| 单词 | wrecker |
| 例句 | Two men in coveralls stretched a thick steel cable with a hook from the back of the wrecker down toward the brush at the edge of the river. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “You made this mess?” she said, like she couldn’t quite believe it, like what she’d expected me to say was that a roving band of house wreckers had come through during the night. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “There was no regret,” observed the Chicago Tribune, “rather a feeling of pleasure that the elements and not the wrecker should wipe out the spectacle of the Columbian season.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The museum is located in the main room of an old schoolhouse that the local historical society saved from the wrecker's ball by having it declared an historical landmark. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The storm was a city killer for sure, what some people called a party wrecker or an Orleans Surge. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Tom pulled ditched cars free with his freshly painted two-ton wrecker; Dave sold gasoline, batteries, and motor oil and advised his customers to go home and stay home. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “About a buck if you buy one new—quarter at a wrecker’s.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother threw a fit, though, when she heard that—and the home wreckers took cover for a while. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Eliu squatted with a fresh beer, gazing down the hillside at the Body Shop and Pipe Queen buildings; the wrecker parked in front gleamed like a magical apparatus. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When Odysseus saw that they were safely away, he cried again tauntingly, “Cyclops, Odysseus, wrecker of cities, put out your eye, and do you so tell anyone who asks.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Pravda, the Soviet party daily, condemned sightings of the Madonna in Poland and elsewhere as the work of "wreckers" bent on subverting socialist utopias. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-07T07:01:13Z Many noteworthy buildings fell to the wrecker’s ball, but there are several architectural gems here. Take an architectural walking tour of Norfolk 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z After our 10-minute taxi ride from the airport, my son and I walked around the Dream Yacht Charter base to see what the “storm wrecker,” as he called the hurricane, had wrought. Aboard a chartered catamaran in the British Virgin Islands: The more the merrier 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Taylor was branded a "home wrecker" for allegedly breaking up Fisher's marriage to Debbie Reynolds, mother of his two children. Elizabeth Taylor was prolific as a bride 2011-03-23T15:05:13Z As the wreckers, Orlando Seale and Rachel Pickup joyously exhibit the tyranny of the truly selfish. Bedroom Farce | Theatre reivew 2010-04-04T21:10:00Z While Hickory’s president, Jay Reardon, declined to confirm that, he does have his eye on Ballard, which could be a home wrecker yet. Up Close: An Interior Design Deal-Maker Leaves His Mark 2011-08-08T21:29:47Z Rumer moved to the New Forest to be close to her and rented a caravan in a wreckers' yard. Rumer: 'If Burt Bacharach says you're good, it's time to start believing in yourself' 2010-08-28T23:05:00Z “The wreckers are wrecking this city and it is terrible.” For Vivienne Westwood, an Unsentimental Return to London 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Psychic TV's Genesis P-Orridge may have been called a "wrecker of civilisation" in the House of Commons and undergone feminising surgery in the name of art, but Meyer found him "lovely – like your favourite auntie". Pop music's mavericks: 'I might install speakers in my jacket' 2011-07-28T20:59:01Z The houses at 76 and 78 Xingye Road were saved from the wrecker’s ball only because they played host to the clandestine First National Congress of the Communist Party. Shanghai Dwellings Vanish, and With Them, a Way of Life 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z They can’t do anything about the routine dubbing of Hong Kong and Taiwanese actors into Mandarin, however, which — even with subtitles — is a distraction and a performance wrecker. | 'Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen': A Tale of the Jazz Age, One With Flying Kicks 2011-04-21T23:36:57Z Surprisingly cute in his youth, more intelligent than his peers, he eventually grew into a ruthless, bloodthirsty wrecker who made you want to run for your life. T. Rex Like You Haven’t Seen Him: With Feathers 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z MS Most locomotives end their days unlamented at the wreckers' yard. TV highlights 04/03/2013 2013-03-04T07:00:00Z But tragedy lured Bachmann like a wrecker’s lamp, and it lured Philip, too. John le Carré on Philip Seymour Hoffman 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Fisher ankled out of his own famous Hollywood marriage, with adorable ingenue Debbie Reynolds, and at 27 Taylor had her fourth marriage and, briefly, a new job description: home wrecker. Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79: Actress Defined Modern Fame 2011-04-14T08:35:00Z In the 1990s artists and music labels denounced him as a thief and wrecker for allowing free downloads on Napster. Hollywood gathering puts focus on Sean Parker's home cinema proposal 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z The idea that 5% of the caucus can impudently defenestrate one speaker, while 95% must support the wreckers’ choice for the “good of the party” is preposterous from every angle. Opinion: House Republicans need a sudden onset of political maturity. What are the chances? 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z The explosive game wrecker who was a no-brainer selection at No. 2 overall in 2020. Chase Young ‘right in the middle’ after sending strong message to NFL after season debut 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z There was a “game wrecker” at rush end to cause chaos in the backfield. USC’s offense should be playoff-worthy. This is what the defense has done to match it 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z The wrong approach shot could be a card wrecker and potentially provide pivotal drama at the death. What are the key talking points at The Open? 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z The tow truck, described as a roll-back wrecker, was parked in the left lane with its emergency lights activated, the accident report said. Real-life ‘Fast and Furious’: Car sent flying over tow truck in Georgia, video shows 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Over time, Camilla’s charity work, her sense of humor and down-to-earth style won over the public, and she moved from being home wrecker to queen. The man in a hurry: King Charles III rushes to make a mark 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z VDOT’s nine districts have also identified additional locations to stage wreckers and snowplows, especially where work zones effect movement in the area. After meltdown paralyzed I-95, Virginia agencies prepare for winter driving 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z “People were confused on the timeline you’re talking about, of, like, ‘Is she a home wrecker?’” Hailey Bieber on 'Jelena' fuss: 'I was never with him when he was in a relationship' 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z It included a history of dissent, a listing of several recommended actions and a typology of the protesters known to show up at City Hall: The meeting wreckers. Column: Shutting up the bullies and other bad actors, so democracy can thrive 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z “The United States has become the ‘biggest wrecker’ of peace in the Taiwan Strait and of regional stability,” China’s foreign minister said in a statement issued Wednesday about Ms. Pelosi’s visit. Chinese statements convey a drumbeat of anger at the U.S. 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z In the final stretch of the contest, billboards appeared in Laredo that made allegations about Ms. Cisneros’s policy stances as well as her personal life, calling her a “home wrecker.” Cuellar Defeats Cisneros In South Texas Primary Runoff, Recount Shows 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The wrecker service owner recalled moving the same crane a few years before and contacted its owner, who denied having given it away. Weighty case: Alabama man charged in theft of 70-ton crane 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The car has had difficulty getting back to pit road with a flat tire and wreckers were on standby all over the track at Las Vegas to give a push when needed. NASCAR closes gap between haves, have-nots with new Next Gen cars 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z That’s what makes him “an official game wrecker,” as Morris calls him. Perspective | Aaron Donald, the Super Bowl’s true MVP, finally gets his ring 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z He goes further and argues that however weak democracy is in the U.S., it "is intolerable to the GOP wreckers." In an age of fascist counterrevolution, our biggest problem may be the death of ethics 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Their heavy tow trucks, commonly known as "wreckers", can ostensibly help clear the roads, but trucker Doug Rowland says many may be reluctant to get involved for both political and practical reasons. Freedom Convoy: How might Canada's trucker protest end? 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z “We have worked a lot of theft cases over the years, but this one definitely takes first place in the heavyweight category,” Sheriff John Shearon’s office said in a statement, thanking the wrecker service. Weighty case: Alabama man charged in theft of 70-ton crane 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z If the boats are close to shore, Parks can use its own wreckers and winches. His Job? Clearing New York’s Shorelines of Abandoned Boats 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z Sometimes you have to use multiple wreckers to move a truck around. After I-95 fiasco, a ‘road weather’ expert digs into snow, ice and jackknifed trucks 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z “This was a process that repeated itself continuously through the day, night and next day on Interstate 95 with multiple wreckers and troopers,” Geller said. Calls grow for examinations of Virginia’s response to hours-long I-95 backup 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Says Davis: “He’s a game wrecker, watching his film and just seeing him. He’s explosive. He’s definitely one of those guys you have to make sure to keep contained.” SEC title game features two unstoppable forces on defense 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Says Davis: "He’s a game wrecker, watching his film and just seeing him. He’s explosive. He’s definitely one of those guys you have to make sure to keep contained." SEC Championship game features 2 of nation's top defenders 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Henry is special, and any offense with any dreams of hoisting the Lombardi Trophy had better feature such a game wrecker. What We Learned From Week 7 in the N.F.L. 