Bliss & Watkins Homes.
Damage to Bradley mill, around one million.
Carmicael Bros. Grocery and Knight Home.
View of destruction
Wrecked Blowpipes & Smoke Stack at the Mill.
Looking N. E. from Mrs. Woods Home.
Mr. Pennington's Chevy up-side down in the Rubble.
Mr. Wade's Home had a brush with a Tornado.
Many thanks to Mary Brent Wade Norman for sharing the above photographs with us.
A Lone Survivor.
Tornadoes do things like this. Bradley Shops.
Tornadoes are caused by hot and cold air currents.
Dr. Dog. Tragedy Struck our canine Pals too.
Shot at time of explosion after tornado and fire.
Rushing calls to and from tornado stricken Warren.
Scene near the Bradley Saw Mill.
Many thanks to Cindy Munson for sharing the above photographs with us. These postcard photos belong to Myrna Loy Neely Wear.
H. E. Green and Hank Miles homes; E. Center St. near S. Bradley St.
W. & S. R. Railroad at Sawmill
Miss Mary Lu Fullerton's home, S. Myrtle St.
Lumber Plant Railroad
Curtis Walker home, E. Church St.
Bradley Lumber Co. Sawmill from Prospect Rd.
Bradley Lumber Co. power plant and mill
Home and car with tornado damage
Monticello Highway near Gannaway St.
Joe Watkins home
Many thanks to Brenda Ezell for sharing the above newspaper photos and info with us.
Roofless Home
Allen Johnson Home
Braswell House, to the right of the Johnson Home
Johnson car shed #1
Johnson car shed #2
Craver's House
Clemmon's House
Hartsell Home
John Frey's Home
Leonard Johnson's Barber Shop #1
Leonard Johnson's Barber Shop #2
Leonard Johnson's Car and Ashcraft House
Hartsell's Store toward sawmill
Anderson's Garage
Anderson's Bus Stop
Church St. going toward John Frey's House
Near Bradley Mill
Bradley Mill Smoke Stack
Tornado destruction
Many thanks to Brenda Ezell for sharing the above photos with us. These were found at the Bradley County Historical Museum.
West Side
George Meggs's Buick,
Stephen Harding House
Complete Destruction
Many thanks to Bill Sharp and Jann Woodard for sharing the above photographs with us.
Read information and stories about the 1949 tornado.
If you have additional stories, clippings, photos or other information about the 1949 tornado, please e-mail them to Barbara Logan.
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