Cleveland School Fire
The School was to close after that night but it ended in another way!
Cleveland School Fire
The School was to close after that night but it ended in another way!
On a certain date in Kershaw County, local citizens entered a little schoolhouse outside of Camden SC, for a Children's play, but some of them would not return home that dreadful night. A fire that was caused by a ceiling oil lamp that fell to the floor took seventy-seven lives that terrible night! Their souls now rest in peace, however, the memory of these shocking hours lives on.
Of those that escaped, two of them were my relatives:
David C. Dixon Sr. and Lois D. Rush
The rest of their immediately family departed that fateful night on May 17, 1923. There were many others families in this small, but caring neighborhood that experienced what our minds can't fully imagine:
"The Cleveland Schoolhouse Fire!"
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This site is here to pay respects to our dear citizens that died that night. Also, we are reaching out to anyone else that was affected by this indescribable event.
As more information is gathered this site will remain under construction.
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Donald F. Dixon is a Pastor of a local Church in Camden, S.C. and is the coordinator of this site. After viewing these pages, you are welcome to study the Internet site concerning the ministry of his publication outreach. He has written many poem books and the first poem he ever wrote was concerning hid granddaddy being in the Cleveland school fire.
The Day After