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SS Investigates

The following is believed to be accurate based upon the best information obtained at the time. Please send corrections to the webmaster.

See below

BMW Test Cars!? -- August 22, 2014

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Rear view of BMW chase car
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Side view of camouflaged BMW



Hillcrest Multicar Crash -- May 31, 2014

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Crashed cars at intersection of E. Main and Drayton.
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Close up of wrecked pick-up truck and blue car.
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Close up of wrecked blue car and white SUV.

California Street Bridge Crash -- January 13, 2014

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Flood in the Lawson's Fork Valley -- May 4, 2003

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After. Note stairs leading to beach are completely covered up to the top rails.
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Upper Valley
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River completely blocked trail in Middle Valley
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Feeder stream backed up to bridge
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Fast waterfall

Truck smashes into St. Francis Anglican Church -- January 17, 2013

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Tire marks coming off Webber Road.
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Sign holding Church bulletins wiped out.
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What's left of sign comes to rest 25 yards away.
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Light pole cracked on two sides.
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Truck went airborne and smacked wall outside kitchen.
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Mess inside kitchen.
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Water pipe busted but quick-thinking person capped it.

Hopefuls in line for America's Next Top Model Tryouts -- December 12, 2012

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Fire at Saxon Mill (Phillips Fibers). December 8, 2012

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SPARTA goes hybrid. August 25, 2012

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Tragedy averted. August 14, 2012

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SS was on hand to help rescue a motorist who became stuck on a very active railroad track. A call to 911 stopped all trains in Spartanburg County until a highway patrolman came to pull the car from the tracks. Way to go, HP!
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Original cobblestone street.  July 31, 2012

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Check out Warehouse Street next to Cohen's store to glimpse a bit of our past. {Toes are a bit more modern.}


Motorists escape falling tree   July 24. 2012

Fallen pine tree blocks intersection of Pinebranch and Aberdeen in Pine Forest. About a dozen neighbors quickly converged on the scene to cut up and remove the tree, which took about an hour. Towards the end of clean-up, a rare, complete, double-rainbow appeared in the eastern sky.
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Flash Flood   July 8, 2012

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Flooding of underpass to Southern Railway bridge  constructed in 1919 on Hayne St. near the Fairgrounds. Note: fog inversion.


Butte Knit Fire   July 7, 2012

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Massive fire at the former Butte Knit plant, a division of Jonathan Logan, which closed in 1981. At one point, the smoke was so thick that passing cars on Business I-85 would have been completely obscured from view from the camera's perspective. Part of the Spartanburg Community College campus was closed due to fear of explosions from suspected stored chemicals. Indeed, an onlooker interviewed by SS claimed to have heard at least two such explosions.

Ruins of Butte Knit

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Aftermath of Butte Knit fire.


Cleveland Park Train Disaster   March 19, 2011

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The much-loved miniature train "Sparkles" derailed killing one child and injuring 28 others. Since the tragedy, the track has remained silent and the train-shed closed.


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