tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669083261687252282.post298332836171306341..comments2024-03-27T14:07:18.670-07:00Comments on Reflections of An Uncommon Common Man: THE COLLAPSE OF THE WSM TOWERGreg Segroveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714968185917722907noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669083261687252282.post-78741867305944361412024-03-25T10:05:55.290-07:002024-03-25T10:05:55.290-07:00I had a similar experience at my home in Murfreesb...I had a similar experience at my home in Murfreesboro in the early 1980's. I don't believe in ghosts either. If there is a supernatural element to it I believe that it is demonic activity. I lived in West Nashville until I was almost 13 but lived in East Nashville until I was married and entered the military at 18.Greg Segroveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714968185917722907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669083261687252282.post-55516018139854115682024-03-25T09:59:18.380-07:002024-03-25T09:59:18.380-07:00Thank you, that is very rewarding to know that.
Thank you, that is very rewarding to know that.<br />Greg Segroveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714968185917722907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669083261687252282.post-41726035929834306282024-03-01T13:47:14.126-08:002024-03-01T13:47:14.126-08:00Thank you for publishing this. My niece's anc...Thank you for publishing this. My niece's ancestor is Ray Maxwell and this helped her learn more about his passing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669083261687252282.post-91138108631816164592024-03-01T06:50:34.123-08:002024-03-01T06:50:34.123-08:00I have been with my wife for 17yrs now. She used t...I have been with my wife for 17yrs now. She used to tell me that before we met around 2003, she used to live in Skyview apartments which is situated on 38th Ave and Dakota Avenue. Over the years, she would occasionally bring up how she thought the apartment she was in was haunted with a ghost. Me myself, I don't really believe in ghosts, but have always heard of instances that were interesting and hard to explain. Well, she used to say that she would get a feeling someone was in the room with her and she had seen shadows in the corner of her eyes a couple of times. Also, one time a door shut behind her and when she opened it back up, her very young boys were sleep in the bed and couldn't have closed the door. She also mentioned always hearing a dog bark, but never seeing the dog outside. I heard this same story off and on for years. Finally, one day I just so happened to read a article about the WSM tower collapse on the internet and the location caught my attention. I'm from east Nashville, but I am familiar with west Nashville as well so I realized that this happened right where the current Skyview apartments are located. I told my wife about it (she never knew it happened). She was surprised, but also was like "I told you something eerie was going on there!" I was more shocked about hearing the dog that perished in the tragedy, because I had dismissed her hearing a dog barking all of the time for it must have been a stray running around somewhere, but to hear that there was one that was killed with the four men gave me goosebumps. For some reason, today thinking about this story, I just googled about the tower collapse and found this article and wanted to share my story about it. Could there be a connection? Who knows, but it is definitely a big coincidence that she experienced this stuff not knowing about the tower collapse and the persons killed in it, only to find out years later that it happened. On a final note, she didn't stay in the apartment long. It spooked her to much to stay. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669083261687252282.post-62163251744735838062023-10-18T20:57:19.917-07:002023-10-18T20:57:19.917-07:00I can imagine. I lost my parents tragically when I...I can imagine. I lost my parents tragically when I was 12. Your life is never the same.Greg Segroveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714968185917722907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669083261687252282.post-25606658561423869592023-10-18T20:55:38.766-07:002023-10-18T20:55:38.766-07:00Great eyewitness testimony and great technical inf...Great eyewitness testimony and great technical information, thanks.Greg Segroveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714968185917722907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669083261687252282.post-42381254721905205782023-09-27T06:37:38.288-07:002023-09-27T06:37:38.288-07:00Mid Feb. 1957 We heard what could be characterize...Mid Feb. 1957 We heard what could be characterized as a jet plane in our backyard at 4105 Dakota . My Friend Gail Gonski actually watched as the WSM Tower approx 1600 ft tall crumbled . The sound was from the 12 large approx 3" diameter cables whipping through the air at supersonic speeds . They uprooted trees like they were weeds and knocked down all it their paths . As a 10 yr old, we played daily around the construction of the tower which went on for about a year. In the ground was concrete anchors as large as small homes with 4" diameter threaded bolts coming out of the ground to hold the 12 cables which proved later to be 12 too few and twice the correct diameter. The cables were simply too heavy to sustain an adjustment that happened to be pulling more torque on one side than the other due to an errant adjustment in anticipation of wind blowing strong from the South. Men with 10 ft long wrenches made the giant nuts turn in order to pull more or less on whichever cable they were adjusting. The weight of the 75 ft tall antenna which was being hoisted up was calculated wrong and thus the imbalance which caused one cable to snap, and each proceeding one made it worse - ass in a matter of one minute. Notice the "New" ( 1958) tower on Knob road has 24 cables half the diameter as the original. We headed up the hill to get a view and saw several men cut in half, even a hard hat with a head in it , but no body attached . It fell between homes but hit none. In today's computer era this would have never been allowed to pass any engineering standard, and would still be standing , most likely. There is precious little info available on this massive tragedy available on the internet. Mike Chilandonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669083261687252282.post-33939913687931279082023-09-26T21:53:40.389-07:002023-09-26T21:53:40.389-07:00George Alfred Preslar is my uncle -one of the four...George Alfred Preslar is my uncle -one of the four who were killed. I remember my father crying since they were very close. Uncle Alfred had a beautiful wife, Dorothy and three great kids, Linda, Carol and Roger. All became very successful adults but their dad's death certainly colored their lives. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669083261687252282.post-63234905663097536672023-09-07T19:22:28.961-07:002023-09-07T19:22:28.961-07:00I was only a few blocks away. As I saw the tower f...I was only a few blocks away. As I saw the tower fall, I couldn't believe it. I have never forgotten that afternoon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669083261687252282.post-75844989581012685572018-08-04T15:48:16.882-07:002018-08-04T15:48:16.882-07:00I remember this well. My dad gad just accepted the...I remember this well. My dad gad just accepted the pastorate at a Southern Baptist church on Elkins Ave in West Nashville. I was about 7 years old as well playing in my yard when I heard what at first I thought was an airplane crashing! The sound of metal just seem to keep coming. It was so loud that we all knew something big had happened. Some of us ran up the hill to see what happened and that's when we noticed the tower had fallen. We couldn't get close due to the metal that seemed to be everywhere. Later we learned of those that had died. I'll never forget that day.John Godfrey https://www.blogger.com/profile/11871070882966284103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669083261687252282.post-39346128513994996262018-04-21T08:55:55.160-07:002018-04-21T08:55:55.160-07:00When something like this happens and one is in som...When something like this happens and one is in some way a part of it either directly ot indirectly for that matter,one would never forget it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06689750585727837941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669083261687252282.post-51974306105577655272014-06-14T12:31:08.852-07:002014-06-14T12:31:08.852-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.RosaCornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154842474848033469noreply@blogger.com