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Spring City Train-School Bus Tragedy

August 22 1955 School Bus was struck by a train in Spring City Tn Eleven children were killed and 30 injured. "Stop,Look and Listen" law was proposed by the mothers and women of the community after the accident--requires all school buses to stop at every railroad crossing. Within 2 years every state in the United States passed the law.

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Mary Elizabeth Ball

29 Sep 1947 – 22 Aug 1955

Spring City, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA

Perry Everett Edwards Jr.

5 Nov 1943 – 22 Aug 1955

Wartburg, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA

Rose Mary Gideon

23 Jul 1945 – 22 Aug 1955

Spring City, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA

James Leon “Jimmie” Hackler

8 Oct 1948 – 22 Aug 1955

Spring City, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA

Edward Murriel Hartbarger

2 Feb 1947 – 22 Aug 1955

Spring City, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA

Wallace Sanders Hartbarger

3 Nov 1943 – 22 Aug 1955

Spring City, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA

Jerry E Mincy

17 Oct 1946 – 24 Aug 1955

Spring City, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA

Sherry Diane Mincy

21 May 1949 – 22 Aug 1955

Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA

Max Lee Phillips

2 Jun 1944 – 22 Aug 1955

Spring City, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA

Rickey Ray Phillips

2 Jun 1944 – 22 Aug 1955

Spring City, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA

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