| 单词 | corrugated iron |
| 例句 | We walked past the rows of brick structures with corrugated iron roofs to a big grey building in the back of the compound. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The corrugated iron of the canneries glows with the pearly lucency of platinum or old pewter. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was very much like the main town: shabby little huts, repaired a dozen times, patched with scraps of plastic or corrugated iron, leaning crazily against each other over muddy alleyways. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They turned down Cannery Row and whanged a stone at the corrugated iron front of Morden’s Cannery. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they’d forcibly remove people from illegally occupying some white area and drop them off in the middle of nowhere with some pallets of plywood and corrugated iron. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The color scheme is cinder block and corrugated iron, gray and dark gray, punctuated by bright splashes of color. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Yet we spend money and spend money on roads and dam if it isn’t like trying to drive over a sheet of corrugated iron roofing. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She swerved that way and saw a gap between the coal-spirit barrels and the end of a corrugated iron shed, and darted for it like a bullet. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the vandals were already there and had taken over his aunty’s hut with the corrugated iron roof. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And she picked him up carefully, avoiding his spurs, and took him outside into the dark, where a loose piece of corrugated iron roofing was banging in the cold wind with a melancholy sound. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z You’d first build a shanty on your plot, a makeshift structure of plywood and corrugated iron. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Ugwu knew that an army contractor had donated some corrugated iron for replacing the blown-off roof and that volunteers were camouflaging it with palm fronds. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In addition to a granite-block exterior, the interior ceilings were of corrugated iron, resting upon wrought iron I beams, and every partition wall in the structure was of brick. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a great bare barn of a building with a corrugated iron roof and was considered the only public building large enough to support a trial of so many accused. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day for two months the line of bullock carts came in laden with bricks and stones and cement, sheets of tin and corrugated iron, coils of rope and hemp. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z So it was a surprise, at the end of our first day, to emerge into a clearing and find a pleasant shelter with a raised wooden floor and a corrugated iron roof. Explorer: In Papua New Guinea, Trek on a Trail of War 2010-10-22T19:48:00Z He approaches the buckled sheets of corrugated iron under which he seems to shelter. Spies by Michael Frayn 2012-06-01T21:51:01Z “My dad grew up in a township and you knew your neighbors, you knew people’s business — because the walls on a shack are really thin, corrugated iron.” The Complex History and Uneasy Present of ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z For years they lived a nomadic lifestyle, travelling across Europe in a corrugated iron van and performing in villages and towns. The bittersweet story of Marina Abramović's epic walk on the Great Wall of China 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z The imposing concrete structure is patched here and there with wood, corrugated iron, barbed wire and fences. The Godfather – but with chimpanzees: on set with War for the Planet of the Apes 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z In "Nightrise," a corrugated iron fence on a muddy back alley becomes a vivid barrier lit in sickly ochers and blacks. Colors that emerge from the night: photographer George Ciardi 2012-08-23T20:59:07Z A band played on a stage was made of corrugated iron. Can a Fela Kuti musical change British theatre's tune? 2010-10-27T11:31:00Z And most importantly, because it's a SyFy film, the finale must involve everyone visiting an alien mothership that looks suspiciously like three bits of corrugated iron in an abandoned warehouse. Waterworld the remake! SyFy wade in for possible new film 2012-11-30T11:48:16Z While looters stripped the corrugated iron roof off Fosso’s vacated studio, three men tried to save his abandoned archive. In Samuel Fosso’s Photos, ‘You Can See Evil, You Can See God’ 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Alaina Moore's sweetly monotone, self-harmonising ooh-oohs and Patrick Riley's subdued surf jangle build not so much a wall of sound as a rickety piece of corrugated iron by the bike sheds. New band of the day ? No 815: Tennis 2010-06-30T16:07:00Z Over the months the shelters built from branches, scraps of recovered wood and corrugated iron will spread around Wilson's new home. Haiti survivors 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z You can see these slums on Google Earth – a tumble of rusty corrugated iron and rubbish dumps stretching from the streets down to the river. 'Do you ever think about me?': the children sex tourists leave behind 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z The first stop was the town of Berhale, little more than a collection of makeshift huts made of flapping canvas and corrugated iron near the highway. Journey to an Ethiopian volcano located in one of the hottest places on Earth 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z At night, she curls up here with her grandmother and two cousins, beneath the leaky sheets of corrugated iron that pass for a roof. 