Rachel Mae Knotts

Rachel Mae Knotts

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  • Name Rachel Mae Knotts 
    Born 21 Jun 1924  TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 18 Mar 1937  Overton, Rusk Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: New London School Explosion 
    Buried Hamilton Beeman Cemetery, Retreat, Navarro Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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]
    Person ID I2612  Extended Families of Childress
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2020 

    Father Floyd Everett Knotts,   b. 4 May 1901, Angus, Navarro Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1989, Dallas, Dallas Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Love Martin,   b. 22 Dec 1905, TX Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1974, Navarro Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 23 Aug 1923  Navarro Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F916  Group Sheet

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  • Sources 
    1. [S40] Wikipedia.