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New London School explosion. The New London School explosion occurred on March 18, 1937, when a natural gas leak caused an explosion and destroyed the London School in New London, Texas, United States. [1] The disaster killed more than 300 students and teachers. As of 2021, the event is the third-deadliest disaster in the history of Texas ...
Rusk County is a county located in Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 52,214. [1] Its county seat is Henderson. [2] The county is named for Thomas Jefferson Rusk, a secretary of war of the Republic of Texas . Rusk County is part of the Longview, Texas metropolitan area and the Longview-Marshall combined statistical area .
New London is a city in Rusk County, Texas, United States.The population was 958 at the 2020 census.. United States Post Office in New London, Texas. New London was originally known as just "London", but because Kimble County had already established a US Post Office station named London, the town changed its name to "New London" in 1931.
November 8, 2023 at 11:44 AM. An explosion has triggered a large fire at a chemical plant in Shepherd, Texas, sending massive plumes of black smoke into the sky. The "plant explosion" and ...
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Two massive explosions 13 hours apart tore through a Texas chemical plant Wednesday, and one left three workers injured. The blasts blew out windows and doors of nearby homes and prompted a ...
1937 At 3:17 p.m. on March 18, 1937, with just minutes left in the school day and more than 500 students and teachers inside the building, a natural gas explosion leveled most of New London High School in Rusk County, Texas. Odorless natural gas had leaked into the basement and ignited, killing 298 children, most in grades 5 to 11.
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