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1928 Bond Dance Hall Explosion...
1928 Bond Dance Hall Explosion...
Item # 703962
April 15, 1928
KANSAS CITY JOURNAL, Missouri, April 15, 1928
* Bond Dance Hall explosion disaster
* West Plains, Missouri unsolved mystery
* Coverage in closest large city to the disaster
The front page has 1 1/2 columns of coverage of the horrible Bond Dance Hall fire in West Plains, Missouri with articles headed: "SCREAMS HAUNT BLAST WITNESS", & "BLAST PROBE ON WHEN TOLL MOUNTS TO 39", and "THE IDENTIFIED DEAD". One subhead includes, (witness says), "Dance Hall Explosion Most Harrowing Experience of My Life." Detailed descriptions of the event paint a horrific scene. As of the present, the cause of the disaster remains a mystery.
Complete in 40 pages, good condition for the era, however, must be handled with care.
Category: The 20th Century