signal rocket

Example Sentences

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We'll shoot the end of the cable down by signal rocket, out in the lowlands, and stop the winch when we've made contact, long enough to attach the rest of the cargo to the cable.

From Atom Drive by Fontenay, Charles Louis

At that time he escaped but was afterwards pardoned; the signal rocket was to be fired from his storehouse in Cavite.

From The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by St. Clair, Francis

“Stand by there!” shouted ‘old Hankey Pankey’ to Adams, who had our return signal rocket all ready, slung on to a handspike for a stick.

From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by Greene, John B.

Here he seems to have found good use for a further portion of his very complete equipment; for, lighting a signal rocket, he presently brought a four-oared gig to his succour from Portsmouth Harbour.

From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by Bacon, John Mackenzie

She turned to Cai, and then— "Oh—oh!" she cried as, far away up the harbour, the signal rocket shot hissing aloft and exploded with a tremendous detonation.

From Hocken and Hunken by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir