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Short Stuff: The Church Choir That Didn't Explode

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The Miraculous Escape from a Choir Explosion

This chapter details the catastrophic explosion of the Westside Baptist Church in Beatrice, Nebraska, on March 1, 1950, caused by a gas leak. Remarkably, all 15 choir members narrowly escaped the disaster by arriving late for practice that evening.

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