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This is a list of disasters that have occurred in Maine organized by death toll.

List

Notes:

Year Event Type Death toll Location Sources
1941 Disappearance of the excursion cruiser Don Accident – ship 34 off Bailey Island [1]
1850 Maine Insane Asylum fire Fire 28 Augusta [2]
1919 Onawa train wreck Accident – railroad 23 Onawa [3]
1899 Mount Desert Ferry gangway collapse Drowning 20 Bar Harbor [4]
1864 Wreck of the steamship Bohemian Accident – ship 19 off Cape Elizabeth [5]
1944 South Portland A-26 Invader crash Accident – railroad 19 South Portland [6]
2023 2023 Lewiston shootings Mass shooting 19 Lewiston [7]
1908 Schooner Fame/steamship Boston collision Accident – ship 18 off Seguin Light [8]
1807 Wreck of the Hanover Accident – ship 17 off Pond Island [9]
1945 Lacoste Babies Home fire Fire 17 Auburn [10]
1979 Downeast Airlines Flight 46 Accident – aircraft 17 Rockland [11]
1807 Wreck of the schooner Charles Accident – ship 16 off Richmond Island [12]
1920 Chesuncook Lake drownings Accident – boat 16 Bangor [13]
1947 Great Fires of 1947 Wildfires 16 Statewide [14]
1807 Wreck of the Sagunto Accident – ship 14 off Smuttynose Island [15]
1902 Isles of Shoals boating accident Accident – boat 14 off Appledore Island [16]
2002 Allagash Wilderness Waterway van accident Accident – motor vehicle 14 Millinocket [17]
1860 Wreck of the schooner Neptune's Bride Accident – ship 12 off Criehaven [18][19]
1936 Gardner Lake Tragedy Accident – boat 12 Marion Township [20]
1849 Disappearance of the schooner Levi Woodbury Accident – ship 10 off Boon Island [21]
1920 Wreck of the SS Polias Accident – ship 10 off Port Clyde [22]
1947 Moosehead Lake drownings Accident – boat 10 Greenville [23]

References

  1. ↑ Bennett, Troy (December 3, 2025). "Harpswell shipwreck still a mystery 8 decades later". Harpswell Anchor. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  2. ↑ Prince, Lawrence H. (1891). The Fire Protection of Hospitals for the Insane. p. 10. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "C.P.R. TRAIN WRECK KILLS 23, INJURES 50". New York Times, December 21, 1919. (paywall link)
  4. ↑ "Twenty Drowned". The Post Express. August 7, 1899. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Serious Maine Disaster; Wreck of the Steamship Bohemian. Ninteen Lives Lost". The New York Times. February 14, 1864. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  6. ↑ Nacelewicz, Tess (July 10, 1994). "Tragic Memories of Deadly Crash at Redbank an Army Bomber Crash Took the Lives Of 19 People 50 Years Ago. Today, the Impact and the Mystery Remain". redbankstreets.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved 2012-01-20 – via Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ "Maine gunman Robert Card died 8-12 hours before being found, medical examiner says". WBZ-TV. November 3, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Sailor Dead In The Yawl". Lewiston Evening Journal. May 28, 1908. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  9. ↑ Parsons, Richard (2022). Wood Island Lighthouse. History Press. p. 49. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "17 Perish In Nursery Home Blaze, Auburn's Worst Tragedy". The Lewiston Daily Sun. February 1, 1945. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  11. ↑ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 N68DE Rockland, ME". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  12. ↑ Romano, Ron (2016). Early Gravestones in Southern Maine: The Genius of Bartlett Adams. History Press. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  13. ↑ "Woodsmen Trapped In Blazing Motor-Boat". Lewiston Evening Journal. Novemebr 19, 1920. Retrieved 1 April 2026. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ↑ Butler, Joyce; Parent, Tom (August 1997). "When Maine Burned: Remembering 50 Years Ago". Firehouse. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  15. ↑ "Mystery of the Spanish Sailors Graves". SeacostNH.com. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  16. ↑ "Fourteen Young People Drowned off Portsmouth". Meriden Morning Record. July 18, 1902. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  17. ↑ Belluck, Pam (September 13, 2002). "14 drown in wilderness crash / Migrant forest workers' van tumbles from Maine bridge". SF Gate. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  18. ↑ "Lost at sea". gloucester-ma.gov. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  19. ↑ "Neptune's Bride (+1860)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  20. ↑ "Twelve Drown In Lake When Boat Capsizes". Gazette and Bulletin. June 20, 1936. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  21. ↑ Procter, George Henry (1873). The Fishermen's Memorial and Record Book. Procter Brothers. pp. 13–14. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  22. ↑ "Bay State Seamen Saved From Wreck". The Boston Globe. February 8, 1920.
  23. ↑ "Ten Men Drowned In Moosehead Lake". The New York Times. May 15, 1928. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
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