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1924 - 1937 (12 years) Submit Photo / Document
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Name |
Rachel Mae Knotts |
Born |
21 Jun 1924 |
TX |
Gender |
Female |
Died |
18 Mar 1937 |
Overton, Rusk Co., TX |
Cause: New London School Explosion |
Buried |
Hamilton Beeman Cemetery, Retreat, Navarro Co., TX |
Notes |
The New London School explosion occurred on March 18, 1937, when a natural gas leak caused an explosion, destroying the New London School of the city of New London, Texas.[1] The disaster killed in excess of 295 students and teachers, making it the worst catastrophe to take place in a U.S. school building.
Estimates of the number dead vary from 296 to 319, but that number could be much higher, as many of the residents of New London at the time were transient oilfield workers, and there is no way to determine for certain how many of these roughnecks collected the bodies of their children in the days following the disaster, and returned them to their respective homes for burial. Approximately 600 students and 40 teachers were in the building at the time; only about 130 escaped without serious injury.
As of 2008, the New London School explosion is the third deadliest disaster in the history of Texas, after the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, and the 1947 Texas City Disaster. [1]
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Person ID |
I2612 |
Extended Families of Childress |
Last Modified |
8 Jun 2020 |
Father |
Floyd Everett Knotts, b. 4 May 1901, Angus, Navarro Co., TX , d. 10 Nov 1989, Dallas, Dallas Co., TX (Age 88 years) |
Mother |
Love Martin, b. 22 Dec 1905, TX , d. 10 May 1974, Navarro Co., TX (Age 68 years) |
Married |
23 Aug 1923 |
Navarro Co., TX |
Family ID |
F916 |
Group Sheet |
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| Buried - - Hamilton Beeman Cemetery, Retreat, Navarro Co., TX |
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