The 1913 McKinney Store Collapse

by Carol Wilson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467139505
• ISBN13: 9781467139502
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"