Word: raines
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Furies of wind, rain, hail, flood and drought last week fell upon the Earth...
Argentina. Drought since last May in several northern provinces, damaging flax and wheat crops by 30%, induced Catholic Bishops to order general prayers for rain...
China. Sixteen typhoons have struck at Shanghai during the past summer. All have missed. Last week, as the rain-flooded Whangpoo River overflowed into Shanghai's business district, a 17tth typhoon approached to within 40 mi. of the city, then turned northwest. Toward nightfall, the typhoon changed its direction, aimed for Shanghai. Blowing with cyclonic force, it piled up mountainous seas at the mouths of the Yangtze and Whangpoo Rivers, sent a four-foot torrent flowing through the heart of Shanghai. The waters islanded the National City and Chase National Banks and most of the big downtown hotels. Having...
...Brookline, rain delayed the start of the men's doubles, made the courts slippery when 30 of the 32 teams played their first matches. A default gave the Australian team whom the crowds wanted most to see-Jack Crawford & Vivian McGrath-the dubious advantage of rest instead of an easy match before they met Berkeley Bell & Gregory Mangin in the second round. The weather, still soggy, gave them a much less dubious advantage when the match began because Bell has trouble standing up even when the footing is dry and firm. After winning without difficulty...
...caught fire over Poland, he was a hero. So was U.S. Captain Albert Berry when he made the first test parachute jump from an airplane in 1912. Since 1919 552 flyers have bailed out with parachutes, left their ships to rocket wildly to earth. A notable fall in this rain came in 1919 when the airship Wing foot Express burst into flames while flying over Chicago's business district. The two pilots parachuted away. The Wingfoot Express crashed through the skylight of Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, killing 13 bank employes. Much more frequent are accidents in which the pilot...