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Kehoe passed them in his truck on the road toward the school, and they saw him arrive there. His truck swerved and stopped in front of the building. In the next instant, according to the linemen, the truck blew up, and one of them was struck by shrapnel. Other witnesses testified that Kehoe paused after stopping, calling Huyck over to the truck and that the two men struggled before Kehoe's truck was blown up.

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community. Aid was tendered freely in the hope that the grief of those who lost loved ones might be even slightly mitigated." The Red Cross managed donations sent to pay for medical expenses of the survivors and the burial costs of the deceased. In a few weeks, US$ 5,284.15 (equivalent to $ 92,685 in 2023) was raised through donations, including $ 2,500 from the Clinton County

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behind the truck's front seat, whch could have been the explosives that detonated the truck explosion. The explosion was so powerful that identifying the exact model of gun that set off the truck or even what exactly did set off the truck was impossible but the inference from the testimony is that Kehoe shooting off the Winchester was the detonator.

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it as a show of sympathy and support from surrounding communities. Burials of individual victims started that Friday, two days after the disaster. Funerals and burials continued on Saturday and Sunday until all the dead were buried. For a time following the tragedy the town and Kehoe's burned-out farm continued to attract curiosity seekers.

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men were at work tearing away the debris of the school, and nearly as many women were frantically pawing over the timber and broken bricks for trace of their children. I saw more than one woman lift clusters of brick held together by mortar heavier than the average man would think of handling without

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Using the word "disaster" to describe this event is a historic term. "Bath School disaster" is what the event's survivors called it, as did contemporaneous news accounts, historic documents, plus area memorials and current Michigan State historic markers. Reliable sources include human-made disasters

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3, 2008, the town announced that tombstones had been donated for Emilie and Robert Bromundt, the last two bombing victims whose graves were still unmarked. A grant from a foundation paid for the grave markers. In September 2014, a gravestone was installed at the grave of Richard A. Fritz, whose death

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Hundreds of people worked in the wreckage all day and into the night in an effort to find and rescue any children pinned underneath. Area contractors sent all their men to assist, and many other people came to the scene in response to pleas for help. Eventually, thirty-four firefighters and the chief

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H. Bush and several other men crawled through a broken window of the farmhouse in search of survivors. When they found no one in the house, they salvaged what furniture they could before the fire spread into the living room. Bush discovered dynamite in the corner; he picked up an armful of explosives

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There is no clear indication of when Kehoe had the idea of massacring the schoolchildren and townspeople, but Ellsworth, who was a neighbor, thought that he conceived his plan after being defeated in the 1926 clerk election. The consensus of the townspeople was that he had worked on his plan at least

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for one year. He argued strongly for lower taxes, and later superintendent of the board M. W. Keyes said that he "fought the expenditure of money for the most necessary equipment". Kehoe was considered difficult to work with, often voting against the rest of the board, wanting his own way and arguing

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During the Coroner's Inquest Clinton County Prosecutor Searl, when questioning witnesses mentions a rifle/the rifle at least 17 times. He also established that Kehoe seemed to only own a Winchester and that two weeks before the disaster, Kehoe had at least 1000 cartridges for the Winchester in a box

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grade class wrote: "Even if we are small, we understand all the sorrow and misfortune that has struck our dear brothers". Another Italian class wrote: "We are praying to God to give to the unfortunate mothers and fathers, the strength to bear the great sorrow that has descent on them, we are near to

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Nellie was discharged from Lansing's St. Lawrence Hospital on May 16, and was murdered by her husband some time between her release and the bombings two days later. Kehoe put her body in a wheelbarrow at the rear of the farm's chicken coop, where it was found in a heavily charred condition after the

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22, three months after the bombing, fourth-grader Beatrice Gibbs died following hip surgery. Hers was the 45th and final death directly attributable to the Bath School disaster, which made the event the deadliest attack ever to occur in an American school to date. Richard Fritz, whose older sister

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Kehoe's neighbor Sidney J. Howell testified that after the fire began at the Kehoe farm, Kehoe warned him and three men to leave there, saying, "Boys, you are my friends, you better get out of here, you better go down to the school." Three telephone linemen working near Bath Township testified that

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Vehicles from outlying areas and surrounding states descended upon Bath Township by the thousands. Over 100,000 vehicles passed through on Saturday alone, an enormous amount of traffic for the area. Some residents regarded this as an unwarranted intrusion into their time of grief, but most accepted

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that night to answer telephone calls, update the list of dead and injured, and provide information and planning services for the following day. The local community responded generously, as reported at the time by the Associated Press: "a sympathetic public assured the rehabilitation of the stricken

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The north wing of the school had collapsed, leaving the edge of the roof on the ground. Ellsworth recalled that "there was a pile of children of about five or six under the roof". He volunteered to drive back to his farm and get a rope heavy enough to pull the school roof off the children's bodies.

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proceedings. Following the disaster, the local sheriff who had served the foreclosure notice reported that Kehoe had muttered, "If it hadn't been for that $ 300 school tax I might have paid off this mortgage". Mrs. Price, the mortgage holder, also reported that Kehoe had stated, "If I can't live in

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Kehoe married Ellen "Nellie" Price in 1912, at the age of 40. Seven years later they moved to a farm outside Bath Township. Kehoe was said to be dependable, doing favors and volunteer work for his neighbors. He was also described as being notoriously impatient with any disagreement; he had shot and

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A life-size bronze statue of a happy little girl holding a kitten in her arms, the work of Carleton W. Angell, artist, and member of the faculty of the Colleges of Engineering and Architecture, will commemorate the Bath School disaster of May 18, 1927. The memorial, which will be completed in four

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Eugene Hart, sitting on the bank a short distance from the school with a little dead girl on each side of her and holding a little boy, Percy, who died a short time after they got him to the hospital. This was about the time Kehoe blew his car up in the street, severely wounding Perry, the oldest

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In the early 1920s the area was primarily agricultural. After years of debate, Bath Township voters approved the creation of a consolidated school district in 1922, along with an increase in township property taxes to pay for a new school. When the school opened, it had 236 students enrolled from

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In 1922, the Bath Township school tax was $ 12.26 for every $ 1000 valuation of a property, with the valuation on Kehoe's farm being $ 10,000 (equivalent to $ 182,028 in 2023). In 1923 the school board raised the tax to $ 18.80 per thousand dollar valuation and in 1926 the taxes went up to $

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men at work tearing away the debris of the school, and nearly as many women were frantically pawing over the timber and broken bricks for traces of their children. I saw more than one woman lift clusters of bricks held together by mortar heavier than the average man could have handled without a

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during an explosion. He also bought a new set of tires for his truck to avoid breaking down when transporting the explosives. He made many trips to Lansing for more explosives, as well as to the school, the township, and his house. Ida Hall, who lived in a house next to the school, saw activity

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During the search for survivors and victims, rescuers found an additional 500 lb (230 kg) of dynamite which had failed to detonate in the south wing of the school. The search was halted to allow the state police to disarm the devices, and they found an alarm clock timed to go off at

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The coroner arrived at the scene on the day of the disaster and swore in six community leaders that afternoon to serve as a jury investigating the death of Superintendent Huyck. Informal testimony had been taken on May 19 and the formal coroner's inquest started on May 23. The Clinton County

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before Kehoe detonated the explosives stored in his truck, immediately killing himself, Huyck, retired farmer Nelson McFarren, and Cleo Clayton, an 8-year-old second-grader. Clayton had survived the first blast and then wandered out of the school building; he was killed by shrapnel from the

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at a sporting goods store. Dynamite was also commonly used on farms, so his purchase of small amounts of explosives at different stores and on different dates did not raise any suspicions. Neighbors reported hearing explosions on the farm, with one calling him "the dynamite farmer".

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After his mother's death, Kehoe's father married a much younger widow, Frances Wilder, and a daughter was born. On September 17, 1911, as his stepmother attempted to light the family's oil stove, it exploded and set her on fire. Kehoe threw a bucket of water on her, but the fire was

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around the building on different nights during May. Early one morning after midnight she saw a man carrying objects inside. She also saw vehicles around the building several times late at night. Hall mentioned these events to a relative but they were never reported to police.

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arrived during the afternoon of the disaster and assisted in the relief work, carting bricks away from the scene. The Lawrence Baking Company of Lansing sent a truck filled with pies and sandwiches which were served to rescuers in the township's community hall.

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I went down there to use their telephone last winter, about February 1927, and he had just been shooting at the target. When I got through using the telephone, he showed me his new thirty Winchester bolt action rifle that he had bought two or three months

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Mrs. Joseph Rose, one of three sisters of Mrs. Kehoe, said that two severe accidents which befell the farmer, may have been responsible for his mental condition. 'Andrew fell while attending an electrical school at St Louis. He was semi-conscious for two

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The board demolished the damaged portion of the school and constructed a new wing with the donated funds. During the reconstruction dynamite was found in the building on three separate occasions. The James Couzens Agricultural School was dedicated on

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young shade trees to kill them and cutting off his grapevine plants before putting them back on their stumps to hide the damage. He gathered lumber and other materials and put them in the tool shed which he later destroyed with an incendiary bomb.

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19.80. This meant that Kehoe's tax liability went from $ 122.60 in 1922 (equivalent to $ 2,232 in 2023) to $ 198.00 in 1926 (equivalent to $ 3,408 in 2023). In June 1926 Kehoe was notified that the widow of his wife's uncle, who held the

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This sets the Winchester's date of purchase at two to three months before February 1927, with the bombings (May 18, 1927) five or six months after purchase. Ellsworth's recollection was corroborated by Lt. Morse's testimony before the coroner's

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reported people as saying that Kehoe had "an ungovernable temper" and "seemed to have a mania for killing things". Neighbors testified that he had been wiring the buildings at his farm about that time and that he was evasive about his reasons.

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On the day of the disaster, Kehoe set off explosions at his farmstead and at the Bath Consolidated School, destroying his farm and ripping through the north wing of the school. As rescue efforts began, Kehoe drove up to the schoolyard in his

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a.m. Rescuers heading to the scene of the Kehoe farm fire heard the explosion at the school building and turned back in that direction. Parents within the rural community rushed to the school. The school building resembled a war zone, with

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and his action spread the flames more rapidly, which engulfed and immolated her body. The injuries were fatal and she died the next day. Some of Kehoe's later neighbors in Bath Township believed that he had caused the stove explosion.

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38 people were killed in the school bombing, 5 in the truck bombing (including Kehoe). He killed his wife at their farm sometime before the mass casualties and a 44th victim initially survived the school bombing but later died in the

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anniversary, was marked with a panel discussion at the Bath Middle School. On May 1, 2022, weeks short of the disaster's 95th anniversary, Irene Dunham, the last Bath School student from the time of the disaster, died at age 114.

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by Bath historian Gene H. Wilkins and M.J. Ellsworth (Timber Wolf Publishing, Bath MI, 2002) is available for onsite/Library use only at the Michigan State University Library Special Collections - Remote Rare Books through

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a.m. on Wednesday, May 18, Kehoe detonated the firebombs in his house and farm buildings, causing some debris to fly into a neighbor's poultry brooding house. Neighbors noticed the fire, and volunteers rushed to the scene.

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The truck explosion spread debris over a large area and caused extensive damage to cars parked a half-block away, with their roofs catching on fire from the burning gasoline. It injured several others and mortally wounded

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Governor Green quickly called for donations to aid the townspeople and created the Bath Relief Fund with the money supplied by donors, the state, and local governments. People from around the country donated to the fund.

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Telephone operators stayed at their stations for hours to summon doctors, undertakers, area hospital workers, and anyone else who might help. The Lansing Fire Department sent several firefighters and its chief. Local

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Mother after mother came running into the school yard, and demanded information about her child and, on seeing the lifeless form lying on the lawn, broke into sobs and swooned", he said. "In no time more than

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by Betty R. Damren and Samuel C. Damren. The Court Legacy. pp. 1–7. Lansing, Mich.: The Historical Society for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Volume XX, No. 1, February

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In 1975, the Couzens building was demolished and the site was redeveloped as the James Couzens Memorial Park, dedicated to the victims. At the center of the park is the Bath Consolidated School's original

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kg) of explosives under the south wing of the school that had been set to go off simultaneously with the initial explosion. Kehoe had apparently intended to destroy the entire school, and everyone in it.

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An analysis of the Bath school bombings of 1927, the largest pediatric terrorist disaster in U.S. history, provides an opportunity to gain perspective on pediatric patterns of injury and future disaster

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investigators had discovered that a considerable amount of dynamite had been stolen from a bridge construction site and that Kehoe was suspected of the theft. Investigators also recovered a container of

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Returning to his farm, he saw Kehoe driving in the opposite direction, heading toward the school. "He grinned and waved his hand," Ellsworth said. "When he grinned, I could see both rows of his teeth".

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incorrectly differs on one detail – he says that the fire happened when Kehoe was aged 14 but agrees with other sources on points of fact. He does mention the rumors that the stove was tampered with.

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Folks gather around the headstone of Marjorie Fritz, one of the children that died in the Bath School bombing eighty-one years ago, during a dedication ceremony at Mt. Hope Cemetery, May 21, 2008.

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at the age of eight. Although Richard is not included on many lists of the victims, his death from myocarditis is thought to have been directly caused by an infection resulting from his injuries.

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and St. Lawrence Hospital in Lansing. The construction of the St. Lawrence facility had been financed in large part by Lawrence Price, Nellie Kehoe's uncle and formerly an executive in charge of

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Mother after mother came running into the school yard, and demanded information about her child and, on seeing the lifeless form lying on the lawn, sobbed and swooned ... In no time more than 100

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The inquest determined that Kehoe murdered Huyck on the morning of May 18. It was also the jury's verdict that the school was blown up as part of a plan and that Kehoe alone, without the aid of

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Police and fire officials gathered at the Kehoe farm to investigate the fires there. State troopers had searched for Nellie Kehoe throughout Michigan, thinking that she was at a tuberculosis

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Kim D; Mosher BD; Morrison CA; Parker-Lee C; Opreanu RC; Stevens P; Moore S; Kepros JP (October 2010). "A modern analysis of a historical pediatric disaster: the 1927 Bath school bombing".

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Kehoe drove up to the school about half an hour after the first explosion. He saw Superintendent Emory Huyck and summoned him over to his truck. Charles Rawson testified at the coroner's

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On the fly leaf of one was written: Forest Robert Cochran, "Bobby," 3rd grade. "Bobby's" name already was included in the growing list of those who would not need school books anymore.

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5, 1927, and, for the 1927–1928 school year, was held in the community hall, township hall, and two retail buildings. Most of the surviving students returned. The board appointed O.

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As an example that such mass murderers have existed long before Whitman , consider a notorious case, the Bath School disaster of 1927, now long forgotten by most. Andrew Kehoe ...

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said that it "resonates powerfully for modern readers and reminds us that domestic terrorism and mass murder are sadly not just a product of our times". Medical experts writing in

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conducted the examination, and more than 50 people testified before the jury. During his testimony, David Hart stated that Kehoe had told him that he had "killed a horse" and

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set up an operations center at the Crum drugstore and took the lead in providing aid and comfort to the victims. The Lansing Red Cross headquarters stayed open until 11:30

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Kehoe's neighbor A. McMullen noted that Kehoe had stopped working on his farm altogether for most of the preceding year, and he had speculated that Kehoe was planning

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with the township financial authorities. He protested that he paid too much in taxes and tried to get the valuation of his property reduced so he would pay less.

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People from across the world expressed sympathy to the families and the community of Bath Township, including letters from some Italian schoolchildren. One 5th

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Although there was never any doubt that Kehoe was the perpetrator, the jury was asked to determine if the school board or its employees were guilty of

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a.m. Kehoe had set an alarm clock in the basement of the school's north wing which detonated the dynamite and pyrotol he had hidden there at about 8:45

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18, 1928. The Kehoe farm was completely plowed to ensure that no explosives were hidden in the ground and was sold at auction to pay the mortgage.

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in December 1926, according to the testimony of Lieutenant Lyle Morse, a Michigan State Police investigator with the Department of Public Safety.

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could be seen through a slit in the cash box. Kehoe placed and wired homemade pyrotol firebombs in the house and throughout the farm buildings.

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in 1928 was attributed to injuries sustained in the explosion. The gravestone was paid for by an author writing about the disaster for a book.

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presented his personal check for $ 75,000 (equivalent to $ 1,315,517 in 2023) to the Bath construction fund to help build the new school.

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A documentary on the disaster was released in 2011, including interviews with various survivors which had been taped starting in 2004. May

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My Scrapbook on the Bath School Bombing of May 18th, 1927 with Many Never Before Published Photographs, Stories & Survivors' Quotes

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Kehoe had free access to the school building during the summer vacation of 1926. From mid-1926, he began buying more than a ton of

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of the Lansing Fire Department arrived, as did several Michigan State Police officers who managed traffic to and from the scene.

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in the second set of bombs, preventing them from detonating. They searched the building and then returned to the recovery work.

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Transcript of interviews with Donald Huffman and Willis Cressman (two survivors of the school explosions). StoryCorps Project,

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Eyewitnesses and survivors were interviewed afterwards by newspaper reporters. First-grade teacher Bernice Sterling told an

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H. Bush recalled that one of his crew bound up "the wounds of Glenn Smith, the postmaster. His leg had been blown off".

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characterized the disaster as "the largest pediatric terrorist disaster in U.S. history". Harold Schechter, who wrote

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his farm. Arriving at the site of the school explosion, Kehoe died when he set off explosives concealed in his truck.

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Prior to the day of the disaster, Kehoe had loaded the back seat of his truck with metal debris capable of producing

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farm explosions and fire. Piled around the cart were silverware and a metal cash box. The ashes of several

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other people. Prior to the explosions at the school, Kehoe had murdered his wife, Nellie Price Kehoe, and

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truck, he stopped to tell those fighting the fire that they should get to the school and then drove off.

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Kehoe, the 55-year-old school board treasurer, was angered by increased taxes and his defeat in the April

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The Forgotten Children of Bath: Media and Memory of the Bath School Bombing of 1927 (PhD Dissertation)

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The Forgotten Children of Bath: Media and Memory of the Bath School Bombing of 1927 (PhD Dissertation)

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Complete Transcript of Coroner's Inquest into the death of Bath School Superintendent Emory Huyck

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Death counts do not include deceased perpetrator(s). This navbox reflects information from

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Bath School Disaster Victim Final Resting Places (& biographies) - J. L. Daggy website

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Kehoe's body was claimed by one of his sisters and was buried in an unmarked grave in the

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months, is made possible by pennies contributed by pennies contributed by children of 111

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The disaster received nationwide coverage in the days following, sharing headlines with

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By the time of the bombing, Nellie Kehoe had become chronically ill with what resembled

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by Grant Parker (Liberty Press, 1992) – Online copy of Grant Parker's out of print book

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H. Bush". The inquest is an official government document, so his name is rendered as O.

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and what were described as "windmill rods" that were placed in the basement ceiling.

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The disaster is regarded by some as an act of terrorism. Arnie Bernstein, author of

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Marjorie was killed in the explosion, was injured and died almost one year later of

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for a period of several weeks. He later returned to Michigan and his father's farm.

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