NEW LONDON, Texas (KLTV) - Wednesday marked 89 years since a gas explosion killed 311 students and teachers at the New London School. The New London explosion is the deadliest school disaster in the ...
RUSK COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - March 18, 1937 started as a normal school day for students of New London. As the day winded down, a shop teacher, Lemmie Butler, went to turn on an electric sander in his ...
89 years since New London school explosion |The Backstory A gas explosion ripped through the school in New London, killing nearly 300 children and their teachers.