What the records say
- When
- 4 Aug 1944
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 30.95° N, 82.97° W
- Description
- train Wreck in Stockton, 1944
- Deaths
- 47
Stockton train wreck
Train Wreck in Stockton, 1944
The Stockton train wreck occurred on August 4, 1944 at 11:45 p.m. on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad at Stockton, Georgia and killed 47 people, mostly black labourers returning home to Alabama for the weekend.
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