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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1937
Page
6
A witness described the scene after the Texas school disaster as debris piled 15 feet high with a bare rear wall, oil trucks and cables strewn about, workers sorting through wreckage, and a makeshift morgue as families sought missing children amid urgent recovery efforts.
A massive gas explosion at the London Consolidated School near New London Texas devastates the building killing an estimated 500. Gov Allred declares martial law and sends state patrols to the scene as Texas Rangers and Red Cross crews aid search and rescue amid chaotic scenes of wreckage and grieving families.
Henderson Texas reports on the London Consolidated school, once touted as the nation’s finest rural school, hidden in the Texas oil belt. The district spans about thirty square miles with a valuation near one million dollars. Oil wealth financed its rise, development, and expansive facilities before the catastrophic explosion devastated the community.
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