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Word: windbreaks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Eyewitnesses Gearhart and Pearson raced through the rainy dark, found one man moaning, alive. They covered him with blankets, stacked luggage for a windbreak. But in a moment or two he died. Ambulance crews from the city and soldiers from nearby Fort Douglas counted up the toll: pilot, copilot, stewardess and 14 passengers, including two Sperry Gyroscope Co. officials and a year-old baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTERS: Fifth for the Wasatch | 5/11/1942 | See Source »

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