Virginia Loe
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Virginia Allene Loe (1924 - 1937)

Virginia Allene Loe
Born [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at age 13 in New London, Rusk, Texas, United Statesmap
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Biography

Space:New London, Texas, School Explosion

13 year old Virginia was killed in the New London school explosion. Daughter of John Wheeler Loe Sr & Alice Lillian Adams.



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 more than 295 students and teachers. As of 2017, the event is the third deadliest disaster in the history of Texas, after the 1900 Galveston hurricane and the 1947 Texas City disaster.

London School did not publish a yearbook in 1937, instead substituting a memorial book that recognized all of the students and teachers who had died during the disaster.

Sources

  • 1930 Us census
  • Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
  • Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982




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