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z “They do a great job of getting push in the pocket, they’re really sound in their rush lanes and they’ve got game wreckers up front.” Injuries force Packers to utilize their offensive line depth 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Both cars ended up leaving the track on wreckers, and both drivers left the race in the back of ambulances. Penske imperfect: Logano, Keselowski crash in Daytona 500 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z “Our schooling must never nurture wreckers or gravediggers of socialism,” Mr. Xi said in a speech in 2018 that was recently published in a book of his comments on ideology. China’s Combative Nationalists See a World Turning Their Way 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z The real estate speculator’s efforts at the end of the debate to discredit the electoral process itself brought home just how much of a wrecker Trump is. Opinion | Trump’s scorched-earth nihilism will cost him the presidency 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Even for those of us who stay healthy, the halt to normal life is a wrecker of plans and futures. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z The company needed to use a 50-ton rotator wrecker it calls “Hulk” to reach the car and pull it out, but it needed to hook it up first. Mustang crashes off California cliff during coronavirus lockdown, gets pulled out by 'Hulk' wrecker 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z A photograph from WTVY-TV showed the vehicle on a wrecker with the roof apparently peeled away. 3 teens killed in Christmas night crash in Alabama 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z A photograph from WTVY-TV showed the vehicle on a wrecker with the roof apparently peeled away. 3 teens killed in Christmas night crash in Alabama 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z Now imagine you are a law enforcement officer, emergency responder, wrecker driver or utility crew working along the shoulder of the road. Editorial Roundup: North Carolina 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z I don’t think Johnson is a firebrand and a wrecker in that sense. How Boris Johnson’s Brexit Won 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Johnson painted Labour’s Corbyn as a socialist wrecker determined to usher in yet more political crisis. UK PM's election campaign launch marred by gaffe, resignation, doctored video 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Unlike the Rams, whose arrival here was sold as a homecoming, the Chargers showed up as home wreckers, and despite their best efforts, they’ve been unable to change that narrative. Plaschke: Chargers' big win over Packers shows why they don't deserve to play in L.A. 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z Donald Trump is, first and foremost, a wrecker, as opposed to a builder. Will the GOP become the party of blue-collar conservatism? 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Now imagine you are a law enforcement officer, emergency responder, wrecker driver or utility crew working along the shoulder of the road. Editorial Roundup: North Carolina 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z “You don’t see guys like that every week. He’s definitely one of those guys you call a game wrecker.” Buffs know all too well Tate’s speed and precision 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z And as he referenced the turmoil in Venezuela, Trump took the opportunity to swipe at socialism, calling it the “wrecker of nations and destroyer of societies.” Trump condemns globalism, touts nationalistic view of foreign affairs at U.N. 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z He also called socialism “the wrecker of nations” and “destroyer of societies.” Trump administration to triple democracy aid to Venezuela 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z It was in his handling of Mr. Trump, the declared enemy of multilateralism and unabashed wrecker of summits, that Mr. Macron showed his greatest agility. How Emmanuel Macron Positioned Himself as Star of the G7 Show 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z “All the facts prove that the South Korean authorities hellbent on arms buildup against the dialogue partner are the arch-criminal escalating tension in the Korean Peninsula and wrecker of its peace and stability,” it said. Kim Jong-un Gave ‘Small Apology’ for Missile Launches, Trump Says 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Calling the Green New Deal an “economy wrecker,” Murtaugh added of Democrats: “They’re showing us what is exactly the wrong thing.” Trump defends environmental record that critics call disastrous 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z The wrecker went airborne and crashed into a wooded area. Officials: Suspect shot, killed in chase involving trooper 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z The $1,500, he wrote, was half the normal price for a rotating wrecker to perform a two-hour boat recovery. Md. State Police investigating whether troopers teased a man whose boat fell off its trailer on Route 50 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z The Trump Presidency has been a great wrecker of reputations. Trump, Wrecker of Reputations 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Buffington was driving a wrecker that fell from an elevated U.S. Truck falls off overpass at highway junction, killing driver 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Put another way, I am not sure that the best way to answer this grim coalition of wreckers is with irony and understatement, an obsession with parliamentary procedure, and platform lineups featuring Michael Heseltine. Petitions and jokes will not halt this march into Brexit calamity | John Harris 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Guaidó also rejected claims opposition wreckers were responsible for crippling the power plant, tweeting: “Sabotage is stealing the money of Venezuelans … Sabotage is stealing elections.” Venezuela blackout: power outage plunges country into darkness 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Otherwise don’t you end up making her look reasonable, and yourself like a wrecker? Brexit: MPs to debate and vote on Brexit 'plan B' options on Tuesday 29 January - Politics live 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z The Daily Mail agrees, claiming "wrecker Corbyn" is "playing politics" by spurning the prime minister's move. In a hurry? Here's what you need to know this morning 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z The sheriff’s office says a wrecker crew was on the scene Monday cleaning up the mess. Not for pick-up: Spilled chicken cause traffic problems 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z A heavy wrecker was called in to upright the truck. Fully loaded truck overturns, spilling concrete on I-10 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z The 62-year-old Newton Republican says while awaiting a wrecker, a trooper arrived and administered a field sobriety test. Top Mississippi lawmaker again arrested for drunk driving 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Is it any surprise that the last wreckers in cabinet are making excuses and heading for the door? The Brexit wreckers are slinking away from the rancid mess they’ve made | Rafael Behr 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z “I call them game wreckers, because they can take the games over by themselves,” Moorhead said. Mississippi State’s defense set to take on for No. 1 Alabama 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Basket supports beware, one of the nation’s top freshmen is a known rim wrecker. A guide to the 2018-19 college basketball season 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Hurricane Michael was the wrecker of this happy place. After Hurricane Michael, Panama City residents cope with no power, cash-only transactions and baby-wipe showers 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z On Friday, Mr. Turnbull said that “disunity is death” in Australian politics and described Mr. Abbott as a wrecker who had undermined his administration. A Battle for the Soul of Conservatism Plays Out in Australia 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z “That’s exactly what he’s been - a wrecker, and he needs to get out of the joint.” Australia’s Turnbull survives leadership vote; Dutton leaves 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z “He vowed that he wouldn’t be a wrecker,” Drum told reporters of Abbott. Australia’s Turnbull survives leadership vote; Dutton leaves 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Crews were able remove the sewage before using a rotating wrecker to attempt to extract the truck from the pool. Crash leaves septic truck upside-down in backyard pool 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z The likeliest wrecker of such a policy—because he would cosy up to the North—was Mr Moon. South Korea’s president brought the Trump-Kim summit about 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z The wreckers failed 200 years ago and will fail again now. Will 2018 be the year of the neo-luddite? 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z But other administration officials view Russia as a wrecker that uses “bait and switch” tactics to advance its interests and Iran’s, at the expense of the United States and its allies. Opinion | How to tackle the biggest obstacle to finishing the war against the Islamic State 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z “That’s exactly what he’s been — a wrecker, and he needs to get out of the joint.” Australia’s Turnbull survives leadership vote; Dutton leaves 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z He was operating a wrecker and attempting to tow a truck. Oklahoma Highway Patrol: 2 dead in separate crashes 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z Two years ago, she was married, working for a wrecker service and expecting her first child. The 'crazy fat lady' reports on crime from the Texas border. Cops say she's gone too far, and now she's facing charges 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z In America, at least, conservatives have become wreckers – this age’s menace, voting in crazies like Trump, trying to dismantle the enlightenment project, turn back the clock one Roy Moore and Mike Pence at a time. Our social lives have become echo chambers. Time to get uncomfortable | Brigid Delaney 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z “For the longest time, under Obama, all we saw were trucks being pulled on wreckers, because people turned belly up, they went broke.” In the heart of Trump Country, his base’s faith is unshaken 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z That it will also enrich countless contractors and lobbyists and bunglers and wreckers is just a bonus. Are those my words coming of out Steve Bannon's mouth? | Thomas Frank 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z He was right; Jordan was a one-man press wrecker. Pitino, Who Demanded Total Control, Can’t Avoid Accountability Now 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z A heavy wrecker was called in to lift the bus off the Audi, allowing rescue workers to reach those in the car. Virginia woman is killed in crash that injures her mother and 3 children 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z He brought in a wrecker and pulled the car from the top, terrified all the while that he’d break the entire thing apart. Indiana State Museum curator retiring after 3 decades 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z Commons Leader David Lidington warned that "an approach to negotiations on dossiers that enabled others to paint us as wreckers would not be helpful in the exit negotiations". UK 'must be ready to vote against EU measures' - BBC News 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z This is a throwback to an old Soviet complaint about slackers and wreckers. Opinion | At the barricades in Belarus 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z For now, though, the wreckers are firmly in the ascendance, and today they are celebrating their victory. Theresa May’s Empty Brexit Promises 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z For the moment, Putin is taking a leaf out of Stalin’s book, blaming every problem on external enemies, internal wreckers or incompetents. How annexing Crimea allowed Putin to claim he had made Russia great again | Sophie Pinkham 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z “You can tell that other teams’ offensive coordinators have to game plan for Aaron Donald, and he’s still a game wrecker. Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald and punter Johnny Hekker are selected to Pro Bowl 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z As the clip's narrator explains: "He flips out, his strategy is simple - batter the home wrecker until he flees." Home wrecker penguin has web in a flap - BBC News 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z If either were to happen, it would transform the prospects for a Hillary Clinton Presidency—and it would also cement Trump’s position as the biggest party wrecker in recent history. Will Donald Trump Cost Republicans the Senate? A State-By-State Guide 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z We were seen as the epitome of everything that was wrong with Great Britain, so much so that a member of Parliament famously said these people are the wreckers of civilization. Psychic TV and Throbbing Gristle co-founder Genesis Breyer P-Orridge ponders the role of the artist in chaotic times 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z “On paper you think of it as a birdie chance, but it’s a potential card wrecker. Always was and always will be.” The unique challenge that players face at Royal Troon's Postage Stamp hole - Golf Digest 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Notwithstanding the gushing hype of his book about Streisand, he ends with a wrecker, a perfect slip of the tongue revealing his unconscious opinion, amounting to revulsion. Letters to Calendar: Barbra Streisand, Stephen Colbert and Stagecoach 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z A wrecker service rescued the waterlogged bull around 3 a.m. Oklahoma State University’s Streaker Night lives in memories 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z The wrecker that retrieved the vehicle found the plug 16 feet from where the vehicle fire first began. Alva woman’s cold case relaunched by relative 60 years later 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z The bill seeks to get rid of the plates on all vehicles, excluding tractor trucks and wreckers. Lawmaker moves to get rid of front license plates 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The South Carolina National Guard told state troopers they had wreckers and other equipment ready to share to keep highways open and to rescue stranded drivers. Parts of South Carolina face winter weather this weekend 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z She was a home wrecker, upsetting the other two, while destroying our drapes and furniture. Caregivers: Spend Your Time Wisely This Year 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z But history tells us that the demagogic wrecker probably won’t succeed here. Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric will live in infamy in American history 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z He is what they call, in the business, a "game-plan wrecker." Josh Rosen is good, and USC's defenders were happy to see him 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Technology is too often viewed as either the saviour or wrecker whenever things go wrong. Imogen Heap: saviour of the music industry? 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z They had to use some kind of a wrecker system with a pulley on it to place this thing.” Group looks to unearth 50-year-old time capsule in Bay City 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z As it is, America’s two-party system offers him a bleaker choice: to stay on and heckle in the primaries or to play wrecker as a third-party candidate. El Donald 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z These schedule wreckers get tied up, sometimes in another meeting, sometimes mysteriously, and leave a half-dozen colleagues idling in a conference room for 10 minutes or more. Don’t Be the Office Schedule-Wrecker 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z There’s probably nothing more flattering for a group of artists than to be dubbed “wreckers of civilisation” by an old guard Tory MP. Musicians and writers choose their favourite book about music 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Documents show much of the money from the operation was spent on vehicles, including at least two wrecker trucks, as well as houses and land. Drug ring brought in over $900,000 in profits 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z It is a turnabout for a building better known as the wrecker of marriages and maker of absentee parents. How the White House Became More Family-Friendly 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Business was booming for a northwest Louisiana wrecker service. Up to 4 inches of snow in north Louisiana 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z "In my business, we call that a 'career wrecker,'" he says. PGA Tour advance man adds difficulty and drama to Riviera course 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Jeanneret discovered that passion in the early 1990s while working in the wrecker business in Kansas City. The repo man: It takes a certain breed 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Before emergency personnel arrived, he was able to use his wrecker to lift the tractor-trailer and Benner’s family pulled him free. Waldo County man praised for lifesaving effort 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z She phoned her sister, who had left for work, and proclaimed, “The wrecker is here! The wrecker is here!” Good Intentions of Detroit Residents Are Tested by Blight 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z His campaign was fuelled as much by anti-Westminster as by nationalist sentiment; this is another reason to suggest the SNP means to play the wrecker. Nats, wha hae 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Also, a wrecker with a police escort left the scene towing a dark red Honda SUV. Police: 3 people dead in shooting at UPS facility 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z He got introduced to the repo business while working a wrecker in Kansas City. The repo man: It takes a certain breed 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Some are wreckers, wanting to tear down the Brussels temple - a fifth column set on undermining the European institutions from the inside. The Eurosceptic challenge 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z They will be dismissed as wreckers, extremists and populists. Europe braces for first vote since crash 2014-04-24T05:35:34Z Ned Ludd, that infamous wrecker of weaving machinery, would recognize a clear echo of his own time in present-day San Francisco. The Bay is burning! Google Glass, techno-rage and the battle for San Francisco’s soul 2014-04-18T11:45:00Z A wrecker truck with a telescoping arm raised a soldier to a few feet below me, and I climbed down to him. Vocations: The Parachute Rigger: The Work Before the Parachute Jump 2014-02-01T14:00:56Z In the months ahead, European officials will denounce him as a wrecker, a politician who is bent on tearing up more than 50 years of European achievements. Wilders sees European elections chance 2013-12-13T09:04:41Z If Friday was the day the wheels came off, was the moment when the once-shiny chassis of this England team was dismantled and taken to the wrecker's yard. 'From cartoon clown to dark destroyer' 2013-12-07T12:07:41Z As her image as a home wrecker coalesced, Neilson promoted the new couple's philanthropic activities. When celebrities become philanthropists 2012-07-28T23:04:01Z Hunter said she had written the book in part to change perceptions that she was a home wrecker. Rielle Hunter says she has split with John Edwards 2012-06-26T21:20:57Z Hunter said she wrote the book in part to change perceptions that she was a home wrecker. Rielle Hunter says she has split with John Edwards 2012-06-26T16:07:42Z The disclaimers are more than a little disingenuous, since Mr Obama often does seem to suggest that financiers are greedy wreckers from whom America’s economy must be saved. Lexington: The war over class war 2012-05-31T15:05:28Z The usual haunts of the wreckers were repeatedly searched, their dwellings were watched, and even guarded night and day. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z Take, likewise, a few shillings in your pocket to reward, if necessary, the wreckers, whose tasks are at all times difficult and laborious, and too often thankless. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z Just then I heard a shout, and, keeping perfectly still, I looked under my half-closed eyelids and saw two of the wreckers dragging a body up the rocks. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z Then, having gazed their fill on the Bavarian throne's wrecker and finding she could not dance, they stayed away; and Lola ended her engagement at the Broadway to the hackneyed "beggarly array of empty benches." Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Mr. D. Mackinnen, who made a tour through the West Indies early in the present century, particularly mentions the Bahamas as the home of wreckers. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Had I not come up at the moment I did, every wrecker would have been a dead man.” The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z Waiting for that day the wrecker’s ball will say enough, one life is all you two get. In East Village, Audio Tour Retraces Poets? Haunts 2012-03-31T15:06:18Z “Even our ‘high finance’ railroad wreckers in Wall Street wouldn’t go quite as far as that,” laughed Tom. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z Selling out to that band of dirty thieves and town wreckers. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z But, unfortunately, the governor’s good intentions were baulked by the larger part of them becoming wreckers. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z By pursuing this course, he would completely shut the mouths of Mac’s friends, and by securing the services of so skilful and so daring a wrecker, richer and more abundant harvests might yet be reaped. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z The latter took from his pocket the memorandum book and letters which had belonged to the injured train wrecker. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z I don’t wish my worst enemy to meet with such a fate, it would seem as if it might be a judgment on that bully and railroad wrecker if he did get a good scare.” Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds 2012-02-27T03:00:13.497Z These wreckers claim what they have discovered by placing crossed sticks upon the heap, the mark being respected by all who come after. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Bale after bale is seized upon by the wreckers, and dragged high upon the beach out of the way of the surf. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z To this request every hand was held up, whereupon Mac took his post at the head of the wreckers. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z After a bit of progress the train wrecker and Zeph halted again. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z Little he cares whether it’s an American millionaire railroad wrecker, or just a plain sportsman, Anson Baylay snaps his fingers and tells them to dance, and they do dance.” Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds 2012-02-27T03:00:13.497Z In twenty-four hours there was no more left of the James Rommell than could be carried away in the wreckers' carts. