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08/06/1640 |
Explosion sinks the Mary Rose in Boston Harbor. |
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12/31/1649 |
Eight persons drown after falling through the ice on Boston Harbor. |
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09/16/1661 |
Gen. Humphrey Atherton is killed on Boston Common. |
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1729 |
Two boys drown while skating on the Back Bay. |
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11/05/1764 |
Pope’s Night celebration is marred by the death of a five-year-old boy. |
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1787 |
John George Washington Hancock, the son of John Hancock, dies in a skating accident. |
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06/30/1803 |
Three young men drown returning from Boston to Dorchester Neck. |
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06/02/1817 |
Canton Packet explodes in Boston Harbor. |
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04/30/1828 |
Accident occurs at the North Bennet Street Methodist Church. |
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03/20/1836 |
George Lowell is killed on Clinton Street. |
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