A model of the New London school shows what the basement looked like under the school, where natural gas was built up underneath the school. (The New London Texas School Explosion Museum) It wasn’t ...

New London, Texas (United Press) --A military board of inquiry was established today to determine the cause of an explosion that "wrecked the world's largest rural school and killed approximately ...

West Rusk ISD students from grades 5-11 lay flowers at the New London School Explosion Memorial Cenotaph on Tuesday, 88 years after the tragedy which killed nearly 300 students and teachers.

A planned memorial service to remember the 88th Anniversary of the London School Explosion of March 18, 1937 is to be Tuesday, March 18 at 2:15 p.m. at the foot of the London Cenotaph, Highway 42 ...

OVERTON, Texas (KLTV) - In 1937, the community of New London, Texas, experienced a tragedy that grabbed the world’s attention and sympathy. On March 18th, 1937, at 3:17pm, students and teachers ...

NEW LONDON — “To remember those that were lost” is the mission of the West Rusk Alumni Association, which joined community members Tuesday during a remembrance ceremony for the 88th ...