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The old wreckers made ten times the money, with an infinitesimal proportion of the trouble. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Hence, when they saw the wreckers approaching they placed themselves on the defensive, and patiently awaited the attack. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z He spoke the words with animation, as following up the pursuit he came to the heap of ties where the train wrecker had rested. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z He merely was going to stay and defy the wreckers. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z The wreckers' bombs failed to bring a line to them. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The wrecker was a land-ghoul, a monster in human form, who preyed on human life and property. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Just, however, when they thought their victory was sure, there came up to the rescue of the wreckers their captain, who, with his own hand, killed six of the sailors. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z The train wrecker and his escort finally arrived at a stretch of single rails and here they paused. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z Meanwhile a messenger had rushed to the Assembly to announce the danger of the palace, and a number of deputies hastened thither with all speed, to slay the wreckers and prevent a tragedy. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z All night long the wreckers kept their watch by the shore, hoping the gale might abate; but sea and wind beat and howled as wildly as before. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z And smugglers and “wreckers” were once very numerous among the Portlanders. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z When the wreckers heard their master’s exclamation they, as one man, took to the sea. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z The identity of the wrecker and his motive were what puzzled the young railroader. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z Was he right in the advice which she had resented so warmly--the unwelcome advice to be content with the money-bags at Geneva, and abandon the chateau to the wreckers? The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z They haunt it as persistently as do the wreckers, and seldom fail of finding a stranded fish, a crab, or a mussel. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z This sketch of the character of the boat wreckers will prepare the reader for forming some idea of the boatmen who were their prey. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z To that call, however, they paid no heed, but drawing out their daggers, fell with terrible force upon p. 56the wreckers, who, however, stood their ground manfully. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z It was a beacon which I had seen, this glimmering lamp, and I had taken it for no more than a wrecker's light. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z It spent more than 60 years in a Presbyterian church in Orange, N.J., that called in the wreckers after merging with another congregation. City Room: A Rescued Organ Gets a New Life in Manhattan 2012-01-29T19:30:36Z I'm beginning to understand why those wrecker fellows let up on the contract, though they hadn't the stake I have in the game. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z “How did you come to mix with those wreckers?” The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z No sooner had the commissioners left than the wreckers did return, and they appeared at their place of rendezvous, the Cups, as if nothing had happened. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z If ever a wrecker’s beacon told where to lure a boat to be plundered, that flame we saw on the island told our sneaking guest when to cut the Rambler loose!” The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z In another text message sent on March 2, Esteban allegedly accused Le of digging her own grave and being a “home wrecker” and said she wouldn’t be an “issue” much longer. Grand jury transcripts in slain SF Bay area nursing student case show suspect as obsessed 2011-12-31T20:06:54Z When there were no tempests, they made an easy transition from the character of wreckers to that of robbers. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Yet comic is the word: for here—he planning, she agreeing—they made the plans they thought should make all bliss, all happiness their own; here, in fact, trimmed wreckers' lamps to shipwreck happy lives. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z Having fastened himself to this, the wreckers heard him beseeching them, in most piteous cries to come and help him. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z Those fellows are wreckers, there is no doubt of that, and there is no sense in our mixing with them. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z I could see it in his eyes when it looked like we were going to have a real rumpus with them train wreckers. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z My appearance among you two nights ago was intended to save you from the destruction that awaited you—from the destruction that had been prepared for you by the Danish wreckers.” Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z It’s usually pretty difficult to undo damage wrought by determined reputation wreckers, but if other courts embrace this approach, that could possibly change. Court Orders Man To Delete Revenge Blog Targeted At His Ex 2011-12-13T22:02:03Z At that moment there was a terrible sea, which, in receding, carried away the young lord of Dunraven and the whole of the wreckers, except Mac the Devil, who succeeded in gaining the shore. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z “I wonder,” Jule asked, sitting down on the prow after a struggle with the new cable, “whether the stories I have read about wreckers along the St. Lawrence are true.” The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z It would be a big feather in the caps of the scouts could they say that they had effected the capture of the two would-be train wreckers, alone and unaided. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z They are wreckers, I tell you; they will—” “By the deep three!” sung the man in the chains. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z "Yon's one of the worst parts of the Cornish coast, and should a single man of her crew reach the land, he'll meet with short shrift at the hands of the wreckers and smugglers." The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z They were, let us hope, the last of the Cornish wreckers. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z The boat moved slowly, for the keel was dragging slightly in the sand, and the wreckers, if such they were, stood at the water’s edge before the craft was more than a dozen yards away. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z Mr. Stuart did not believe the wrecker would return to the boat. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z They had never heard of either wreckers or pirates in these peaceful islands. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Then I would build a sonnet that would stand Proud and perennial on this pale bright sky; So tall, so steep, that it might stay the hand Of Time, the dusty wrecker. Chimneysmoke 2011-10-27T02:00:25.953Z The wreckers were filled with terror when they saw what would be their fate if left there, and they begged to be taken on board, and were received by Serrao as prisoners. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z We only knew that a band of pirates and wreckers who had been luring vessels on the rocks along the bay was preparing to visit the St. Lawrence. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z The effect of the chief's death—for a chief he evidently was—caused the wreckers to abandon their task, and they fled to join their fellows under the shelter of the lowermost cliff. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z The boy chums passed through many exciting scenes, their conflicts with the Cuban wreckers; the loss of their vessel, the “Eager Quest,” they will long remember. The Blue Grass Seminary Girls on the Water Exciting Adventures on a Summer Cruise Through the Panama Canal 2011-09-05T02:00:21.637Z Hubert, being a clergyman, had since his elder brother's death, also been the chief magistrate of the district; and, shocking to relate, this wrecker and murderer had sat in judgment on poachers and footpads. Penelope Brandling A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth Century 2011-08-25T02:00:27.073Z The place was a resort of pirates or wreckers. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z “We heard firing as we came up the river, and wreckers are known to be about.” The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z For a long time a misjudgment of the same kind allowed wreckers a pretended right to the objects thrown on the strand by the tempest following a wreck. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z But there were rooms which the wreckers—no jack-a-dandies neither—flatly refused to enter; and nothing would make them but much coaxing, the promise of extra pay, and the certainty of much immediate beer. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z The wrecker turned and his lips again moved as if to form for a signal whistle. The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk 2011-08-05T02:00:44.900Z What specially gratified Keller Bey was that no member of the noisy gang of wreckers had been chosen. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z “Do you mean to tell me that the wreckers are now on the island?” asked the captain. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z That is, he fishes for food, but I reckon you might call him a wrecker 343 too,” she added with a smile. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z Fresh fruits and vegetables abound in the summer, but so do some diet wreckers. How to avoid summer diet pitfalls 2011-07-13T17:58:04Z It was so familiar to the audience, so natural, that more than one among them probably lost himself and almost fancied he was standing on that lonely storm-lashed beach with the wrecker. The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk 2011-08-05T02:00:44.900Z The German and Italian authors have suffered the same treatment from these literary wreckers. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z The Forbidden City’s Gate of Heavenly Peace and the new National Museum of China show damage from both the wrecker’s ball and gunfire. Letter from China: A Challenge to China's Self-Looting 2011-06-22T11:40:23Z Why, even though we air wreckers we always pray for the poor sailors in a storm, but we pray too that if there air any wrecks they will be washed up on Fisherman’s Inlet.” Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z It seemed the final crushing blow of fate, that the wrecker of his home should have come so nearly within his power and then have escaped unscathed. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z “Where the old wrecker hails the ship in the fog I want to work in some slow, solemn music,” proceeded Jolly. The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk 2011-08-05T02:00:44.900Z Leaving their little island to the mercies of the half-breed wreckers whose small craft swarmed about, they sailed away. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z But the fierceness of the wreckers, if it still tainted the blood of the peasantry, quailed under the law; and their organ of acquisitiveness now led them to the milder occupation of smuggling. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z This action was the occasion of Dolly Smith's vow to consecrate her whole life to the wreaking of vengeance on the wrecker of their happiness. