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Nineteen persons are killed and 123 injured when the Southern Railway fliers Ponce de Leon and Royal Palm, travelling from Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, to Jacksonville, Florida, collide head-on in dark and rainy conditions near Rockmart, Georgia. In 1927, Vernon Dalhart [using the pseudonym Al Craver] will record the song The Wreck Of The Royal Palm for Oriole Records.