NEW LONDON, Texas (KLTV) - Wednesday marked 89 years since a gas explosion killed 311 students and teachers at the New London School. The New London explosion is the deadliest school disaster in the ...
A gas explosion ripped through the school in New London, killing nearly 300 children and their teachers.
RUSK COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - March 18, 1937 started as a normal school day for students of New London. As the day winded down, a shop teacher, Lemmie Butler, went to turn on an electric sander in his ...
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A Texas school day was almost over - seconds later, the school exploded without warning
The New London School explosion in Texas began with something no one inside could see or smell: a hidden gas leak building beneath the classrooms. There was no obvious fire, no alarm, and almost no ...
Eighty-nine years ago, East Texas was forever changed. On the anniversary of great loss, the New London community came together Wednesday to remember the 294 lives lost in the tragic 1937 London ...
RUSK COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) - On March 18, 1937, a natural gas leak led to an explosion at the New London School in Rusk County, Texas. Close to 300 students and teachers were killed, and only about 130 ...
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