Research Guides: The Thiokol Chemical Explosion: Newspaper Coverage

1971 -- 'It was just hell' by Bob Rohrer

Publication Date: February 4, 1971

The Atlanta Constitution, 8-A

1971 -- As night came, double darkness by Charles Wheeler and Bill Collins

Publication Date: February 4, 1971

The Atlanta Journal

1971 -- Blast at arms plant in Georgia kills 24; 33 are hospitalized by Associated Press

Publication Date: February 4, 1971

The New York Times, 1A

1971 -- Georgia blast was "like A-bomb" by Associated Press

Publication Date: February 4, 1971

1971 -- Local people guessed roar was Thiokol by Bill Collins and Charles Wheeler

Publication Date: February 7, 1971

The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, 2-A

1971 -- Probe fails to find clue to explosion by Bill Collins and Charles Wheeler

Publication Date: February 4, 1971

The Atlanta Journal, 1

1971 -- Thiokol excited Georgians by Sam Hopkins

Publication Date: February 4, 1971

The Atlanta Constitution, 8-A

1971 -- Twisted, silent aftermath of destruction by photographers Marion Crowe, Hugh Stovall, and Charles Bennett

Publication Date: February 4, 1971

The Atlanta Journal, 16

1977 -- Survivors win Woodbine suit by Associated Press

Publication Date: June 25, 1977

The Macon Telegraph, 1

1986 -- A tragedy in South Georgia: An explosion 15 years ago at a Thiokol plant grinds on in the courts by Albert Scardino

Publication Date: July 20, 1986

The New York Times

2010 -- A look back: Huge blast in '71 obliterated Woodbine chemical plant by Jessie-Lynne Kerr

Publication Date: October 10, 2010

The Florida Times-Union
Jacksonville, Florida

2016 -- Camden residents ask federal government to establish Thiokol memorial by Gordon Jackson

Publication Date: April 20, 2016

The Brunswick News

2017 -- Echoes of Thiokol: Survivors and their descendants seek a memorial to a forgotten tragedy on the Georgia coast by Jerry Grillo

Publication Date: August 2017

Atlanta, 57(4), 18-20.

2017 -- Thiokol museum opens in Kingsland by Gordon Jackson

Publication Date: February 10, 2017

The Brunswick News

2021 -- Remembering the Thiokol explosion 50 years later by Jill Helton

Publication Date: January 28, 2021

Tribune & Georgian
Camden County, Georgia

2021 -- The Tide: Thiokol Memorial Project seeks help by Laura Corley

Publication Date: September 10, 2021

The Current

2021 -- Thiokol explosion: 50 years later, families seek to be remembered by Laura Corley

Publication Date: February 2, 2021

The Current

2021 -- Victims of Thiokol plant explosion remembered 50 years later by Brittany Muller, Reporter

Publication Date: February 2, 2021

New4JAX

2022 -- In honor of the patriots and heroes -- 51st Thiokol anniversary commemorative ceremony by Staff

Publication Date: January 29, 2022

The Florida Star

2022 -- Reclaiming history: Museum documents deadly explosion that devastated a black community in Georgia by Esther Schrader

Publication Date: June 10, 2022

Southern Poverty Law Center

2023 -- In 1971, 29 died in an explosion in Georgia by Zach Dennis and Nancy Guan

Publication Date: February 5, 2023

Savannah Morning News

2024 -- Survivors hold annual memorial for victims of the 1971 explosion at Thiokol in Woodbine by Fran Ruchalski

Publication Date: February 5, 2024

Savannah Morning News