Word: ballast
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most amazing escapes of all. Cornered on a narrow catwalk when the gasbags all around him leapt into flame, young Franz jumped through the fabric, fell to earth so hard he was stunned. He would have burned to death as the blazing hulk settled upon him, but a ballast tank burst above him, drenching him with cold water which both revived him and extinguished his burning clothes. Unharmed, he groped his way to safety...
...Pruss took no chances, turned off to sea. At dusk, while a drizzle fell from a sombre sky and a fitful breeze jerked the windsock, the Hindenburg once more poked her nose over Lakehurst. began maneuvering to land. It circled twice, then dropped to 500 ft., occasionally spewing water ballast. At 7:20 p.m. precisely, two lines fell from the bow. A trained squad of Navy men grabbed one, a squad of civilians the other. Gently the two groups began coaxing the big bag to the mooring mast. The breeze teasing the tail made it more difficult than usual. Captain...
...port either on the Atlantic or Pacific for 20 years. It would also provide additional facilities for the long banana haul across Guatemala by buying ten new locomotives and 300 banana cars according to the railroad's specifications. It would, furthermore, guarantee the railroad favorable terms on road ballast from mines in its control. Finally, it would pay International Railways $2,165,000 in cash, receiving in return 20-year notes for $1,750,000 and 185,000 new common shares (it already owned 80,000), thus acquiring an approximate 31% interest in the road...
...freight steamships last week splashed off at the starter's gun, pulled up New York Harbor off the Bay Ridge shore where 250,000 strollers, motorists and apartment residents were watching. Each boat's weight, ascertained before the start, was 5,500 lb., with crew and ballast...
Such was the announcement which lay last week on the desks of editors throughout the U. S. Immensely proud of holding what was believed to be the world's first fleet review for children, the Navy planned to mass thousands of them on Ballast Point at the mouth of San Diego Harbor. Its reasons: 1) Admiral Reeves's "intense fondness" for youngsters; 2) His desire "to indoctrinate them in what the Navy means...