Accident ferroviaire

Meldrim, Georgia trestle disaster

28 juin 1959 · 32.14° N, 81.40° W

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28 juin 1959
Type
Accident ferroviaire
Coordonnées
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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