What the records say
- When
- 28 Jun 1959
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 32.14° N, 81.40° W
- Description
- 1959 railway accident in Georgia, United States
- Deaths
- 23
Meldrim trestle disaster
1959 railway accident in Georgia, United States
The Meldrim trestle disaster was a train derailment and fire at Meldrim, Georgia, United States, on June 28, 1959. Involved was a Seaboard Air Line mixed freight train that derailed over a trestle bridge across the Ogeechee River. Loaded LPG tank cars from the train fell onto the riverbank below and ruptured.
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