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Texas School Explosion Claims 426 Children
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keywords: tragedies and disasters, natural gas explosion, consolidated grade and high school, mass casualties
Synopsis: The Consolidated Grade And High School in New London Texas is completely destroyed caused by a natural gas explosion with 426 children victims in this horrific disaster...(read more)
- Date: 1937
- Duration: 00:02:20
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Texas School Explosion Claims 426 Children
426 Children die in explosion at the Consolidated Grade and High School in New London, Texas due to a natural gas leak on March 18, 1937. Scenes of rescue workers work digging through the concrete and masonry debris to reach the bodies of the children. Shows a automobile crushed by a large piece of concrete thrown clear of the building.
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- Newsreels: 1937 - March 20
