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At 10:19 AM, on September 15, 1963, there was an explosion, generally believed to have been caused by ten or more sticks of dynamite, at the 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabawa (Negro), taking the lives of four children, who were among approximately 100 - 125 people in attendance at Sunday School, Twenty or more persons were injured. The church is located at the corner of 6th Avenue and 16th Street, North, near the downtown section of the city. The point of impact was outside the church, a brick building, on the 16th Etreet side under some concrete steps and egeinst the wall. Damage to the church building was estimated to be $30,000 - $40,000 and undetermined amount of damage to surrounding buildings. This church had been a meeting place in the past for racial demonstrators. This bombing, one of a series in the recent past in Birmingham, is possibly attributable to racial extremists. The crime scene search has failed to develop evidence incivcating that the explosion was detonated by any specific type of detonator, It is unknown at this point whether a fuse or a timing mechanism was used, Birmingham newspapers on September 18, 1963, state that a fund for rewards in this case has reached $76,000, UNKNOWN SUBJECT; Explosion at 1601 Center Street, South, Birmingham, Alabama, September 25, 1963, BOMBING M&TTERS Birmingham file | 157-407 et About 1:30 AM, September 25, 1963, persons in the vicinity of 1601 Center Street, South, a well maintained Negro neighborhood of medium priced homes, reported an explo- sion to the Police Department. At 1:45 AM, a second explo- sion of greater intensity, possibly several sticks of dyuamite AY