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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 4

105 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Terrorism · Topic: 16th Street Church Bombing · 104 pages OCR'd
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Alabans, ees eee cee c OeaTen OL the church, which was } morning of September 15, 1963. The search consisted of a piece-by-piece examina~ tion af all debris in the ladies lounge of the church and — rooms immediately adjacent to the ladies lounge, the bomb crater and area immediately surrounding it, for any material of value that would assist in identifying the type and phy~ sical make-up of the bomb device used. The following material, found in the ladies lounge, ladies restroom adjacent to the lounge, and the room west of and adjacent to the lounge was obtained for further Laboratory examination in an effort to identify the explosive substance used from possible explosive residues that may be present: coverings over the windows (1) Pieces of heavy gauge wire from the screen in th lounge. (2) Pieces of window frame from the windows in the ladiés lounge. (3) Fragments of drapery material that covered the windows in the ladies lounge. (4) Part of the metal frame of the wire screen covering the windows in the ladies lounge. (5) Scrapings from window 6111 in ladies lounge. No burned safety fuse, fragments of a timing device, container fragments, fragnents of blasting or electric blasting | caps, wires, igniter fragments, or other materials which could i be associated with a bomb, were found. t 9/16/63 Birmingham, Alabama BH 157-352
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