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Historic Disasters of East Tennessee

Historic Disasters of East Tennessee - Hardcover

by Dewaine A. Speaks
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Availability:In StockContributor:Dewaine A. SpeaksPublish date:2019-08-05Pages:162
Language:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540240033ISBN-10:1540240037UPC:9781540240033Book Category:History, Social Science, NatureBook Subcategory:United States, Disasters & Disaster Relief, Natural DisastersBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCMV1D8AGY
For more than 150 years, East Tennesseans have experienced disasters of historic proportions. The 1902 Fraterville Mine explosion took the lives of 216 men and boys. A 1904 head-on passenger train wreck in New Market claimed the lives of 64. In 1906, Jellico was practically destroyed by the explosion of a train car loaded with dynamite. Floodwaters near Rockwood in 1929 took the lives of 7 Boy Scouts and their Scoutmaster. An explosion in 1960 at Kingsport's Eastman plant killed 16 workers and injured 400. In 2016, a fire in the Great Smoky Mountains claimed the lives of 14 while destroying 2,460 buildings. Knoxville author Dewaine Speaks chronicles these and other historic tragedies in East Tennessee.
Language:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540240033ISBN-10:1540240037UPC:9781540240033Book Category:History, Social Science, NatureBook Subcategory:United States, Disasters & Disaster Relief, Natural DisastersBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.44 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCMV1D8AGY
Publisher: History Press Library Editions

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