Download or read book Tennessee s most Devastating Disasters and most Calamitous Catastrophes written by Carole Marsh and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tennessee s most Devastating Disasters most Calamitous Catastrophes written by Carole Marsh and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lesser known facts on disasters & catastrophes of Tennessee.

Download or read book Tennessee Tragedies written by Allen R. Coggins and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2012-01-15 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one-of-a-kind reference book, Tennessee Tragedies examines a wide variety of disasters that have occurred in the Volunteer State over the past several centuries. Intended for both general readers and emergency management professionals, it covers natural disasters such as floods, tornadoes, and earthquakes; technological events such as explosions, transportation wrecks, and structure fires; and societal incidents including labor strikes, political violence, lynchings, and other hate crimes. At the center of the book are descriptive accounts of 150 of the state’s most severe events. These range from smallpox epidemics in the eighteenth century to the epic floods of 1936–37, from the Sultana riverboat disaster of 1865 (the worst inland marine accident in U.S. history) to the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Included as well are stories of plane crashes, train wrecks, droughts, economic panics, and race riots. An extensive chronology provides further details on more than 900 incidents, the most complete listing ever compiled for a single state. The book’s introduction examines topics that include our fascination with such tragedies; major causes of death, injury, and destruction; and the daunting problems of producing accurate accountings of a disaster’s effects, whether in numbers of dead and injured or of economic impact. Among the other features are a comprehensive glossary that defines various technical terms and concepts and tables illustrating earthquake, drought, disease, and tornado intensity scales. A work of great historical interest that brings together for the first time an impressive array of information,Tennessee Tragedies will prove exceptionally useful for those who must respond to inevitable future disasters.

Download or read book Tennessee s Disasters Catastrophies written by Carole Marsh and published by Carole Marsh Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Historic Disasters of East Tennessee written by Dewaine A. Speaks and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 160 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.

Download or read book Tragic Story of America s Greatest Disaster Tornado Flood and Fire in Ohio Indiana Nebraska and Mississippi Valley written by Marshall Everett and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A Natural Disaster Plan for the Tennessee Transportation Department written by Tennessee. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Planning and Programming and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Super Tuesday Tornado Disaster at Lafayette Tennessee written by Philip L. Chaney and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tennessee Hot Zones Viruses Diseases and Epidemics in Our State s History written by Carole Marsh and published by Carole Marsh Books. This book was released on 1998-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tennessee Bandits Bushwackers Outlaws Crooks Devils Ghosts Desperadoes and Other Assorted and Sundry Characters written by Carole Marsh and published by Carole Marsh Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tennessee School Trivia written by Carole Marsh and published by Carole Marsh Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A History of Connecticut s Deadliest Tornadoes written by Robert Hubbard and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wallingford tornado of 1878 took less than two minutes, but it killed at the rate of one person per second. Twisters in Connecticut are incredibly rare, but they re often disastrous and sometimes deadly. The Windsor tornado of 1979 destroyed a field of aircraft that had survived World War II. The 1787 Wethersfield tornado ripped off a barn roof in New Britain, traveled on to Newington and finally subsided in Wethersfield after destroying a family farm. Locals remember the 1989 cyclone that ripped through Hamden and cost the state millions of dollars in repairs. Join local author Robert Hubbard as he shares the tales of these natural disasters and those who witnessed them."

Download or read book The Tennessee Bookstore Book written by Carole Marsh and published by Carole Marsh Books. This book was released on 1991-09 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tennessee Rollercoasters written by Carole Marsh and published by Carole Marsh Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Hard to Believe but True Book of Tennessee History Mystery Trivia Legend Lore Humor and More written by Carole Marsh and published by Carole Marsh Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Memphis and the Super Flood of 1937 written by Patrick O'Daniel and published by Disaster. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the historic superflood that decimated the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys and the resilience displayed by the people of Memphis. The greatest flood in United States history struck the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys in January 1937. Perhaps no single flood in the United States had caused as much damage, displayed as much brutal natural force and displaced as many people. Not even the calamitous flood of 1927, which has eclipsed the '37 flood in terms of historical coverage was as massive. Author and Memphis local Patrick O'Daniel illustrates how this national natural disaster affected Memphis, in particular, and how the politicians of the day, from national figures like FDR to local political bosses like Ed Crump, handled unprecedented infrastructural challenges. Yet beyond politics and policy, O'Daniel tells the story of this historic disaster through the eyes of everyday Memphians, their struggles, care for thousands of desperate refugees and the measures they took to save their city from this devastating flood.