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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 18
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RE: SUMMARY OF FaCTS CONCERNING
SIX MOST RECENT BIRMINGHAM
BOMBINGS
that a fund for rewards in this case has reached $76,000,
UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; Explosion at 1601
Center Street, South, Birminghan,
Alabama, September 25, 1903
BOMBING MATTERS
Birmingham file 157-40OT-- - -
About 1:30 a.m., September 25, 1963, persons in the
vicinity of 1601 Center Street, South, a well maintained Negro
neighborhood of medium priced homes, reported an explosion to
the Police Department. at 1:45 a.m., a second explosion of
greater intensity, possibly several sticks of dynamite,
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occurred at the corner adjacent to the captioned address.
This second explosion shattered a telephone pole, blew a
smali crater in the curbing and showered the neighborhood
with high oxidized nuts, bolts and other metal fragments,
Birmingham newspapers on September 18, 1963, state
which caused extensive shrapnel damage to surrounding property
but no injuries, Laboratory reports dynamite residues on
fragments, First explosion believed to have occurred within
ten feet of the second and was believed to be lure to cause
neighbors and police to be injured by the second blast,
Intensive investigation of ail of the above bombings
by Police Department, Sheriff's Office and FBI has failed to
develop positive information identifying the perpetrators.
This document contains neither recommendations nor
Flusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is
loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be
distributed outside your agency.
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