Community and Faith Leaders Remember West Rusk School Tragedy on Its 88th Anniversary
New London, Texas – Memorial echoes filled the air as the West Rusk Alumni Association and community members gathered at West Rusk High School to honor the 88th anniversary of the catastrophic New London school explosion. The remembrance took place beside a solemn cenotaph, an enduring reminder of the lives tragically lost in the 1937 disaster. The 1937 explosion, stemming from a natural gas leak ignited by a spark in a metal shop, obliterated the …