2013 Event The roof of a Maxima superstore collapses in Latvia's capital, Riga; a least six are killed and 35 injured 2013 Event Hercules 264, a Gulf of Mexico natural gas drilling rig, partially collapses off the coast of Louisiana; the rig remains standing but sustained extensive damage to the derrick package as a result of a continuing fire 2013 Event The Skagit River bridge over Interstate 5 collapses in the U.S. town of Mount Vernon, Washington; several vehicles plunge into the river, but there are no fatalities 2012 Event A section of China's high-speed railway collapses after it underwent test runs; the collapse may have resulted from heavy rains 2010 Event In Parana, Brazil, a stadium collapses during a car race, injuring 110 people 1997 Event An abandoned building collapses on New York's 42nd St, no one hurt 1995 Event Michael Jackson collapses while rehearsing for an HBO special 1994 Event Church in Piedmont Alabama collapses in tornado, 19 killed 1993 Event Hotel in Nakhon Ratchasima Thailand, collapses, 114 killed 1992 Event Sheena Easton collapses on stage while performing in "Man of LaMancha" 1988 Event 91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV collapses 1985 Event 8 killed as roof collapses in Brussel's supermarket 1984 Death Swale, Kentucky Derby winner, collapses and dies 1984 Death Tommy Cooper, comedian, collapses and dies on stage 1980 Event Bob Marley collapses on stage, brought to Sloan-Kettering Hospital 1980 Event Brian May of rock group Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis 1979 Event Elton John, sick with flu, collapses at the Hollywood Universal Ampitheater 1978 Event Roof of 3-yr-old Civic Center in Hartford, Ct collapses (no injuries) 1976 Event Keith Moon, drummer for Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami 1975 Event Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 (Dhanbad India) 1974 Event Airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran Iran) 1974 Event Approximately 140 die when suspension bridge collapses (Nepal) 1974 Event Greek military dictatorship collapses 1972 Event "December Giant" largest sinkhole in U.S. collapses (Alabama) 1972 Event Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, kills 125 1971 Death Chuck Hughes, Detroit Lion collapses during game and later, dies 1971 Event Government exhibit under construction collapses, kills 65 in Brazil 1971 Event A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66 1964 Event Ringo Starr collapses from tonsillitis and pharyngitis 1960 Event House packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan) 1960 Event Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as U.S.S.R. levels spy charges against US 1959 Event Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus 1959 Event Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die 1946 Event Ice plant collapses, shearing a tenement building and burying 38 1940 Event Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) Bridge collapses, Wash 1927 Event "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses 1925 Event NHL goalie Georges Vezina collapses and dies of TB 4 months later 1925 Event 44 die when Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses 1925 Event Yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer 1912 Event Cone of Mount Katmai (Alaska) collapses 1900 Event Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah 1879 Event North British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot) 1873 Event Government bond agent Jay Cooke and Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St 1806 Event A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley, Switzerland, kills 500 1287 Event Zuider Zee seawall collapses with loss of 50,000 lives
