Pascagoula Fire Fighters
On this site on April 17, 1952, Pascagoula's newest and most modern fire truck, on its way to an emergency call collided with and was destroyed by a train called "The Hummingbird". Assistant Chief Klein Thornton, Firefighter DeWitt Monroe, and Volunteer Joe Williams were killed. Chief Jimmie Hudson was critically injured.
Marker is at the intersection of Pascagoula Street and Railroad Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Pascagoula Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