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z Then the eight police were to pounce down on the wreckers lying in wait under the castle's western walls. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z The next scene showed the wrecker on the 132 rainswept beach staring into the depths for some sign from the belated ship. The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk 2011-08-05T02:00:44.900Z "D——n the fellow! does he take me for a wrecker?" said Darcy to himself, not knowing whether to laugh or be angry. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z Stories of wreckers, tales of wild and law-less men in remote untravelled' lands, rose to his mind and he half doubted if it were prudent to proceed farther. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Nor is there anything simple or Manichean about the standoff between the state on the one hand and its would-be wreckers on the other. Failed states: Where life is cheap and talk is loose 2011-03-17T11:53:59Z Finally, and mainly at Mona's own instigation, a plan was concocted by which not only the wrecking would be prevented, but the would-be wreckers were to be captured. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z Lieutenant Goslin said all of the wreckers in the area had been responding to accidents and spinouts “nonstop,” and there was no letup in sight. Another Snowstorm Pounds Vermont 2011-03-07T20:54:59Z This spirit that I call Dionysus, this magic of inspiration and joy, is it not as a matter of fact the great wrecker of men's lives? Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Just the spot for a smuggler or a wrecker, or a fellow to build a house to boat and fish, and live away from the world. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z In many other cases the wreckers are too effectively globalised for any one state to take them on, adds Mr Cockayne. Failed states: Where life is cheap and talk is loose 2011-03-17T11:53:59Z Before the war, it was the rendezvous of a few wreckers and fishermen. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The owners of the property have set their faces against hotels, and on the stretch of sand-dunes are only the ruins of a one-time wrecker's cottage, and a small black hut. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z “Yes; I’ll save him,” he said with a mocking laugh, as he reached the top of the cliff and looked down at the faint light seen in the old wrecker’s cottage. Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z A man who had settled down as the companion of old Prawle, the wrecker, and made the cottage at Gwennas Cove his home, was not one to be received. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z The coastmen were expert smugglers and wreckers, the agriculturists were ignorant and drunken, the parish clergy were slothful, in many cases intemperate, and largely given to fox-hunting. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Men, generally, seemed to have given up the cause as lost, and to have set themselves at work, like wreckers, to save as much as possible from the sinking ship. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Coastguards in Cornwall, the home of wreckers and smugglers! Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z There was not much lost, for Bartholomew Wrigley, at the age of thirty—wrecker, smuggler, fisherman, sea-dog, anything by turn—was about as ugly an athletic specimen of humanity as ever stepped. Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z The world’s called me wrecker, smuggler, and thief. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z Yet by simultaneously adopting the practice of "targeted killing," the home builders do double-duty as home wreckers. The war in Afghanistan: Year 10 2010-10-07T16:01:00Z The panel said Manning testified that the contact would have strictly damaged the left side only because of the matchup between the wrecker pushbar and the angle of the racecar's rear bumper. Childress says team proved case in NASCAR appeal 2010-09-30T14:19:00Z Childress said the car could have been knocked out of whack because it was pushed into the winner’s circle at New Hampshire Motor Speedway by a wrecker. Heavy Nascar Penalties Damage Bowyer?s Chances for the Title 2010-09-23T00:24:00Z “A captain in the King’s Navy marry the daughter of an old wrecker, the sister of as utter a smuggling scoundrel as can be found about this port of Dartmouth!” Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z “As I will him,” roared the old wrecker, raising his fists to heaven. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z So she remembers the way her father, a car dealer, went off in his wrecker to rescue a stranded car in the lull when the eye passed over. Our Towns: Blas? About the Weather Channel?s Maps? Remember 1938 2010-09-02T02:33:00Z Yet Chevalier did more than denounce the wreckers and planners. Book Review - Parisians - An Adventure History of Paris - By Graham Robb 2010-04-30T16:42:00Z Shackelford insists her case against the mistress was meant to send a message to home wreckers not to come between couples. We are seduced by home wreckers 2010-04-21T18:06:00Z The 40-year-old rock from Manchester, very much a wrecker of favourites, stopped the breathless kid in five. Haye determined to defend world title 2010-04-03T00:26:00Z They say she’s a witch, and her father’s as scoundrelly an old wrecker and smuggler as ever breathed. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z They say that the wreckers used to have a false beacon here in the old times. Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway One after another the Pixies' dens, nests, tents, huts, barns and storehouses shared the same fate at the hands of the busy wreckers. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies In other words, a North Carolina jury recently found Lundquist guilty of being a home wrecker. We are seduced by home wreckers 2010-04-21T18:06:00Z Soon we heard Dad's voice in a different cry—one that meant everything; and the wreckers, turning like beavers through a dozen blind trails, gathered all close to the big fireman. The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories “Then they say such cruel things about Prawle, and call him wrecker and smuggler.” The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z This board consisted of experienced officers, who were greatly assisted in their labors by a strong force of experts, wreckers and divers. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future The two retraced their steps to the wreckers' abode. The Wreckers of Sable Island "Plug in the roundhouse for the wrecker—and tell them to send uptown for the crew." The Night Operator One of the wreckers and myself wished to exchange places, but my captain would not consent. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document "Did you know, Mr. Huntington," he continued, turning, "that your friend is a wrecker of other men's plans?" The Bachelors A Novel In their eyes Elias was a wrecker--the enemy of their Order and the destroyer of its high ideals. Saint Bonaventure The Seraphic Doctor Minister-General of the Franciscan Order But the wreckers were too much occupied with their own affairs to pay any attention to him. The Wreckers of Sable Island Adderley of New Providence had babbled in his cups and one of his men had been bribed to take a party of Bermuda wreckers to the reef. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day From an indolent little fishing village and the home of the "wreckers" it had become a lively little town. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document "The wreckers talk folly," she said; "no tide could touch the house,"—leaning farther out to see the two approaching figures go into the doorway beneath. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 Had to wait till noon for the wreckers to get the track in repair, when we started on our way rejoicing, as it was very cold. An Artilleryman's Diary In this fear of Ben, much more than in the decision of the other wreckers, lay Eric's safety. The Wreckers of Sable Island In charge of the operations was placed Captain William Burns of Glasgow, a hard-headed and vastly experienced wrecker who had handled many important salvage enterprises for the marine underwriters in seas near and far. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day In olden times such tidings must have traveled from mouth to mouth, and the wreckers of those days flashed their calls and warnings with beacon-fires. Careers of Danger and Daring In spite of all the croaking of the wreckers, the highest tide had never yet approached nearer than to ten feet sheer descent from the foundation-stones. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 We are not the wreckers yonder, though we well might be. Harper's Round Table, August 13, 1895 A week of almost incessant stormy weather had compelled the wreckers to spend most of their time in the hut. The Wreckers of Sable Island They plunge hither and thither, like wreckers into the surf; and each plunge brings up a sample of misery, filth, and woe. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel All going to show the kind of stuff American wreckers are made of. Careers of Danger and Daring Men are more or less Cornish wreckers in life, and very apt to regard the lost article as treasure-trove. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance She thought she heard noises in the distance, and recalled tales of smugglers and wreckers and ghost-haunted coves. The Head Girl at the Gables Among the spoils of the Francis was a leather-covered box, so handsome and so heavy that one of the wreckers, feeling sure it contained something valuable, brought it carefully ashore. The Wreckers of Sable Island The flame that gleamed from the 'Teeth' rocks, was but an Indian device, to draw the wreckers out to sea. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Also, this is the time of times, if you can get aboard, to make acquaintance with the wreckers, to pick up lore of the diving-suit and tales of the divers. Careers of Danger and Daring The attempt of a beautiful, crafty, and unscrupulous woman, who is a wrecker of hearts and of men, to influence his vote for United States senator plays an important part. The Vision of Elijah Berl If one price will not bring it, another will, and the value to the wrecker depends upon the amount of assets. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Then not only Evil-Eye, but all the other wreckers, would undoubtedly see to it that there was no fear of his becoming an informer, and placing them in peril of the law. The Wreckers of Sable Island Deceived and baffled, the wreckers made towards shore, to which already their eyes were turned in terror, for the red blaze of the burning huts was seen, miles off, in the bay. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Beacons were built on dangerous points of the coast, keepers appointed to serve them, watchers detailed to observe the vessels as they passed and restrain the activities of the wrecker. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war When the idle fields are a wrecker's tale, That the Autumn tells to the twilight pale, As the Year turns seaward a crimson sail, Halloo and oh! Undertones It was ours, after hard bargaining, and Mason, the foreman wrecker, looked ill-pleased with his price when we rolled the timber down to tide mark, launched, and towed it away. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea Hope long deferred did not make the hot temper of the wreckers any more amiable, and Eric, worried as he was with his own troubles, found life harder than ever. The Wreckers of Sable Island "You are welcome to all you can justly claim," answered a tall man, who appeared to be the leader of the party of wreckers. The Boy Slaves From the wireless station,—that continuous recorder of difficulty and disaster, came word that a Norwegian steamer was ashore on Twisted Cay, and asking for immediate assistance against native wreckers. