Natural gas explosion kills 300 students

Thursday, March 18 The 77th day of the year 288 days left Today in History Nearly 300 students in Texas are killed by an explosion of natural gas at their school on March 18, 1937. The Consolidated School of New London, Texas, sat in the middle of a large oil and natural gas field. The area was dominated by 10,000 oil derricks, 11 of which s...

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