On May 18, 1927, Kehoe then set off almost simultaneous explosions at his farmstead

and at the Bath Consolidated School. His devices destroyed the farm's buildings and
ripped through the north wing of the Bath Consolidated School building. As rescuers
began working at the school, Kehoe drove up to the schoolyard and detonated
dynamite inside his shrapnel-filled truck. The truck explosion killed Kehoe plus
four other people, and also injured bystanders. During the rescue and recovery
efforts, searchers discovered an additional 500 pounds (230 kg) of unexploded
dynamite and pyrotol in the south wing of the school that had been set to go off at
the same time as the initial explosions in the north wing; Kehoe had apparently
intended to destroy the entire school and kill everyone in it.