Word: spedding
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...lying shore buildings into its wash. Fire broke out, swept over the debris, for scarcely one building remained erect in Napier. News of the disaster spread fast. Wellington rushed doctors, nurses, medical supplies and food by train. By sea New Zealand's two cruisers Dunedin and Diomede sped to help...
...Senator Wheeler unsuccessfully tried to get the new commissioners to promise to dismiss Secretary Bonner. Stung by what he called these "slanderous statements" and "unwarranted attacks," Secretary Bonner informed the Senate Committee that he would request a civil service transfer to another governmental bureau. The insurgent Senators cheerfully sped...
...royal train sped from Burgas to Sofia, word was flashed round the world that while passing through the village of Manola, the royal car was fired at by unidentified assassins?seven shots, which wounded one Bulgarian soldier, splintered the rifle stock of another...
Near Crawfordsville, Ind., Lawrence Swank accelerated his automobile, sped up the road, fearing that someone was shooting at him when a missile tore through the hood of his car. The missile: a 2½ in. meteorite...
Puffing upon one cigaret after another, Miss Jones directed mechanics in attaching to the Cirrus engine of a Moth biplane a muffler of her own invention. As the plane sped along the runway and over the hangars there were noises-of thrumming propeller, snapping pistons, vibrating metal-but there was no bark of exhaust...