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Jacksonville, TN Powder Stock Explosion, Aug 1924

BIG POWDER STOCK DESTROYED BY FIRE; COST $28,000,000.

45,000,000 POUNDS OF EXPLOSIVES AND 50 BUILDINGS BURN.

OLD HICKORY PLANT IS REDUCED TO RUINS.  read more »

Memphis, TN railroad freight train house fire, Mar 1907

FREIGHT HOUSE BURNS.  read more »

Olive Springs, TN Summer Resort Burns, Apr 1905

SUMMER RESORT HOTEL BURNS.

OLIVER SPRINGS, TENN., VISITED BY A $40,000 BLAZE.  read more »

Various Towns, AL, TN, MS Tornado Damage, Apr 1920

Meridian Tornado Damage Debris In Meridian MS

TORNADOES KILL AT LEAST 130 PERSONS.

THREE SOUTHERN STATES DAMAGED BY STORMS.

MISSISSIPPI WITH 100 DEAD IS HARDEST HIT -- HUNDREDS ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND WIRE SERVICE OUT.  read more »

Johnson City, TN Flood, May 1908

BIG FLOOD IN JOHNSON CITY

Several Business Streets Covered With Water---Railroad Bridge Destroyed, Loss is Heavy.

Special to The State.  read more »

Hartsville, TN courthouse and business district fire, May 1900

HARTSVILLE, TENN. ALSO SUFFERS $100,000 LOSS.

Courthouse and Records Go Up in Smoke.  read more »

Chattanooga, TN Street Car Collision, Oct 1907

SIX PERSONS LOSE LIFE IN STREET CAR CRASH.

CONFUSION AS TO SIGNALS CAUSES COLLISION IN CHATTANOOGA.  read more »

Shelbyville, TN Fire Destroys Buildings, Dec 1905

Burned Out Building

SHELBYVILLE STORES BURN.  read more »

Near Memphis, TN Disaster Of The SULTANA, Apr 1865

The Sultana Artist Drawing of the Disaster

TERRIBLE CALAMITY ON THE MISSISSIPPI.  read more »

Chattanooga, TN depot fire, Sept 1905

FIRE IN CHATTANOOGA DOES $500,000 DAMAGE

Freight Depot Used by Three Railroads and a Large Number of Loaded Cars Destroyed.  read more »


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