Explosion kills at least 21 in small town derailment
A derailed propane tanker exploded in a small town, killing at least 21 and injuring 145 as fires spread to four blocks. A second tanker burned, water lines ruptured, and helicopters airlifted the injured to Nashville. Emergency crews from surrounding counties battled blazes, with more bodies feared in burning buildings including two lumber firms, residences, and restaurants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mavenur
Rensas
Trace Creek
Humphreys County
Nashville
Carl Wallace
Central High School
Medical Communications Center
Waverly
Willard McKenzie
Big Sandy
Willard
Madison County Death Notices Across the Area
Madison County death notices report several local deaths and funeral plans. Wanda J Noakes of Anderson died after a brief illness with services at Harold E Rovelle Funeral Home and burial at East Maplewood Cemetery. Mabel A Smith, 81, a former Ray Smith Supply Co. operator, died after an extended illness. service at St John’s Lutheran Church with burial at Anderson Memorial Park. Others include David D Dick, 22, Noblesville, in a Riverview Hospital crash. Eliza beth H Smith, Martha Hiday, Walter Houghton, Frank Prifogle, Melvin Jeffers, Daisy Fulton, Jeanord E Shanks, Vaughn Sarah Humes, and Otis Stewart among obituaries and memorial rites in Noblesville, Yorktown, and surrounding towns. Funeral homes and burial sites cited include Dawalt, Harold E Rozelle, Brown and Butz, Coaltrin Randall and Roberts, Richman, and Lakeview Wesleyan Church ceremonies noted. Survivors list varying spouses, children, and siblings across several families.
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Keurea Trom veico-Remy
James Hodgson
Pitt St
St. John’s Hospital
Illinois
UAW
Madge
James
Bud’ Hodgson
Indianapolis
Bud
Evelyn) Miller
Robert Hodgson
Anderson
Margaret) Hall
Chesterfield
Delia Curry
Villa Grove
Ill
Wanda Noakes
Wanda J. Noakes
Leland
Ward Stilson Company
Citizens Banking Company
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Harold E Rovelle
Jack Demaree
Christian Science Reader
East Maplewood Cemetery
Mabel Smith
Mabel A. Smith
Ruddle Ave
Ray Smith Supply Company
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Happy Family Home Demonstration Club
St John’s Lutheran Church
Nathan Harter
Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery
Harold E Rozelle
William Ray Smith
Mary Ellen Hancock
Mary Moore
Greensburg
Hazel McGinnis
Tampa
Fla
Martha Green
John Wheeldon
Boiling Springs
Southport
N.C
Earl Wheeldon
Madison-Hete0s. County Inc
Noblesville
Hughes Chevrolet Agency
Wanda
Christine
Edgar Dick Jr
Edgar Dick III
Peggy Lupear
Diana Lloyd
Danny Dick
Coaltrin
Randall and Roberts
Lakeview Wesleyan Church
Roy Clinard
Oaklawn Memorial Gardens
Daisy Fulton
Hamilton County
Daisy Dawson Fulton
Seal Beach
Calif
Sears Roebuck Company
C Roberts Funeral
Crownland Cemetery
Eleanor Shanks
Jeanord E. Shanks
Cape Coral
Somer Walter Nd
Ray Shanks
Rosalyn Roudebush
Cicero
Howard Stehman
Donna Marks
Westfield
Minnie Mae Forrer
Jackie Stehman
Robert Stehman
California
Vaughn Humes
Yorktown
Vaughn Sarah Humes
Rt 2
Robert Humes
Ball Memorial Hospital
Muncie
Delaware County
Richman Funeral Home
Elm Ridge Cemetery
Earl Humes
Dayton
Ohio
Vere West
Moreland
Vernice Carson
Valera Manis
Students in the news Jenn Duquaine and E Fish join Tau Beta Pi
Jenn Duquaine of Anderson and E Fish of Pendleton were initiated into the Tau Beta Pi National Honorary Engineering Society at General Motors Institute in Flint Michigan signaling academic excellence and professional recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenn
Duquaine
Anderson
E. Fish
Pendleton
Tau Beta Pi
General Motors Institute
Flint, Mich
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Robert Schuyler
Sells, Rowe and Guilkey
Robert Kevin Schuyler
Jefferson St
M.A. McClure
Chicago
Punza Hut
Celia Schuyler
Philip
Francis
Conchechita Muro
Mexico City
Mexico
Madison County
Dawalt Funeral Home
Salem
David Dick
David D. Dick
Maple Ave
Riverview Hospital
Elizabeth H. Smith
Brown and Butz Funeral Home
Harold Clark
Martha Hiday
Trinity Episcopal Church
Rozelle Funeral Home
Walter
Houghton
Baker Brothers Funeral Home
Frank Prifogle
Hartley Funeral Home
Arcadia
Melvin Jeffers
United Methodist
McCordsville
Otis Stewart
Eugene Brock
Gerald Mount
Ronald McKinney
Bobby Moore
Word
John Kessinger
Penn Central Railroad
John E
Penn Central Railved
Im. Plessinger
Greencastle
Veterans Hospital
Whitaker Funeral Home
John Plessinger
Fountaintown
Sng
Yorkroma
Indiana
East Smith Street
Michael Cahall
Anderson City Building
Rye Jach
Church OF God
Sunuay
Daniel Statford
John Krick
Church of the Bible Covenant
Pendleton Ave
Buddy Perry
Ingay
Maurice Evange
North Anderson Church of God
Broadway
Rev
F. Eugene Fauntleroy
Americanhousing Corporation
Alexandria
Edward Engstrom
Lester Sumrall
Glad Tidings Assembly
God
R.A
Alweroun
Ind
John K. Summers
Jim W. McGee
Wedn
Supett Warmyght
N.“Uscovery
WHBU
M. Max Morgan
Oneal
Wesley Hour
WMA
Wesley Chapel
W. 8Th St
Full Gospel Temple of
Eaith Outreach Ministries
Faith Outreach
Anderso
James Helton
Evangelistic Crusade
SE of
Tcher
Denny Helton
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