Historic Disasters of East Tennessee
| Author | : Dewaine A Speaks |
| Publisher | : History Press Library Editions |
| Total Pages | : 162 |
| Release | : 2019-08-05 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1540240037 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781540240033 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (033 Downloads) |
Download or read book Historic Disasters of East Tennessee written by Dewaine A Speaks and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
