PM, a spark in the school’s basement ignited a hidden gas leak. The result was an explosion so powerful it tore through the building—and a generation.

The addition of the manmade odor allows for people to quickly detect gas leaks to prevent accidental explosions similar to New London’s school. However, some of the local residents and survivors of ...

NEW LONDON — “To remember those that were ... a remembrance ceremony for the 88th anniversary of the London School explosion. Many attendees were descendants of those who survived the tragedy ...

NEW LONDON — Jean Davidson says her ... students and faculty members were tragically killed in an explosion that destroyed their school 87 years ago. By the time he was born three years later ...

In the heart of New London, the London Museum & Café stands ... and teachers who lost their lives in the devastating school explosion on March 18, 1937. A recent donation allowed for preservation ...

The London School explosion memorial site in New London, Texas, stands in front of the London School, now West Rusk High School. The cenotaph depicts students and teachers moving classes.

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Two unidentified workers clear debris from the New London School explosion in a photo taken after the deadly blast by American-Statesman photographer Neal Douglass in 1937.

“Some people moved away,” explains Jean Davidson, a longtime volunteer and former coordinator of the New London Texas School Explosion Museum. “It was a transient community, so they just ...