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Gone at 3:17: The Untold Story of the Worst School Disaster in American History
Gone at 317 The Untold Story of the Worst School Disaster in American History
Author: David M. Brown, Michael Wereschagin
At 3:17 p.m. on March 18, 1937, a natural gas leak beneath the junior-senior high school in the oil boomtown of New London, Texas, created a lethal mixture of gas and oxygen in the school?s basement. The odorless, colorless gas went undetected until the flip of an electrical switch triggered a colossal blast. The two-story school, one of the nat...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781612341538
ISBN-10: 1612341535
Publication Date: 1/31/2012
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Book Type: Hardcover
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