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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 11
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his granddaughter,
nithia. Wesley, 14.
BiThe man's solemn comment:
eThe Lord giveth and the Lord
aketh away."
‘he bodies of three n more € girl
a identified by broken, wail:
p , parents: :
They’. were’ Carol Robertson; .
6. ‘daughter | of Mr. ‘and Mrs.
Alvin Roberigon of 1021 Fifth
orth; Denise MeNair, 11,
f aughter of Mrs. Maxine Mc-
fair of Bessemer Rt, 4, and.
if die Mae Collins, 14, daugh-
r ‘of Mrs. Alice Collins of 232
Sixth’ Court West. :
ANGUISH WAS A living night-
injured Negroes
:. were rushed in by ambulances.
EThis was the immediate toll —
ken “by a dynamite explosion
during worship services Sunday
thao Givtaar Ceeant Ragen
at wie Sixteenth Street AER
Baptist Church, near downtown
Birmingham.
Three white persons were
treated at University Hospital in
the ensuing hours for cuts and
hroicac from rocke hurled hy
Nerve irom fOcks ured By
egroes. One of them was ad-
initted. ot ae
- Ambulance sirens cut the ue
Sunday morning quietness on
Southside, beginning about
| “10235 a.m, : .
= HUNDREDS OF curious per- ~
sons flocked to the hospital
emergency entrance.
- They were held back by ropes
strung around the entrance and. -
Zuards stationed at the door.
‘Within minutes. hospital offi-
lalewhad. summoned all avail-
able help.
” concussion.
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ee. er cae aod
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: 30 ambulances:
could get to the emergen ne
trance, ~ a
t4— then hacrite
outside ine hospital.
Inside families-of ‘the injuredy.
_and dead, were desperately: tr
ing to ‘get “information: ”
f.
Mrs. Helon Salter, 54, a W ite
woman, was brought in and ad-
“We were riding throug he |
‘Grea where the bomb went, off
going to the airport and mom-
2ma was hit with a brick,” Mrs.
Salter’ 'S Son relaied. ‘She ‘lives -
at 150 Brook Lane _ Drive.
A “WHITE MAN, James R.
“Slimp, 51, ‘of 329 25th Street
SW, was hit by a brick. He was
treated and reléased.
of Chicago, on their honeymoon,
passed through the bombing
area. Mrs. Allen was struck by
a rock and was treated and re-
leased at the hospital.
~ Several other white people
‘were brought in for lacerations
One Negro man, who was
upstairs when the bomb went
OF, said he tried desperately
to keep other from panicking.
B. H. WILSON SR. a trustee
of the church, said he helped to
lead people out of the church.
After about three hours things
were back to normal at the hos-
pital and most of the injured
had been treated and released. -
The efficient mannewiswhigh
.:, HOSPITAL GUARDS dispersed, -
: “crowds of Negroes who gathered =
Mr. and Mrs. Michael ‘allen’
.of the head and face caiised by ~
“thrown bricks and rocks. .
‘ Court North; Georgia McCar-:
ter, 65, 200 Fourth Ave. ‘South: | .
the Rey. J. H., “Pullen, 6520 |
58th Ave: North:- Charles” Bry: 3
ara oe
an, Bal isth Way.
jmy “Cross, , |
10th Ave. , South.
‘8am Zeigler, 68, ai) uth ‘Ave, '
ors “4 et
OE LiL, . Geor gia. Johnson, Potire-d
‘Sixth Ave. North:
' Jones, 12, no address; Lifitan
; Pollard, 24, 57 Ninth Ave. North; -
Sarah Collins, 10, address net
~, available; William Griar, 43, OL:
'yath “Court ~ West: ’ ‘Bernaditie *
: ‘Mathews, 15, 1816 Center Way |
SOuth. . ae ran
3)
Aero ee
Norin, cris
ja nn eed
J no address :
“available; Joseph Parrish, I :
‘Jonathan
(Indicate page, name af
newspaper, city and state.)
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THE BIRMINGHAM
POST -HLKALD
BIRMINGHAM, ALAGAMS
Date: 9/16/63
Edition: REG OTAR PINAL
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