| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
How a town lost its future. At 3:17 p.m. on March 18, 1937, a natural gas leak beneath the London 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 nation's most modern, disintegrated, burying everyone under a vast pile of rubble and debris. More than 300 students and teachers were killed, and hundreds more were injured. As the seventy-fifth anniversary of the catastrophe approaches, it remains the deadliest school disaster in U.S. history. Few, however, know of this historic tragedy, and no book, until now, has chronicled the explosion, its cause, its victims, and the aftermath. Gone at 3:17 is a true story of what can happen when school officials make bad decisions. To save money on heating the school building, the trustees had ... |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Consolidated School (New London, Tex.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Consolidated School (New London, Tex.) |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Explosions -- Texas -- New London -- History -- 20th century.
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Explosions. |
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Texas -- New London. |
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Disasters -- Texas -- New London -- History -- 20th century.
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Disasters. |
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High schools -- Texas -- New London -- History -- 20th century.
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High schools. |
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Disaster victims -- Texas -- New London -- Biography.
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Disaster victims. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
New London (Tex.) -- Biography.
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New London (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Wereschagin, Michael.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brown, David M. (David Mark), 1948- Gone at 3:17. 1st ed. Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2012 9781612341538 (DLC) 2011023365 (OCoLC)731191932 |
| ISBN |
9781612341545 (electronic book) |
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1612341543 (electronic book) |
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9781612341538 |
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1612341535 |
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