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It was reportedly the largest motor vehicle collision in United States history when it occurred, in terms of the number of vehicles, and was the largest and second deadliest vehicle accident in Tennessee history behind the 1972 Bean Station bus-truck collision, which killed 14. [1]
In addition to the truck, seven cars were completely destroyed by the explosion. [11] Ten other cars, seven houses, and one industrial building were damaged by the explosion and subsequent fires. [16] [11] Ten people were injured, and two people who were inside homes impacted by the crash died the following day from their injuries. [18]
A methane gas explosion at the St. Helena gold mine severed the cable of a double-deck elevator, causing it to fall 1.4 kilometers to the bottom of the mine shaft, killing all 52 people on board. 10 others who were not in the elevator were killed in the explosion.
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People view the New Market train wreck Sept. 24, 1904, an accident that killed at least 64 people and injured more than 100 others. On that morning at 10:18 a.m., the Carolina Special out of ...
The Waverly, Tennessee tank car explosion killed 16 people and injured 43 others on February 24, 1978, in Waverly, Tennessee.Following a train derailment a two days earlier, a cleanup crew had been sent into the area.
The train, pulled by locomotive No. 282, a G8a class 4-6-0 ten-wheeler built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1905, consisted of two mail and baggage cars and six wooden coaches. Meanwhile, train No. 1, pulled by locomotive No. 281, also a G8a class 4-6-0 ten-wheeler built by Baldwin in 1905, was heading into Nashville from Memphis.
Six girls died and two adults were injured in a Tennessee car crash early on Sunday, March 26, authorities said. Six girls between ages of 1 and 18 killed in Tennessee car crash, authorities say ...