Word: squalling
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With two companions Leon Trotsky put out in a motorboat from Prinkipo. his island exile home near Istanbul, for a fishing trip. In the Sea of Marmora a squall wrecked the boat on rocky Dog Island, where thousands of Constantinople curs used to be sent to starve. Another fishing party rescued Trotsky & friends...
Twenty-seven warships, like large grey mice, crept out of Narragansett Bay early last week and headed southwest into a grey squall. At their head was the new cruiser Chester flying the three-starred flag of Vice Admiral George Ralph Marvell. Aboard the 27 ships of the Navy's scouting force were 5,000 officers and men. Also aboard was gloom, for behind them in Newport were their wives and many a sweetheart. Forty miles to Long Island's tip slowly steamed the fleet, to drop anchor in Fort Pond Bay, sheltered by the curve of Montauk Point...
...first race the Britannia, King George's 38-year-old cutter journeyed for position by the starting buoy off Calshot Head, proud of her new Marconi rig with its towering hollow mast. King George was aboard, snugly dressed and eager for the day's sport. A squall struck the Britannia's vast mainsail. She heeled over and nosed into a grey comber. Right before King George's eyes the wash swept Second Mate Ernest Friend overboard. Sailors threw him a lifebuoy immediately. The ship luffed and signalled for help. Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock...
...Bishop's contemplation of the weather was interrupted by a crash as the Livonia struck a shoal. Soon a heavy squall smote the stranded ship. The Bishop hurriedly launched his lifeboats, took all hands aboard, rowed for tiny, deserted Plana Cay. In ten minutes the Livonia had sunk...
...scheduled flights, six were canceled because of weather. Of flights begun, all were completed save on one day when a line squall arose and five ships, simultaneously in the air, made safe emergency landings. Passengers were placed on trains, their fares refunded...