e/Thrasher incident

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has gloss	eng: The Thrasher incident, as it became known in U.S. media, nearly became the start of America's involvement in World War I. On March 28, 1915, the British steamship RMS Falaba was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat . 104 people were killed, including one American passenger—Leon Chester Thrasher, a 31-year-old mining engineer from Massachusetts.
lexicalization	eng: Thrasher Incident
instance of	c/Maritime incidents in 1915