The 1913 Mckinney store collapse / Carol O'Keefe Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Carol O'Keefe., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McKinney (Tex.)--History.

McKinney (Tex.).

Disasters--Texas--McKinney--History--Anecdotes.

Disasters.

Buildings--Texas--McKinney--Collapse.

Buildings.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (125 pages)

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : History Press, 2018.

Summary:

A powerful vibration, a deafening noise and a swell of thick dust brought residents of McKinney pouring into the public square on the afternoon of January 23, 1913. What they saw was horrifying--an entire building had collapsed, demolishing two popular retailers, the Cheeves Mississippi Store and Tingle Implement Store. Their contents, including many shoppers and clerks, spilled out into the streets, where layer upon layer of debris settled into a massive, ragged pile. In spite of a herculean rescue effort, eight people perished. Carol Wilson sifts through the disaster and its aftermath, dredging up some troubling facts about how the tragedy might have been prevented.

Contents:

Out of the ashes

Those Odd Fellows

The Turbit/Bates Building

The Cheeves faithful

A broken calm

Bricks and mortar

Is that you, Mr. Thomas?

A blanket of sorrow

Smile and say Cheeves

Heroes and villains

Moving forward

The blame game

When good men did nothing

Afterward and afterthoughts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439664506

1439664501