'Do you ever think about me?': the children sex tourists leave behind 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z Beneath the giant corrugated iron roof is a shabby stage, a sprawl of picnic tables and market stalls, and young Nigerians playing pool or leaning at a bar watching West Bromwich Albion. Fela Kuti musical moves to Nigeria 2011-03-04T12:57:01Z But something more than a shack, more than plywood walls and plastic tarps, the roof a corrugated iron sheet held down by old tires and heavy rocks to keep the winds from whipping it away. South Africa’s growing pains: The “Born Free” generation inherits a country awash in contradictions 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z But when I look I find it is rain: heavy, plump drops on the corrugated iron roof and the broad leaves of the potted plants. I flew to Greece and began solo IVF. Then the world shut down 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z She now lives in a blue-roofed house made of corrugated iron sheets and timber which overlooks the undulating green ranges of the Aberdare mountain range. King Charles Kenya trip: Mau Mau uprising hangs over visit 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z But it could have been even worse: a scrubby bank of ground a few feet high acted as a shield for the building as the blast sent masonry, corrugated iron and other debris flying. Residents of Kyiv Sift Through the Aftermath of a Missile Attack 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Its walls and roof are constructed from old cloth and broken, rusted sheets of corrugated iron, not enough to stop the sunlight pouring in and burning the children's skin. Somalis with albinism: Pelted with stones and raw eggs 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z For generations, the people of this island have carved out communities from rocky bays and sandy shores: single-room homes with corrugated iron roofs where babies sleep in hammocks strung across the kitchen. Fishing with fear as Philippines stands up to China 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z The undercover footage shows that moments before, three staff dressed in purple uniforms, surround an old woman by a metal gate flanked by sheets of corrugated iron at the perimeter of the home's garden. BBC Africa Eye: Elderly caned at Kenya's PCEA Thogoto Care Home for the Aged 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z He lived in a structure of recycled wood and corrugated iron attached to a trailer, ensconced in a thicket of other such structures and vehicles. Homeless Camps Are Being Cleared in California. What Happens Next? 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z Friends said he was “living hand to mouth” with his few belongings of buckets, clothes and shoes strewn across his one-roomed house made of corrugated iron sheets. A man lies in a Kenya morgue. His family says he’s one of at least 35 shot dead by police this month 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z The camp was established in the 1990s, its permanence reflected in the neat rows of corrugated iron homes in its older sections. In a refugee camp in Kenya, food shortages left kids hungry even before Russia ended grain deal 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Video footage shows the twisted remains of corrugated iron sheets used to build the shacks amid the smouldering debris. Kennedy Road fire: Hundreds of Durban homes destroyed in South Africa 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z Built of a wooden frame with corrugated iron walls, the huts included a potbellied stove for cooking and heating, a bench to relax on, cupboards for storage, and a nearby well to supply water. Ceredigion: Bid to save last surviving postmen’s huts in Wales 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z Homes made of wooden planks with corrugated iron rooves were swept away. DR Congo floods: Digging through mud to find relatives 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z The corrugated iron roofs of flattened houses jutted out from beneath thick layers of mud, photos showed. Corpses pile up after nearly 200 killed in Congo floods 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z North of Mamoudzou, in a shanty town called Majikavo, officials are already marking some of the corrugated iron dwellings for destruction. France's plan to crack down on Indian Ocean migration 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z At least 10 other senior government figures are alleged to have received some of the stolen corrugated iron. Uganda's Mary Goretti Kitutu to spend Easter in jail over roofing-sheets scandal 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z All over the city vacant land is taken over and turned into squatter settlements, where homes are made from scrap wood and corrugated iron. The 70s nuclear relic that may be about to open at last 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The mural, called "Morning is broken", shows a young boy opening curtains made of corrugated iron curtains alongside a cat. Banksy mural appears on derelict Herne Bay farmhouse 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Photos posted by the head of the regional military administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko, showed a blackened crater in a street and a partially destroyed building made of bricks and corrugated iron nearby. Zelensky says the situation in Bakhmut is ‘getting more and more difficult.’ 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Among the many heaps of bricks now crowned with a twisted piece of corrugated iron are the remains of Mehmet's father's house. Earthquake tears apart a Turkish-British family 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z She has been charged alongside her brother, Michael Naboya Kitutu, who pleaded not guilty to receiving 100 of the corrugated iron sheets. Uganda's Mary Goretti Kitutu to spend Easter in jail over roofing-sheets scandal 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z He and his wife Grace live deep in the forest in a small woven bamboo hut with a corrugated iron roof which seems to defy gravity. Sierra Madre: The deadly battle to save a rainforest in the Philippines 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Some joked with friends outside the corrugated iron buildings. Ethiopian guards massacred scores of Tigrayan prisoners, witnesses say 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z IN MALUKAZI, a squalid settlement of shacks with corrugated iron roofs on the southern fringe of Durban, a charity clinic copes with fallout from the conditions that babies face at home. Small victories: South Africa is struggling to improve kids’ health decades after apartheid’s demise 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z But some people have used the profits from their vanilla plantations to buy cement and corrugated iron to reinforce their homes. ‘Life Brought Me Here.’ An Island Nation Adapts to a Changing Climate 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z A large corrugated iron grain silo sits on sand in the middle, while clouds and birds are projected onto the walls. Turner Prize 2023: Boy bands, apocalyptic landscapes and pub signs go on show 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z At the Grace Gospel Ministry, a corrugated iron church on the southern side of town, pastor Moses Agolla said Kalenjin parishioners stopped coming as political tensions rose three months ago. In Kenya's sugar country, volunteers keep election relations sweet 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z She hasn’t visited their graves, which are only 50 feet from her makeshift hut and are now covered with trash — a piece of corrugated iron and a child’s brown shoe. Africa’s desperate hunger: Ukraine war pushes Somalia toward famine The corrugated iron sheets which form the walls of the structure have been battered by the heavy rain. Bangladesh floods: 'I have nothing left except my life' 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Close to Ms Mwazi's one-room stone house, where she lives with her mother and two younger siblings, is a row of houses built from corrugated iron. Kenyan elections: The woman who rallies crowds - but won't vote 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Many residents live in wooden houses with thatched palm rooves, while others homes are made of breeze blocks and corrugated iron. The radio station giving indigenous people a voice 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z More than 70 years ago, an unassuming corrugated iron hut in southern Scotland was transformed into a chapel by Ukrainian prisoners of war. Tiny chapel near Lockerbie offers Ukraine a helping hand 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z "When we got to first part of the corrugated iron fence that was around the camp there were bodies everywhere," he said. 'Belsen showed me how low mankind can sink' 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Tigrayan television screened pictures of Red Cross workers at the site of collapsed brick structures with corrugated iron roofs. Ethiopia air strike hits Tigray; TPLF says 3 civilians killed, govt says factory hit 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z In Johannesburg, vendors were cut off from Facebook Marketplace, which is used to sell everything from used cars to wigs and even corrugated iron shacks, known colloquially as zozos. Facebook’s Apps Went Down. The World Saw How Much It Runs on Them. 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z People flocked to see Banksy's work, and it is hoped the corrugated iron sheet will boost museum visitors. Banksy: Rusty old boat a 'godsend' destined for museum 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z A video showed many refugees searching through charred corrugated iron sheets for valuables. Fire destroys hundreds of homes in Rohingya refugee camp 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z There are only 86 remaining corrugated iron churches - of all denominations - surviving in England, and fewer than 20 of these have been listed. Historic England: Shipwreck and Selfridges on 2020 protected list 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z All 10 lived without running water or electricity in a three-room house fashioned of corrugated iron, wood and bricks. Diego Maradona, mesmerizing soccer star and Argentine legend, dies at 60 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z “It was an idea I had in my mind when the lockdown came. I thought I’d buy two sheets of corrugated iron and hopefully make it float like a boat,” he said in an interview. UK army veteran 'Major Mick' attempts to row 100 miles in homemade boat 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z When he manages to break free and run into the home made of corrugated iron, its front wall is ripped off leaving him exposed. SA police suspended for evicting naked man 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z "When we got to first part of the corrugated iron fence that was around the camp there were bodies everywhere," he says. 'Belsen showed me how low mankind can sink' 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z There was a laundrette, a low corrugated iron structure, called Loads of Fun Laundry. Real estate for the apocalypse: my journey into a survival bunker 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z The main space is made of corrugated iron sheets over a cement floor, approximately 23 feet long and 10 feet wide. Secret WWII bunker that belonged to 'Churchill's secret army' discovered 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Residents there were clearing debris, with wooden pillars and sheets of corrugated iron roof that were once homes, scattered across the ground. Death toll reaches 28 as Philippines recovers from Christmas typhoon 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z The camp manager showed his sliced-open hand, lacerated as he tore a hole through a corrugated iron fence big enough for him and four others to escape. Ebola was almost contained in Congo. A wave of violence threatens to bring it roaring back. 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The fire swept through corrugated iron sheds housing labourers at the farm in South Shouna, a rural area west of the capital Amman, early on Monday. Thirteen Pakistanis die in Jordan farm fire 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z As a consequence, Diepsloot is a mix of public housing block cottages, and shacks made of corrugated iron and plastic lining, residents reliant on outbuildings for sanitation. 