signal rocket

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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

A signal rocket from one of the batteries, now and then.

From Shenandoah Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 by Moses, Montrose Jonas

Ralph asked him up to the house, but the young inventor said he wanted the quiet of his hotel room to work on his signal rocket idea, which he declared would amount to something yet.

From Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer by Chapman, Allen

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

As the troops started out at night, for their assault, a signal rocket went up from Washington.

From Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive by Burnett, Alf