LONDON SCHOOL EXPLOSION
OF 1937
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NOTE: This was a hard page for me to add. The circumstances and some of the stories are absolutely heart-wrenching since the explosion killed mostly children. In many cases, the entire 2nd generation of New London/London families were gone afterwards. I am very greatful that my children are healthy & alive & I just can't imagine the heartache this awful tragedy must have caused or how the parents & community must have suffered. I am putting the stories in as they appeared in the Henderson Times, a weekly local paper that came out every Thurs. The first article was written on the day it happened & was the only article in that paper written about it on that day. The rest are from the following week's paper. The 2nd story gives a little background information on the teachers. Most of the others are just very short accounts of misc. information with the exception of "One Rescue Story Was Vividly Told" which is a long account of what happened. Many names are mentioned throughout these articles, not just London people, & the last item is a list of the known victims which appeared in the paper on Mar. 25, 1937. I have used the newspaper accounts exclusively since I just didn't have the heart to write my own story on this...

greendot.gif (1005 bytes)THE ONLY ARTICLE THE DAY IT HAPPENED

greendot.gif (1005 bytes)LONDON FACULTY HARD HIT IN THE EXPLOSION

greendot.gif (1005 bytes)MOVE STARTED FOR MEMORIAL TO LONDON DEAD (abstract)

greendot.gif (1005 bytes)MANY OBSERVERS OF THE GAS EXPLOSION

greendot.gif (1005 bytes)AMERICAN LEGION SETS UP REHABILITATION COMMITTEE (abstract)

greendot.gif (1005 bytes)BURIED 300 BODIES ON LAST SATURDAY

greendot.gif (1005 bytes)LIFTS MARTIAL LAW GUARDS WITHDRAW FROM LONDON AREA

greendot.gif (1005 bytes)ONE RESCUE STORY WAS VIVIDLY TOLD

greendot.gif (1005 bytes)LIST OF THOSE LOSING THEIR LIVES IN LONDON EXPLOSION

greendot.gif (1005 bytes)From The  Memory of William N. Grigg, student (Nov 1999)

greendot.gif (1005 bytes) Memories of the 1937 London School explosion (Mar 2001)