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1959 Meldrim, Georgia gas explosion disaster....
1959 Meldrim, Georgia gas explosion disaster....
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June 29, 1959
FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, June 29, 1959
* Meldrim, Georgia
* Train gas tanker explosion
* Trestle disaster
This 16 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Rail Car Blast Kills 19 Georgia Bathers". Tells of the train tanker car gas explosion at Meldrim, Georgia.
Other news of the day throughout including various advertisements. Minor spine wear, but otherwise in nice condition.
wikipedia notes: At Meldrim, Georgia, seventeen people were burned to death while swimming in the Ogeechee River. The beach area was beneath a 30 foot railroad trestle, and as the train moved over the bridge, two tanker cars exploded, sending a blanket of flames onto a crowd of 175 people below.
Category: The 20th Century
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