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| Title | Prison Collapse During Civil War |
| Abstract | Brief description about the collapse of the "large three-story building in the Metropolitan Block, McGee's Addition, owned by G. C. Bingham," killing four of the nine women prisoners inside the building being used as a makeshift prison guard house. Incident led to raid on Lawrence by Quantrill and his men. |
| Date | August/14/1863 |
| Source | Kansas City Daily Journal of Commerce |
| Location | Microfilm: Newspapers--Missouri--Kansas City |
| Page | 3:01 |
| Local Subject | Civil War
Prisons
Metropolitan Block
Border Warfare
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| Illustrations | No |
| Item Type | Newspaper Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 102216 |
| CONTENTdm number | 22021 |
