signal rocket
Example Sentences
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Presently, while the two waited, a signal rocket came blazing out of the east, swept a wide curve in the sky, and dropped out of sight.
From Boy Scouts in Mexico; or on Guard with Uncle Sam by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)
Telephone wires were broken immediately, but the "S.O.S." was sent by signal rocket and power buzzer, and our artillery and machine guns replied at once.
From The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion by Weetman, W. C. C.
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
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
The discharge of a signal rocket, however, that curved its flight over the island, instantaneously quieted the uproar, and a death-like silence succeeded.
