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Atlanta firm starting recycling plant in former Graniteville textile mill

...Avondale Mills, which shut down in 2006, a year after a deadly train crash in downtown Graniteville that released chlorine gas that seeped into the company's offices and mills, destroying expensive equipment and halting operations for weeks...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-02-20/atlanta-firm-starting-recy
'Graniteville' documentary coming to Imperial

...mill town, from its founding by William Gregg to the massive derailment of a train in 2005 that spilled 60 tons of chlorine gas. The film, built from more than 40 interviews and 500 hours of animations and recreations, concludes with visions...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-06-10/graniteville-documentary-com
Bluegrass CD inspired by '60s classic

...706) 722-8341.The film about the history of Graniteville and the 2005 train derailment that spilled 60 tons of chlorine gas in the town was produced by Bryton Entertainment, consisting of Bryan Williams (singer Flo Carter's grandson) and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2011-07-06/bluegrass-cd-inspired
What if Graniteville wreck was nuclear?

...in Graniteville would be catastrophic: Fact : That train derailment was catastrophic. It spewed a lethal cargo of chlorine gas over the community. Nine people died, 250 were injured, some seriously, and claims for damages to property and businesses...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/06/15/let_527650.shtml
Letters
Going back to Graniteville

...planning." Though small, accidental exposures to chlorine gas are not unusual, the Graniteville accident was one...shows us what a significant challenge a large-scale chlorine gas release poses to health care facilities," said Wisconsin...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/01/04/edi_506322.shtml
Editorials
Firefighters' deaths lead South Carolina's list of top stories

...is re-elected to a second term. 2005: Train wrecks. January train wreck in Graniteville releases toxic cloud of chlorine gas, killing nine and injuring at least 200. 2004: Hollings retires. The career of 82-year-old Democratic Sen...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/12/30/met_178591.shtml
Metro
Victims to get $10.5 million

...is close to concluding legal action brought on when two of its trains collided Jan. 6, 2005, spilling 60 tons of chlorine gas into the air and killing nine people. Hundreds more were injured and thousands were forced to evacuate their homes...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/06/26/met_133677.shtml
Metro
Across the area

...plan the event should attend. Last year's event marking the one-year anniversary of the train wreck that released chlorine gas, killed nine people, injured hundreds and forced 5,400 people to evacuate their homes was held at the University...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/11/16/met_104686.shtml
Metro | Aiken County Council | Augusta State University
Sheriff shares the credit

...Southern train wreck and its tragic aftermath that for weeks strained his department's resources. Amid the lingering chlorine gas crisis, Hunt had to make sure his department kept pace with its usual law-enforcement responsibilities while not...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/06/10/edi_84758.shtml
Editorials
Avondale's death throes

...overcome were it not for ongoing unfair competition from Asian countries, especially China, that was eating away like chlorine gas at U.S. textile and manufacturing industries long before last year's spill. Indeed, even without the chlorine...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/05/25/edi_82783.shtml
Editorials