The New London School explosion occurred on March 18, 1937, when a natural gas leak caused an explosion, destroying the London School of New London, Texas, a community in Rusk County previously known as "London". The disaster killed 425 students and teachers, making it the worst catastrophe to take place in a U.S. school building.
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