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Priest braves gas to read rites over blast victims

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Order Number	00099392
Title	Priest braves gas to read rites over blast victims
Photographer	Worden, Art.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 41
Date	1950
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;20 x 24 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Description	Photograph caption dated August 22, 1950 reads, "While hoses spray the still gaseous air, Father James P. Manning (arrow), a visitor here from New York, risks personal injury today as he solmenly [sic] reads last rites over gas-blasted pit where three workers were entombed in explosion at Seventh street near Main street. He donned fire clothes for protection. Battalion Chief H. M. Norville holds [caption cut] fire hat over Bible to protect it also."
Subject	Priests--New York (State). Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles. Explosions--California--Los Angeles. Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--California--Los Angeles. Natural gas--Accidents--California--Los Angeles. Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection