Word: squalling
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...admiring the sight of the great airship over the picturesque windjammer. Signal flags ran up the Niobe's mast: "Who Are You?'' "Where Are You From?" "Where Are You Bound?" He called a quartermaster to open the flag locker to reply just as a great black squall struck the little barkentine...
Magnetic Declination, Azimuth. The squall struck the ship like a rock; she heeled over on her beam ends. "All hands to starboard!" bawled the officer on watch. It was too late. In 30 seconds the Niobe had capsized and sunk...
...Being blown from the same mast in a snow squall and dragging aloft seven of the ground crew, all of whom were rescued...
Born. To John Nicholas Brown, once famed as "world's richest baby," later as "richest U. S. bachelor," and to Mrs. Anne Kinsolving Brown; a son; in Providence, R. I. Week before the Browns were rescued by Coast Guardsmen from their schooner in a squall...
...while attempting to dock the Los Angeles at Lakehurst, a snow squall whipped the ship up 500 ft., jerked eight men with her. All were pulled aboard. But not pulled aboard last year was Mascot Tige, nine-month-old bullpup. Always eager to aid the ground crew of Navy blimp J3, Mascot Tige clamped his teeth in a line as the blimp rose, relaxed his jaws at 400 ft., plummeted to his death (TIME...