School Explosion Monument - New London, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 32° 14.355 W 094° 56.517
15S E 317035 N 3568609
A natural gas explosion on March 18, 1937, killed around 300 students and teachers. A towering monument marks the site, and a museum across the street displays artifacts salvaged from the rubble
Waymark Code: WM11M2J
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/10/2019
Views: 2
Roadside America"A monument to the greatest school disaster in the U.S. is at the scene in New London, located in the median of Highway 42 across from the new school. An explosion on March 18, 1937 -- from a natural gas leak -- killed 311 students and teachers. There is a very good museum across the highway. The story was one of the first covered by news reporter Walter Cronkite, a young man at the time."