyshire 	2 	1
New York Central 3361 	July 1928 	United States 	Bergen, New York 	- 	-
Southern Pacific 4017 	September 12, 1929	United States 	- 	- 	-
LMS 6399 Fury 	February 10, 1930 	United Kingdom	 	 	
Lackawanna Railroad 1172 	July 1930 	United States 	Lehigh, Pennsylvania 	- 	-
Reading Company 1705 	Fall 1930 	United States 	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 	- 	-
Southern Pacific 4402 	December 25, 1931 	United States 	near Richvale, California 	- 	-
Elkhorn Piney Coal Company 	January 27, 1934 	United States 	Powellton, West Virginia 	16 	-
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Mikado 	August 15, 1936 	United States 	Pimento, Indiana 	- 	-
Deutsche Reichsbahn 02 101 	April 3, 1939 	Germany 	 	 	
Virginian Railway #800 	April 1, 1941 	United States 	Roanoke, Virginia 	? 	?
Southern Pacific 4199 	May 3, 1941 	United States 	Cooper, California 	4 	-
Canadian National 242 	August 9, 1941 	Canada 	Montreal, Quebec 	1 	1
Norfolk & Western A 1204 	July 7, 1942 	United States 	Nolan, West Virginia 	- 	-
Pennsylvania Railroad 520 	November 14, 1942 	United States 	Cresson, Pennsylvania 	2 	4
New York Central Railroad J-3a No. 5450 while hauling the 20th Century Limited	September 7, 1943 	United States 	Canastota, New York 	3 	-
USATC S160 Class 	1943, 1944 	United Kingdom	 	 	
Louisville & Nashville Railroad 2-8-2(?) 	January 3, 1944 	United States 	- 	- 	-
St. Louis Southwestern Railroad (Cotton Belt) 	1945 	United States 	Paragould, Arkansas 	- 	-
Great Northern 2581 	January 9, 1947 	United States 	Crary, North Dakota 	? 	?
RL Smith Lumber Company 91 	February 14, 1948 	United States 	Canby, California 	2 	2
Clinchfield Railroad #740 	April 21, 1948 	United States 	Erwin, Tennessee 	? 	?
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway T-1 #3020 	May 12, 1948 	United States 	Near Chillicothe, Ohio 	3 	0
Union Pacific 9018 	October 20, 1948 	United States 	1.97 miles east of Upland, Kansas 	3 	-
Deutsche Reichsbahn 95 6679 	May 4, 1951 	Germany 	Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works 	11 	-
Denver & Rio Grande Western #3703 	October 19, 1952 	United States 	Louviers, Colorado 	3 	-
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 1642 	June 9, 1953 	United States 	Hinton, West Virginia 	3 	-
Norfolk & Western Y6 2153 	December 15, 1955 	United States 	Wytheville, Virginia 	- 	-
British Railways 	January 24, 1962 	United Kingdom	Bletchley, Buckinghamshire 	0 	2
Deutsche Reichsbahn 01 1516 	November 27, 1977 	Germany 	Bitterfeld railway station 	9 	45
Gettysburg Railroad 1278 	June 16, 1995 	United States 	Gardners, Pennsylvania 	- 	2
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