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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 18

124 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Sep 15, 1963 · Broad topic: Terrorism · Topic: 16th Street Church Bombing · 120 pages OCR'd
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POW er: 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, ~ oem Al ~ as 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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