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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 34
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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
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