Word: ans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Not since 1889. when a tidal wave swashed shipping against the wooded mountains, has Apia Harbor. Samoan Islands, been so aghast as last week. Although it was a damp, warm day of Capricorn summer, a breeze rumpled the thick greenery around Apia. At anchor rode the brigantine-rigged wooden yacht...
The calm of Apia was suddenly burst and rocked by an explosion within the Carnegie. Commander Ault was hurled past the masts, into the sea, dead. The Carnegie took fire, burned herself and five nearby ships beyond salvage.
At such depths, or deeper, Dr. Shapley would have his plutonic laboratories. Ph. D. moles would record the pulsations of the earth's crust which, according to one theory, is as rigid as steel and as elas- tic, rather than viscous, like stiff pitch. They would verify the hypothesized...
Metropolitan Hysteria. A low-flying plane crashed on a building in crowded Manhattan last fortnight. The police, somewhat hysterical, threatened to require flyers to keep at least 7,000 ft. above the ground. Department of Commerce regulations stipulate 1,000 ft. as minimum over congested areas. To quiet metropolitan hysteria...
In Steubenville, Ohio, one W. T. Fryan lost his nose in an auto accident. Searchers found it in the wreckage, a doctor grafted it back on with 70 stitches, and Fryan breathed naturally an hour later.