Title supplied by cataloger. Students and teachers from Tweedy Elementary School were evacuated from the area of a chlorine gas leak in South Gate. The gas leak occurred when men working on a line that carries chlorine from freight cars to a bleach plant accidentally ruptured the pipe at Purex Corp., located at Firestone Boulevard and Rayo Avenue. Photograph dated February 22, 1986.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;24 x 33 cm. on sheet 29 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Chlorine--Accidents--California--South Gate Fire fighters--California--South Gate Allied health personnel--California--South Gate Ambulances--California--South Gate Dwellings--California--South Gate Streets--California--South Gate South Gate (Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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