The Town, 113 (Event)

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Page Number: 
113
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
So at least there was some fresh Snopes news to send
Page Event Ends: 
116
Era: 
World War I(1914-1919)
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Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Wednesday, August 1, 1917 to Monday, December 31, 1917
Summary: 

Eck Snopes is killed in a gasoline explosion while looking for a missing child. Believing the explosion is a German attack, Jefferson's Home Guard rings the alarm bell. (Historically, the ocean liner Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine on 7 May 1915.)

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Keywords: 
War: World War I: Homefront Writing: Letter Italics Violence: Explosion Sound: Alarm bell Absence Searching

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