Great American Disasters

Sept. 11, 2001 Terrorist attack the World Trade Center in New York City by flying hijacked commercial aircraft into both of the 110 story buildings. 2,830 killed among the missing & dead 343 Firefighters and 87 Police Officers ~ American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 en route from Boston to Los Angeles with 81 passengers, 9 flight attendants and 2 pilots ~ United Flight 175, a Boeing 767 aircraft, departed from Boston at 7:58 a.m. local time, bound for Los Angeles, with 56 passengers onboard, 2 pilots and 7 flight attendants. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Terrorist attack the Pentagon. Washington DC 189 DEAD American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757 operating from Washington Dulles to Los Angeles 58 passengers, 4 flight attendants and 2 pilots ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another crashes into a field near Jennerstown Pennsylvania United Flight 93, a Boeing 757 aircraft, departed from Newark, NJ, at 8:01 a.m. local time, bound for San Francisco, with 38 passengers onboard, 2 pilots and 5 flight attendants. In Memoriam
The disasters below are listed in order of how many died.
Sept. 7, 1900 Hurricane, storm tide 6,000-8,000 Deaths Galveston, TX	May 31, 1889 Burst dam, flood 2,200-3,000 Deaths Johnstown, PA
April 18, 1906 Earthquake and Fire 3000 Deaths San Francisco, CA	Sept 16, 1928 Hurricane 2,400 Dead Okeechobee FL
April 27, 1865 Worst Ship Disaster 1,547 Dead Mississippi River	October 8, 1871 Forest Fire (Same night as the Great Chicago Fire) 1,500 Deaths Peshtigo Wisconsin
1915 Lusitania 1,200 Dead New York, NY	June 15, 1904 Paddleboat Fire 1,031 Dead New York City, NY
July 24, 1915 Excursion Steamer Eastland 844 Deaths Chicago, IL	Historical Tornadoes
Dec 30, 1903 Iroquois Theater Fire 602 Dead Chicago, IL	April 16, 1947 Ship explosion 600 Dead Texas City, TX
Sept 21, 1938 Hurricane 600 Deaths New England	Nov 28, 1942 Cocoanut Grove Nightclub fire 492 dead Boston, MA
March 12, 1928 St. Francis Dam Burst 470 Dead San Francisquito, CA	1913 Flood 467 Dead Ohio River Basin
1894 Forest fire 418 Dead Hinckley, MN	Sept 1, 1935 Hurricane 400 Deaths Florida Keys
1918 Forest fire 400 Deaths Cloquet, MN	June 30, 1900 Hoboken Pier fire 400 Deaths Hoboken, New Jersey
1957 Hurricane flood 390 Dead Texas and Louisiana	1907 Coal mine explosion 362 Dead Monongah, WV
July 17, 1944 Port Chicago Naval Magazine Explosion 320 Dead San Francisco, CA	1927 Flood 313 Dead Mississippi River
October 8, 1871 Great Chicago fire 300 Deaths Chicago, IL	Dec 5, 1876 Brooklyn Theater Fire 300 Deaths Brooklyn
March 18, 1937 Texas School Explosion 296 Dead New London, TX	1979 American Airlines Flight 191 271 Dead Chicago, IL
Nov 12, 2001 American Airlines Flight 587 Airbus A300B4-605R 260 Dead Belle Harbor, New York	Nov 13, 1909 Great Cherry Coal Mine Disaster 259 Dead Cherry, IL
1972 Burst dam, flood 238 Dead Rapid City, SD
July 17, 1996 Boeing 747-131 TWA Flight 800 230 Dead East Moriches, NY	Nov 8, 1994 USAir Flight 427 Boeing 737-3B7 232 Dead Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
1998 MD 11 Swiss-Air Flight 111 crashes 229 Dead near Nova Scotia	1999 Boeing 767 Egypt Airlines Flight 990 crashes 217 Dead 60 Mi. S. Nantucket, MA
1921 Flood 215 Dead Texas	1903 Flash flood 200 Deaths Heppner, OR
1955 Hurricane flood 187 Dead Northeast area	1913 Flood 177 Dead Texas
March 4, 1908 Lakeview Elementary School Fire 174 Dead (172 Children) Collinwood, Ohio	1946 Tsunamis 173 Dead Hawaii
1995 Oklahoma City Bombing 169 Dead Oklahoma City, OK	July 6, 1944 Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Tent Fire 168 Dead Hartford, Connecticut
May 28, 1977 Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire 165 Dead Southgate, Ky	1825 Forest fire 160 Deaths Maine
1987 Northwest Airlines MD-82 crashes 156 Dead Romulus, MI	March 25, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire 146 Dead New York City, NY
Sept. 25, 1978 Boeing 727-214 Pacific Southwest Airlines 182 144 Dead San Diego, California	1871 Forest fire 138 Dead Michigan
Sept 7, 1934 Morro Castle Ship Fire 137 Deaths Asbury Park, NJ	1985 Delta Air Lines Lockheed L-1011 137 Dead Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
Aug 2, 1985 Lockheed L-1011 Delta Air Lines Flight 191 134 Dead Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas	Sept. 8, 1994 Boeing 737-3B7 USAir 132 Dead Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
1964 Earthquake, tsunami 131 Dead Alaska	Feb. 26, 1972 Coal mine refuse dam gave way 125 Dead Man, West Virginia
Dec 7, 1946 Winecoff Hotel Fire 119 Dead Atlanta, GA	June 24, 1975 Boeing 727-225 Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 115 Dead Jamaica, New York
1981 Hyatt-Regency Hotel walkway falls 114 Dead Kansas City, MO	July 19, 1989 MD-DC10 United Flight 232 112 Dead Sioux Gateway Airport, Iowa
Sept 4, 1971 Boeing 727-192 Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 111 Dead Juneau, Alaska	May 11, 1996 ValuJet DC-9 Flight 592 109 Dead Everglades, FL
1918 Train collision 101 Dead Nashville, TN	Dec 29, 1972 Eastern Airlines Flight 401 100 Dead Everglades, Florida
Feb 20, 2003 Station Nightclub Fire 100 Dead West Warwick, RI	Dec 1, 1958 Our Lady of Angels School Fire 95 Dead (92 Children) Chicago, IL
July 13, 1973 Delta Air Lines Flight 723 89 Deaths Boston, Mass	Jan 31, 2000 MD83 Alaska Airlines Flight 261 88 Dead Off Point Mugu, California
Nov. 21, 1980 MGM Grand Hotel/Casino Fire 85 Deaths Las Vegas, Nevada	Aug 20-21, 1910 Forest fire 85 Dead Montana and Idaho
1977 Burst dam, flood 85 Deaths Johnstown, PA	1986 DC-9-32 Aeromexico Flight 498 79 Dead Cerritos, Calif.
Jan 13, 1982 Boeing 737-222 Air Florida Flight 90 79 Dead Washington, D.C
Oct. 31, 1963 Coliseum explosion 74 Dead Indianapolis, IA	1990 Avianca Boeing 707 crashes 73 Dead Cove Neck, N.Y.
Sept 11, 1974 MD - DC-9-31 Eastern Air Lines 212 70 Dead Charlotte, North Carolina	Oct 31, 1994 American Eagle 4184 68 Dead Roselawn, Indiana
1994 Earthquake 64 Dead Las Angeles, CA	Oct. 1989 Earthquake (San Andr�a's fault) 63 Dead San Francisco, CA
April 27, 1978 Cooling Tower Construction Accident 51 Dead Willow Island, WV	1956 Cruise ship collision 51 Dead Off Nantucket, MA
Dec 19, 1960 fire aboard the aircraft carrier CONSTELLATION 50 Dead Brooklyn Navy Yard , NY	1915 Gasoline tank fire 47 Dead Ardmore, OK
1967 Point Pleasant Bridge collapse, 46 Dead Ohio River	1987 Pacific Southwest BAe 146 jet 43 Dead Paso Robles, Calif.
1918 State Hospital Fire 38 Dead Norman, OK	May 16, 1938 Terminal Hotel Fire 35 Dead Atlanta, GA
Oct. 20, 1991 Oakland Hills Brush Fire 25 Dead Oakland & Berkeley, CA	1986 Fireworks factory Explosion 21 Dead Hallett, OK
May 17, 1849 St. Louis Fire 3 Deaths St. Louis, MO	1904 Baltimore fire 1 Dead Baltimore, MD