A Waco Tribune-Herald article of 17 January 1988 on the power struggle between George Roden and Vernon Howell (later David Koresh) for control of the Branch Davidians, reporting a fire that destroyed a 500,000 dollar administration building and press at Mount Carmel in 1984 or 1985.
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Reliability Tier3
Tier 3: a Waco Tribune-Herald article of 17 January 1988 on the power struggle between George Roden and Vernon Howell (later David Koresh), stating a fire destroyed a 500,000 dollar administration building and printing press at Mount Carmel in 1984 or 1985, the paper naming no more precise date. The paper's own site now sits behind a TollBit paywall and could not be read directly by this pass; the article and its figure are confirmed through the Wikipedia article on David Koresh, which quotes the same passage with a direct footnote to it. Scored a tier lower for that access limitation, the treatment this program gave the UPI/Rajneeshpuram source at band fourteen, rather than for any doubt about the figure itself. Citation
PublisherWaco Tribune-Herald
Publication Year1988
URLhttps://wacotrib.com/news/branch_davidians/crying-in-the-wilderness-a-religious-commune-sets-up-a-dwelling-place-in-the-woods/article_43b35c71-6563-5c45-baea-cfaa2d2e5cd6.html
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This source names Mount Carmel directly: "administration building and press at Mount Carmel in 1984 or 1985."
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- New Religious Movements, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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