Bath School District Disaster
Mar. 1st, 2010 09:54 amI'd never heard of the Bath School District Disaster until it came up during a forum discussion about the guy in Texas who flew his plane into the tax office as an earlier example of someone annoyed at paying taxes (amongst other things) who took a pretty extreme means of making that clear.
This link to a reproduction of a pamphlet published just after the disaster commemorating the victims and explaining - as much as you can - the lead up to the tragedy is really great though. As a period piece it's fascinating. As a reminder that crazy people have been around forever it's kind of chilling.
This link to a reproduction of a pamphlet published just after the disaster commemorating the victims and explaining - as much as you can - the lead up to the tragedy is really great though. As a period piece it's fascinating. As a reminder that crazy people have been around forever it's kind of chilling.
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Date: 2010-03-03 11:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-04 04:33 am (UTC)Oh and murders his wife and few other prominent citizens for good measure.
Reading the pamphlet though, what's interesting is the level-headedness of the writer towards the increased property tax - yes, it's higher for a couple of years, but at the end of it we'll have a local school which will benefit the community at large. That sentiment seems to have gone missing in some places I think.
The other interesting thing was how many of the kids were either a lot younger or a lot older than their grade - obviously there was more leeway and kids would come and go according to the amount of work needing to be done on the farm.