Henderson Times, Mar. 25, 1937
F. B. Doles, oil field worker, was
one of the many witnesses of the crumbling of London high school building last
Thurs. afternoon, following the gas explosion in its basement. He said there was
a brief flame that showed above the building as the roof rose in the air &
sank down with the topling walls in ruins.
Many corpses of children were
seen on the outside of the wrecked building, some having been blown through the
doors & windows. In fact some of the few surviving children said they were
literally blown through the doors or windows.
The gathering up of the
dead on the outside of the ruins was followed at once by the taking of corpses
from the wrecked schoolhouse. Some parents were quickly at the scene, searching
for their dead children, while ambulances from all towns nearby took the injured
to homes & hospitals.
The moans of the bereaved never ceased as the
hours of search went by and the crowd grew into thousands & greatly impeded
the relief work.