LOUISIANA, Mo. â Itâs been 90 years since a big kaboom rocked Louisiana, and no one has been brought to justice.
A tremendous explosion decimated the newly-opened Clark Theatre on the southeast corner of Fourth and Georgia streets in downtown Louisiana.
It happened at 2:20 a.m. Thursday, May 28, 1931. No one was killed or injured, but the blast remains a mystery.
A Louisiana night watchman reported spotting two men in a parked car on the otherwise vacant street near the theater 35 minutes before the explosion, but did not question them.
Dynamite placed at the Clarkâs front door tore a three-foot hole in the sidewalk. An iron pillar was the only thing holding up the second floor after concrete a foot thick was blown away.
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