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers The old stories, which I had so often heard and of late had forgotten, about pirates, and wrecks, and wreckers, and cruelties perpetrated upon the beach, now seemed to take actual life and reality. Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 However, the train can not escape altogether if our railroad wreckers have safely reached their trysting-place. Bugle Blasts Read before the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Like all men of their class, the wreckers were intensely superstitious, and the wily villain Evil-Eye, though indirectly, shrewdly seized upon the delay of the schooner to strike at Eric. The Wreckers of Sable Island They were unanimous in the belief that a sunken ship was near them, and that they had only to watch the rival wreckers, and learn where she was submerged. The Boy Slaves What was still more daring, while most of the wreckers had left the stranded steamer on the arrival of the cutter, others actually stayed on board. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers He turned at least to the war-ships, where it seems he was rebuffed; thence he fled into the arms of the wrecker gang, where he was unhappily more successful. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) There was in this place a hamlet of the inhabitants, fisher-folk and wreckers; their huts stood close about the head of the beach. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Great was the bustle and excitement at the wreckers' quarters. The Wreckers of Sable Island The old sheik and his followers then betook themselves to their camels; and the kafila was hurried up the dry bed of the river,—leaving the wreckers to continue their toilsome and unprofitable task. The Boy Slaves All that the captain of the steamer could say was that, during a fight with the wreckers the preceding night, these two men had been knifed. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers The reason you brought this agent provocateur, this Trotskyite wrecker, to this position of ridiculous power. Expediter Fisher after fisher, I wrote, and my pen tripped; for it should rather stand wrecker after wrecker. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) With great exultation the wreckers noted that their pursuer was shortening sail. The Wreckers of Sable Island On the day after parting from the wreckers a walled town was reached, and near it, on the sides of some of the hills, were seen growing a few patches of barley. The Boy Slaves In the darkness all the wreckers had gathered to board their victim, and at a given signal not less than a hundred and fifty men had swarmed on to the vessel's decks. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers "Who be them, Joe?" whispered a wrecker, as two dim figures came down through the marsh. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 Aided by a strong force of wreckers and divers, the court proceeded to make a thorough investigation on the spot, employing every available means for impartial and exact determination of the causes of the explosion. The Boys of '98 He was in a state of high excitement—his anxiety to find some safe refuge contending with joy at his escape from the wreckers' clutches. The Wreckers of Sable Island All attempts on the part of the old sheik to convince the wreckers, as he had been convinced himself, proved fruitless. The Boy Slaves Already the main hatch had been forced open and a stream of men was pouring down, for the wreckers knew of valuables which formed a part of the cargo. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers "That's so," droned out one or two of the wreckers, dully nodding. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 Love lit a beacon in thine eyes, A wreckers’ light for me; My heart is broken on the rocks; I perish in the sea. The Fairy Changeling and Other Poems The wreckers, surprised in their bunks, proved an easy capture, and before daybreak all were safely locked up in jail. The Wreckers of Sable Island Nor, indeed, could the wreckers themselves have given a good reason for undergoing such an amount of ludicrous labor. The Boy Slaves The boats were half-way across to the steamer, where there was a sudden cessation of the fighting, and over the side of the vessel the wreckers came swarming like rats leaving a sinking ship. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers She did not hear the cry of horror from the wreckers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 It is evident that he could not possibly have arrested the wreckers, for he had himself seen nothing and it is not to be supposed that they would have been witnesses against one another. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone When they arrived at the hut they found the whole party of wreckers there, waiting somewhat impatiently for a huge negro to serve them their supper. The Wreckers of Sable Island It resulted in all three being captured and conducted up the ravine towards the camp of the wreckers. The Boy Slaves As soon as the wreckers had heard the Miami's guns and fled, the tide of battle turned, and on the dozen which remained, the crew of the steamer had taken a swift vengeance. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers On favorable occasions these men lay aside their legitimate calling, and become for the time being wreckers, an occupation which verges only too closely upon piracy. Due South or Cuba Past and Present When a vessel struck in these days on the Long Island shore, wreckers appeared in dozens, not eager for death, for they would rather have avoided that, but keen for plunder. A Noble Woman Little did Prince Edward imagine, when ordering liberal additions to his wardrobe, that those resplendent garments were destined to be worn to tatters on the backs of the wreckers of Sable Island. The Wreckers of Sable Island They were the spoils of the corvette, that had been washed ashore, and fallen into the hands of the wreckers. The Boy Slaves It was evident that the wreckers, when they were ready for their work, brought the light with them. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers She knew what the slave came for; every man in that community of pirates, wreckers, escaped slaves, and convicts knew as well as she. The Pirate Woman To my father's house, instead of ashore among those wreckers and hotel-people. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated Although by dint of bluster and brutality Evil-Eye had forced his way to a sort of leadership among the wreckers, there was really none of them with so much influence as Ben. The Wreckers of Sable Island His experience as a "Barbary wrecker" had taught him that there would be no danger,—no likelihood of resistance,—even though the castaways numbered thirty instead of three. The Boy Slaves It was not until some time afterwards that the Lighthouse Service learned that there actually had been such a light in the hands of the wreckers at one time. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers Healy, and the rest of the would-be wreckers are shivering with excitement at the prospect of the crash which they fondly believe to be imminent. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Ford thought he understood the matter, and said nothing; but the "Jersey wrecker" had "picked up" those two anchors, one time and another, and had no objection at all to talking "trade." St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated The wreckers had captured a score of the ponies, and broken them in after a fashion. The Wreckers of Sable Island He was prisoner to a party of wandering Bedouins,—the worst to be found in all the wide expanse of the Sa�ran desert,—the wreckers of the Atlantic coast. The Boy Slaves In a quarrel among themselves, however, over the division of the spoils of a small schooner which had run ashore, one of the disgruntled wreckers had thrown the lantern overboard in deep water. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers One story or slow monologue followed another—of shipwrecks, frequent on that murderous coast, of rescues by wreckers, of "vyages" down the coast or to India, Africa, with plenty of sailors' superstition in it all. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 The crew of the train that lay in the ditch walked slowly up the track to where the wreckers had pulled up, and the freight conductor asked for Sinclair. Whispering Smith Many an evening when he seemed deep in his books he was, in reality, with strained ears and throbbing pulses, listening to the wreckers discussing their plans for the future. The Wreckers of Sable Island If so, they had not fallen into the hands of the wreckers; or if they had, they were not in the camp—unless, indeed, they might be inside some of the tents. The Boy Slaves "I hadn't supposed there was anything of that sort going on now, sir," said Eric to one of the junior lieutenants, discussing the question of the wreckers' lights. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers In some places even a wrecker's foot-path down the bank lasts several years. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 The wreckers, drifting in the blaze of the sun across the broad alkali valley, saw the smoke of the wreck-fire behind them. Whispering Smith As spring drew near, signs of excitement and eager expectation became visible among the wreckers. The Wreckers of Sable Island The agony he had suffered was such as many a good seaman had endured since the wreckers came to Ken's Island. The House Under the Sea A Romance The business of being a wrecker has changed a good deal. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers From fishing, shooting, collecting chance driftwood, and leading a desultory life along shore, like the wreckers of old they naturally fall into this thieving habit. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo They are gathered around our country, Ughtred, like wreckers waiting for the ship to break up. The Traitors The breakers were successfully passed with the aid of a number of the wreckers, who dashed into the surf, and drew the boat up high and dry upon the beach. The Wreckers of Sable Island He knows them, now, for false lights on the wrecker's coast. Holbein It's only in places like these outlying fringes of the Bahamas, that the native wrecker—the one who lives by robbery and loot—can still be found. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers It was before Billy Topsail, a lad of wits, had held a candle over the powder barrel, when the wreckers boarded the Spot Cash. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys Thought of the Canal lying there defenseless, of Kashtanov speeding towards it on his wrecker's errand, kindled within him a strength that was unnatural, superhuman. Raiders Invisible The trial of the wreckers excited widespread interest, and made Eric the hero of the hour. The Wreckers of Sable Island The news that his ghost was on the look-out had, it is said, a wholesome effect in deterring wreckers from interference with the cargo. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice All the inhabitants were in league with the wreckers, there. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers “Come to report, sir,” said the nearest wrecker. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys It had occurred to him that there was an old wrecker's trick, well used in the days of sailing ships. Smugglers' Reef It was once a favourite spot for smugglers and wreckers, and here Athelstan, after his final defeat of the Cornish, started to conquer the Scilly Isles. The Cornish Riviera “Also aided me in running down those switch tower wreckers.” Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail Many and many a good vessel, in the early days of American shipping, was lured directly on to the treacherous beach, while the wreckers looted everything they could get, and plundered the passengers and crew. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers Were the wreckers trying to decoy him from the ship? Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys The trick was to extinguish a navigation light so ships would run aground and be easy prey for the wreckers. Smugglers' Reef Before the wreckers came around she was dead. The Battle with the Slum For they are the builders who are to follow the wreckers of war. Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation "You mean become a smuggler, a wrecker, and a general law-breaker." The Birthright But if we can keep the wreckers off, by trick or by force, we’ll not lose her. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys And sometimes the wreckers helped out by raising false lights. Smugglers' Reef The boy chums passed through many exciting scenes, their conflicts with the Cuban wreckers; the loss of their vessel, the "Eager Quest," they will long remember. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades By a judicious use of these little wreckers of consecutive speech Mr. and Mrs. Fenelby, over the dishes, reached a perfect understanding and forgot their quarrel. The Cheerful Smugglers Outside was a wild, high sea, the clouds overhead were black as ink, and not a star appeared, thus the doomed vessel would be at the mercy of the wreckers. The Birthright The wreckers recoiled, now convinced that the lad meant no less than he said. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys At length the last one was gathered from that direction, and our wreckers were ready to explore the coast lying to the northward. The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines Much more lively in its nature was the connection with this parish of the notorious Cruel Coppinger, smuggler, wrecker, and desperado. The Cornwall Coast These men were train robbers—or, worse, possibly, train wreckers. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed But more than all this, while smuggling was lightly regarded, there was a strong feeling against the wrecker. The Birthright As his weariness increased, he began to think that the wreckers had drawn off, discouraged. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys He also imagined that, having picked up all the timber they could find, and becoming tired of waiting for him, the wreckers might have set out for Red Jacket on foot. The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines He had been a smuggler, a wrecker, a pirate; his hand was red with blood, his soul dark with the soil of crime. The Cornwall Coast The steps of the train wreckers, as they returned, were heard outside, and in a moment Jack disappeared again. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed Years ago—long years ago—oh! so long, so long!—well, say I was a smuggler, a wrecker—oh, what you like! The Birthright There was a light in his blue eyes––a glitter or a twinkle––which might have warned the wreckers, had they known him better. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys While the wreckers were thus engaged, the fishermen appeared from their huts and made ready for another day on the lake. The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines Most of them did abide by the old saying, 'Honour amongst wreckers,' but not those two. Cornwall's Wonderland “I am quite all right,” she said haughtily, looking with an unfriendly countenance at their wreckers. Madge Morton's Victory "Plug in the round-house for the wrecker—and tell them to send uptown for the crew." The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories The manner of the speech––the fierce intensity of it––impressed the wreckers. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys In this way, even before the arrival of Peveril and his wreckers, a large amount of the needed timber had been secured. The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines For weeks after the wreck of the Portuguese Indiaman, the wreckers were continually finding gold and jewels washed in to the sand, and now and again more bodies were washed ashore, all richly dressed. Cornwall's Wonderland The Calcutta natives were always on the look-out for squalls, like the Irish “wreckers” of olden days. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. She also allowed the storm to cease, but this was because the gang of wreckers had to haul up the ship and gather in their plunder. Three Little Cousins It was up t’ Billy Topsail t’ save the firm from wreckers an’ I’ll lay you that Billy Topsail has saved the firm. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys Here and there, up and down the river, and into its branches, wherever a boat was wrecked or burned or run aground, the Submarine hurried off to reach the spot before other wreckers. James B. Eads Oh, it was a fine haul the wreckers had after that black storm, but one very curious thing happened such as had never happened before. Cornwall's Wonderland Moreover, natural dangers were increased by false signals which wreckers used to lure ships to shore in order to plunder them. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe A name for the wreckers of the Bahama reefs, in allusion to the shells on those shores. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It had been but lately given to the wreckers, "and the demolition of a few weeks," he writes, "had reduced it to—an antiquity." Chimney-Pot Papers Before the war he had long contended with stubborn currents, and with ice, and by his energy and his talent for inventing new devices he had become the most successful wrecker on the river. James B. Eads All the wreckers were watching it, and all, except old Madge, were very nearly terrified out of their senses. Cornwall's Wonderland And I do not believe in home wreckers, and things.” Eve to the Rescue She is a wrecker, and only too probably a pirate as well. The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise Besides cut-throats in ruffles, and wreckers in homespun, there were true, sweet, simple-hearted people who would not sell their souls to fill their mouths. The Little Manx Nation - 1891 Because he was in charge of a boat people began to call the young wrecker Captain Eads, and that was the only reason for a title which clung to him always. James B. Eads The wreckers agreed to say their prayers, and got up again and said them, knee to knee, with their two little faces to the fire, and then stretched themselves out afresh. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 I didn't enlist as a section hand, nor a railroad wrecker, and there was nothing in my enlistment papers that said anything about my being compelled to commit arson. How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 Did any railroad wrecker ever make a greater percentage than that? Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 He reached it, then turned with it towards the crouching grave wreckers. The Kangaroo Marines My father was at the head of a small and wretchedly-built village, whose inhabitants were all, with one exception, wreckers. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Then the wreckers, hand in hand, quaking and whimpering, stepped out to the mouth of the cave. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Once upon a time the Cornish men were noted for being heartless wreckers. A Yacht Voyage Round England The thought gave him new courage, and he dared to again fix his eyes on the beach and the bit of sea where the wreckers’ boat was gracefully rocking on the short land-swells. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 The rough wreckers cheered and cheered again, as they drank to "Mrs. Lester's Luck." A Memory Of The Southern Seas 1904 Since I have known you I have ceased to be a wrecker. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 The wreckers of the Orkneys and the Faroes, the clansmen of the Scottish isles, the kernes of Donegal and Galway, all had their part in the work of murder and robbery. A History of Sea Power They are fishermen and wreckers, and know every inch of bottom all along the reefs. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi Then he removed the stone, crept through the opening, and ran to the spot where only the ashes of the wreckers’ fire were to be seen. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 Let my reader contrast this modern Jeffreys, his savage tirade, and, for an offense against property, this most brutal sentence, with the treatment of the Warwickshire bank wreckers. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude The old wrecker kept us at a good pace, scrambling and leaping over fallen trunks, until we saw the top of the old lighthouse, for which we had been looking, rising above the palmetto-scrub. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting You see that Christian dog,” replied the wrecker, pointing to Sailor Bill’s brother; “I will sell him.” The Boy Slaves To the wrecker of railroads on Wall Street it was indubitably petty. The Tyranny of the Dark The smugglers, the pirates, the wreckers, and the Spanish mariners knew every bluff and headland perfectly. Mushrooms on the Moor At present we are putting wreckers in charge of Organization and famine producers in charge of Production. The Root of Evil We passed the skeletons of several wrecks; but they had long before been visited by the ever-vigilant wreckers, and everything of value on board carried away. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting They were unanimous in the belief that a sunken ship was near them, and that they had only to watch the rival wreckers and learn where she was submerged. The Boy Slaves But only this gentleman of ease and the wreckers profited by the great flood. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, V. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated "Hanging is too good for wreckers; they should be roasted at the false fires they light for poor seafaring men's destruction." Viking Boys “Of course, I don’t remember my father, and, naturally, I don’t know what sort of a man he was, but I don’t believe he was a wrecker!” The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast He offered to allow one of his crew to accompany us, who, being well acquainted with the country, and a good sportsman—as most wreckers are—would act as our guide. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting If so, they had not fallen into the hands of the wreckers; or if they had, they were not in the camp, unless, indeed, they might be inside some of the tents. The Boy Slaves As for lawyers, our little philosopher considered them, for the most part, sharks and wreckers. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 "I mean that the stout schooner I sailed in would be in a safe harbour now instead of drifting as spindle-wood among those skerries if there were no wreckers on your islands, my lad!" Viking Boys To think that we would stumble on the wreckers right at work. The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast We pushed forward as fast as we could; but the old wrecker, our guide, seemed, as we thought, somewhat uncertain of the path we ought to take. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting Nor, indeed, could the wreckers themselves have given a good reason for undergoing such an amount of ludicrous labour. The Boy Slaves The wreckers of the Orkneys and the Faroes, the clansmen of the Scottish Isles, the kernes of Donegal and Galway, all had their part in the work of murder and robbery. History of the English People, Volume IV I just wish I could catch a wrecker at his evil work. Viking Boys At any rate, he’ll know what police or government officers to go to, so we can catch these wreckers.” The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast There was also the Timian Tower, which was erected for navigators, but its design was frustrated by wreckers, who lighted other fires, in order to mislead the seamen, and lure them to ruin and death. Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands All attempts on the part of the old sheik to convince the wreckers as he had been convinced himself, proved fruitless. The Boy Slaves Several of the better disposed of the people now joined themselves to Shane, and prevented the wreckers from continuing their barbarous proceedings. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean "Men who cheat in trade, who scamp work, evade taxes, rack-rent the poor, are no better than pirates and wreckers." Viking Boys A look around showed no signs of the supposed wreckers, and a little later the two lads were in the lighthouse telling their story to the wondering and amazed keeper. The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast The publishers, like the Cornwall wreckers, say no, the moment your labours touch our fatal shore they are ours; you have no right to them, no title in them. Diary in America, Series Two His experience as a “Barbary wrecker” had taught him that there would be no danger, no likelihood of resistance, even though the castaways numbered thirty instead of three. The Boy Slaves One heap bore the form of a cross, and was probably the sepulchre of a wrecker. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver I could not bear this fellow to accuse us of having wreckers in Shetland—though there have been plenty. Viking Boys My father is innocent, I’m sure of it; and I believe we can prove it, once we have these wreckers arrested.” The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast For these "Norsemen of the Pacific," whom Cook, knowing nothing of the treachery they had planned against him under the guise of hospitality, misnamed the "Friendly Islanders," were, in reality, a nation of wreckers. Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791 They were the spoils of the corvette that had been washed ashore and fallen into the hands of the wreckers. The Boy Slaves At sunset, accounts were compared, and finding a considerable difference in favor of the wreckers, I was dispatched ashore to ascertain the error. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver The currents, and the numerous rocks of the bay, render it a dangerous coast, formerly peopled by barbarous wreckers, who despoiled the shipwrecked mariners as our Cornish men of old. Brittany & Its Byways He can get one of the men from the life saving station, and with a couple of the government secret service officers you ought to be able to get those wreckers, don’t you think?” The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast Of course, these were of no value whatever, for in frequent raids on the part of wreckers, whoever they may have been, everything worth taking had long since been carried away. Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay The Disappearing Fleet On the day after parting from the wreckers, a walled town was reached; and near it, on the sides of some of the hills, were seen growing a few patches of barley. The Boy Slaves This part of the coast was naturally a happy hunting-ground for smugglers, and was not altogether innocent of wreckers. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts The inhabitants of the island were celebrated for their ferocity as wreckers. Brittany & Its Byways “Boys, if you could only get moving pictures of the capture of the wreckers!” The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast But he is not dead; at least so say the wreckers, who throng upon the beach; the life-buoy is still fast to him, though he is fearfully shattered and bruised. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 It resulted in all three being captured, and conducted up the ravine towards the camp of the wreckers. The Boy Slaves But his father has a grip on the worst elements here, and everyone seems afraid to rile up the old wrecker. Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast If something of this kind should prove in the end to be right for man, then Greece will have played the part of the great wrecker in human history. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield A film of the capture of wreckers would make an audience sit up and take notice.” The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast The train wrecker hovered between life and death at the receiving hospital and, during his conscious periods, cursed the police commissioner incessantly. Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles “You are welcome to all you can justly claim,” answered a tall man, who appeared to be the leader of the party of wreckers. The Boy Slaves He would have been satisfied to hear that a dozen poor sailors had been lost if it meant a big haul for the wreckers of the coast. Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast Thus John Sherman will figure in history as the man who resumed specie payments; and in that the visiting statesman of 1876 and the wrecker of 1877-78 will be forgotten. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. Though seeing that a storm is coming up, they may keep so far out from shore that they won’t see the false lights, in case the wreckers try to work them. The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast “If the wreckers on shore were expecting a prize, they’ll be mistaken,” observed Reuben, when all had been silent for some time. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy The old sheik and his followers then betook themselves to their camels; and the kafila was hurried up the dry bed of the river, leaving the wreckers to continue their toilsome and unprofitable task. The Boy Slaves She had evidently gone on the reef, having gotten out of her course in the wild storm, or else because the wreckers further down the coast had deceived her navigator by means of false beacons. Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast We do not say that all wreckers were guilty of such crimes, but many of them were so, and their style of life, at the best, had naturally a demoralising influence upon all of them. The Lighthouse Once more they advanced until Joe and Blake recognized the place where they had been hiding, and whence they had looked into the open place where the wreckers had been putting up their false light. The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast But very few objects on board were insured, and hundreds of hogsheads of Missouri tobacco and barrels of Kentucky our were several days afterwards picked up by the Arkansas and Tennessee wreckers. Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet He was prisoner to a party of wandering Bedouins, the worst to be found in all the wide expanse of the Saaran desert, the wreckers of the Atlantic coast. The Boy Slaves The terrible nature of this act brought out a half-stifled cry from the watching boy, and the wrecker, startled, wheeled to see him there. Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast “We are not wreckers, and we no longer fancy that you will work us harm because we help to save your life.” Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor They spoke of the matter to the theatrical man early the next morning, and he readily agreed to let them continue the work of trying to capture the wreckers. The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast Scoundrels—rascals, who wear a fisher’s frock to hide the fact that they are smugglers—were wreckers. The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap The scoundrel has, no doubt, played the part of wrecker for years and taken possession of every unfortunate vessel that has come ashore, plundered and burnt it.” King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale Over and over again men made their pistols click, and were ready in their rage to send bullets flying amongst the wreckers of their homes; but my father uttered a low warning. Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore As a tearoom wrecker he was some artist, believe me! Shorty McCabe on the Job And I would like to see you get those wreckers. The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast That you’re a set of smugglers, and, worse still, wreckers when you get a chance, and don’t stop at robbery or murder. The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap He had been a wrecker, and still hankered after the old occupation. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Gamblers and gun-slingers, tricksters and sharpers, attended by the carrion flock of women who always hover after these wreckers and wastrels, came to Ascalon by scores. Trail's End Some contract that, to take an ex-home wrecker in tow and give her the kind of a good time that was popular in the days of Berry Wall. Torchy and Vee Daylight revealed more clearly the haste with which the wreckers had removed their false lantern. The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast Why should I talk like that about a man who has the character of being a wrecker as well as a smuggler? The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap This place was called the wrecker's reef, and was covered at high water, but when the tide was low, Isabel and the others often went there to get shells. Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma But there was Goodrich—the real corruptionist, the wrecker of my plans and hopes, the menace to the future of the party. The Plum Tree O heart and brain, it rest with you, how long The legislative wreckers shall prevail. Freedom, Truth and Beauty The wreckers were busy putting up their lantern, and were making as much noise, talking and hammering on the apparatus, as though they were far removed from possible discovery. The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast Many of these men were wreckers; that is to say, they deliberately placed on the coast false lights which lured passing ships to destruction. Chatterbox, 1905. There lay at Cape Sable and Sable Island Charnisay's freebooters, Charnisay's wreckers, ready to board the ship or lure her a wreck on Sable Island reefs by false lights. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom They were wreckers, and used to entice ships on to the rocks by means of false lights in order to enrich themselves with the spoils washed up on their coasts. A Book of Quaker Saints A Carolina pirate, who began as a wrecker with the pirate Bellamy in the West Indies. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers They found the secret service men and Tom Cardiff waiting for them, and, well armed, in addition to the clubs they carried, and with ropes to bind the wreckers, they started off. The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast More than a hundred souls went to their doom, to the joy, it is said, of the wreckers, who made a fine harvest on the coast at daybreak.' Chatterbox, 1905. Apollo would be safe there, he said, though in old days the folk of Clovelly used to be not only desperate smugglers, but wreckers, and would entice ships upon the rocks by means of lure-lights. Set in Silver After calling a repair garage to send out a wrecker, they drove to the Swifts' home. Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung Mr. C. told Paid that Captain Balbo was a good natured old wrecker and treasure hunter, well-known in all the West India Islands. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World For a moment the wreckers stood as if paralyzed about the stone pedestal on which the false 170lantern was being built. The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast |
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