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Catch-Me-Eye Explosion Photograph Collection
Collection — Box: PHC 15-22, 25-26, Folder: PHC00022
Identifier: PHC00022
Scope and Contents
This collection, composed of eight photographs and one copy of a postcard, documents the aftermath of the Catch-Me-Eye explosion on US 301 at US 70 in Selma, N.C. on March 7, 1942. The explosion occurred after a car rear ended an ammunition truck headed to Fort Bragg with 30,000 pounds of explosives. The truck and car caught fire around 1:30 am, and a crowd formed to watch the blaze as firefighters from Smithfield attempted to put it out. The crowd was told to stay back, but this was not...
Dates:
Record Keeping: 1993 April 13; March 1942
Found in:
The Johnston County Heritage Center
Grant Family Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PHC00053
Dates:
Record Keeping: 2000 March 1; 1917-1919
Found in:
The Johnston County Heritage Center
Richard Furman Strickland Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PHC00050
Dates:
Record Keeping: 2000 March 1; 1910-1930s
Found in:
The Johnston County Heritage Center
Ronald G. Lane Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PHC00067
Dates:
Record Keeping: 2001 April 26; circa 1938-1966
Found in:
The Johnston County Heritage Center