1951 — Jan 28, Traffic Accident, Toccoa, Stephens County, GA — 7

–7 Thomasville Times-Enterprise. “Georgia Counts 14 Dead in Accidents…” 1-29-1951, p. 8.

Narrative Information

Jan 29: “By the Associated Press. Georgia counted 15 dead – 11 in the space of 90 minutes — in highway accidents over the weekend. In one wreck, seven died….At Toccoa seven Negroes died in one accident. They were identified by State Trooper G. W. Goss as Lois Wakefield, 22; Milton Harrison, 23; Howard Johnson, 23; James Hubert Ritchie, 23, and Erastus Swillings, 21, all of Toccoa and Howard Know, 18, of Lavonia.” (Thomasville Times-Enterprise, GA. “Georgia Counts 14 Dead in Accidents Over the Weekend.” 1-29-1951, p. 8.)

Source

Thomasville Times-Enterprise, GA. “Georgia Counts 14 Dead in Accidents Over the Weekend.” 1-29-1951, p. 8. http://newspaperarchive.com/fullpagepdfviewer?img=189342581&sterm