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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Fascinating about your grandfather.
Yeah, it is a shame that more Americans aren't aware of the explosion. Several hundred children were killed. It holds the record in the U.S. for deadliest school disaster in the country. I wonder if it is not mentioned because it was not done deliberately--terrorism, etc. It does get mentioned occasionally in the news when there is violence with deaths at a school in modern times.
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437 school children, 10 teachers and 1 5 year old.
The reason for the explosion was no one could smell the gas, as natural gas is odorless.
If the Texas legislation had passed the odorant bill in 1935 or 1936, the explosion would not have happened.
They passed the bill on May 18, 1937. The explosion was March 18, 1937.