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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 34

249 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Sep 15, 1963 · Broad topic: Terrorism · Topic: 16th Street Church Bombing · 244 pages OCR'd
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QO ») PAGE THREE. COVERED WINDOW AND BOMB COULD HAVE BEEN EASILY CONCEALED ON OR NEXT TO WINDOW SILL UNDER STAIRWAY. F@RCE OF EXPLOSION DEMOLISHED U-SHAPED CRATER IN FIRM EARTH NEXT TO WINDOW SILL MEASURED APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET IN WIDTH TAPERING TO A LENGTH OF FOUR FEET AND MEASURED APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET IN DEPTH. SILL OF DOUBLE WINDOW CONSISTED OF SOLID PIECE OF LIMESTONE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT FEET IN LENGTH SHATTERED BY BLAST. LARGE PIECES LIMESTONE PROPELLED INTO LADIES LOUNGE OF WHICH DOUBLE WINDOW WAS A PART. A HOLE APPROXIMATELY SEVEN FEET SQUARE IN PARTITION AT BACK OF LADIES LOUNGE OPPOSITE DOUBLE WINDOW ALSO CAUSED BY PROPELLED BRICK AND STONE FROM BLAST. FRAME OF DOUBLE WINDOW AND GLASS PANES SHATTERED. HEAVY WIRE MESH SCREEN OVER OUTSIDE OF DOUBLE WINDOW BADLY DISTORTED AND "i BROKEN FROM FRAME PROPELLED INTO LADIES LOUNGE. PRINCIPAL BOMB | . DAMAGE TO CHURCH CONFINED TO LADIES LOUNGE AND ADJOINING REST ROOM | HOWEVER, EVERY WINDOW AND EVERY ROOM IN THE CHURCH, AS WELL AS THE i SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSEMBLY ROOM AND MAIN CHURCH AUDITORIUM WAS AFFECTED yn BY THE BLAST. { NEIGHBORHOOD. me TEN ADDITIONAL PERSONS WHO WERE IN VICINITY OF BOMBING SCENE END PAGE THREE.
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