New London School explosion

The New London School was a school in New London, Rusk County, Texas. It was built in 1932.

The school was heated with natural gas. A gas explosion on March 18, 1937 cost 295 people their lives. The school was re- built on the site. She is, after a merger with the Gaston ISD today West Rusk High School.

The State of Texas decreed by law that the addition of methanethiol to natural gas as a warning possibility of a gas dispersion. The practice was adopted worldwide.