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The Benton fireworks disaster was an industrial disaster that occurred on May 27, 1983, on a farm near Benton, Tennessee.A powerful explosion at an unlicensed fireworks factory producing illegal fireworks killed eleven and injured one, revealing the existence of the factory for the first time to law enforcement and the public.
A small but deadly tornado outbreak affected West and Middle Tennessee on the night of March 2 and into the morning of March 3, 2020, including a high-end EF3 tornado that hit Nashville and Mount Juliet, becoming the 6th costliest tornado in United States history, and a violent EF4 tornado that impacted areas in and just west of Cookeville.
Horn Lake, Mississippi/Parsons, Tennessee: 29 deaths; Elkmont, Alabama/Fayetteville, Tennessee: 29 deaths; 163 1944 West Loch disaster: Accident - explosion: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: Classified as top secret until 1960. 162 1956 March 18–20, 1956 nor'easter: Blizzard Northeastern United States [citation needed] 160 1838 Moselle: Accident ...
One video posted to social media appeared to show debris from the bombing landing on a building about two blocks away from the initial location. [24] At least three vehicles burned after the bombing, [4] at least 41 businesses were damaged, and one building located across the street, away from the site of the bombing, collapsed.
At least 100 people were still hospitalized when this death toll was published, so the actual death toll may be much higher. The Mississippi State Geologist estimated a death toll of 233. African-American casualties were not counted properly. (Grazulis gave this tornado an F5 rating.) 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak, (Grazulis, p. 865) 5
The family of a Tennessee man on death row called on Republican Gov. Bill Lee to reexamine the case for a potential pardon at a press conference Friday. ... located south of Knoxville.
A "beloved" antelope choked to death on the plastic cap of a snack pouch over the weekend, a Tennessee zoo announced. Lief, a 7-year-old sitatunga antelope, died Saturday, Brights Zoo said on ...
Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tennessee is mourning the loss of one of their own, a 7-year-old rare African antelope named Lief. A guest at the zoo snuck in a banned item, a squeezable fruit pouch ...