EXPLOSION IN CHURCH
(N.Z.P.A.-
-Reuter,
Six Of Congregation Killed; Dozens injured
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Received Mondav, 11.45 a.m. URW YQRK, April 10. Six elderiy worshippers were killed and "dozens ' iniured today when an ' exnlosion destroyed St. Marv's Catholic Church at Marion, Squth Daj^pta, whi.ch was fljleH with* "people ^F^itbig Palm Sunday 'Mass.' The explosion blew out twp walls. Thp'rqpf rP3,e in the air and thpn crashed dpwn pn the con^ gregation kneeling in the pews. An electric fan had been turned on because the church was packed and hot.* Immediatelv there was a terrific exnlosion in the basement. The poliGe belieye that a snark from a short circuit ignited fumes from a fuel furnace.The soimd of the exnlosion and the screams nf the injured and tranned worshippers broueht almost everv person in the small fown of Marion (population 750) to +he scene. They began digging in the ruins. Amonar the injured was Rev. •Toseph Zimmerman, who was wait!ne in the sacrlsty to enter the alta r when the explosion occurred. His ieg was broken.
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 April 1949, Page 5
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