'Women were being killed on the street': the township struggling with domestic abuse 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Anne Pakoa, a community leader, shows us around a typical village made up of corrugated iron shacks. How selling citizenship is now big business 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Indonesian TV footage showed the burned-out structure, its floor littered with twisted metal, blackened corrugated iron roofing and other debris. Disaster official: At least 30 dead in Indonesia fire 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z Aerial footage showed corrugated iron roofs distorted by the fire and piles of charred items. Fire at Flamengo football training centre kills 10 people 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z In the evenings, we watched Algerian television in a small room with a corrugated iron roof and a single, low-energy bulb hanging from the cobwebbed ceiling. Is One of Africa’s Oldest Conflicts Finally Nearing Its End? 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z The 46 year-old construction worker who fled Sudan's civil war said that "anywhere in the U.K. is a better place" than Dhekelia's dilapidated, corrugated iron houses, slated for demolition years ago. After 20-year wait, refugee sees 'bright future' in UK 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z In the devastated neighborhood, demolished buildings were covered in layers of corrugated iron roofing. A Tsunami Didn’t Destroy These 1,747 Homes. It Was the Ground Itself, Flowing 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z People carried away corrugated iron, wood, pipes and other materials, hoping to build shelters or sell them for cash. Indonesia disaster survivors search debris for food, drinks 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z We saw one body on top, which people had simply covered with a corrugated iron sheet. Survivors guard rubble of Indonesian tsunami town 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Scores of them lay at roadsides for authorities to retrieve, covered with whatever people could find corrugated iron rooftop slabs, wooden planks, cardboard, a broken desk drawer. AP WAS THERE: 2013 typhoon kills thousands in Philippines 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z But with accommodation at a premium, the ghetto has risen again from the rubble - a shanty town of tiny shacks made of corrugated iron and wooden planks. Fatal crashes reveal plight of Italy's African laborers 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z There’s an enormous khaki hangar with a corrugated iron roof. ‘He has the traits of a psychopath’: the inside story of the parachute murder plot 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Instead he fixes his eyes on the neat row of brick toilet stalls, which were built after his son died in the toilet of rusty corrugated iron just metres away. Why children are drowning in toilets 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z “May God help the people who are living here,” she said, speaking surrounded by friends and family all crammed into a tiny room under a corrugated iron roof. 'She prayed she would be martyred': Gaza parents mourn their dead 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Children’s clothes, university textbooks and human remains are scattered between mangled doorways and sheets of corrugated iron, the detritus of life in a city half-destroyed. Special Report: This man is trying to rebuild Mosul. He needs help... 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z She lives with her children and partner in a corrugated iron shack in a poor neighbourhood of Barquisimeto. Venezuela pill shortage triggers rise in teenage pregnancies 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z They scrounge plywood and corrugated iron from the wreckage to patch up roofs. The night Barbuda died: how Hurricane Irma created a Caribbean ghost town 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z “I found him by the main road, so I brought him here,” says a middle-aged Rohingya woman who cradles the toddler in her arms and gestures towards a shack made from wood and corrugated iron. 'I miss them so much': Myanmar's lost Rohingya children plead for their parents 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z The young woman had been offered shelter by another migrant, sharing a small space with three others beneath a corrugated iron roof. Adrift in Algiers: African migrants marooned in a new transit bottleneck 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z One casualty was Boniface Mutiga, who was hit outside his home of wood and corrugated iron by a stray bullet. Amid rising ethnic tensions, Kenyans fear poll could trigger fresh violence 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z At Kholmogory, where much of the convent is now held up by scaffolding and wrapped in corrugated iron, I met Elena, a parishioner who sings in the convent choir. 'Death Island': Britain's concentration camp in Russia 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z His church is a small building made of concrete blocks and corrugated iron. ‘They use money to promote Christianity’: Nepal's battle for souls 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z The houses were made of blue plastic sheeting, wood and corrugated iron - the typical shanty houses that I've seen elsewhere in Africa. Ugandan gold rush stopped by authorities - BBC News 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z The town of some 19,000 people consists of wooden houses ringed by bamboo fencing, corrugated iron roofs transformed by rust into varying tawny shades. Poverty and Death in Indonesia's Land of Gold 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Women and children emerge and disappear down a passage of corrugated iron leading to slum houses illuminated by light bulbs that are linked, illegally, to a mains supply by overhead wires. Enterprise and ingenuity thrive amid the waste in Nairobi – photo essay 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z During the day, new homes are built from modest tombs, as workers add makeshift concrete walls and roofs of corrugated iron, often scavenged from somewhere else. Hard Life Among the Dead in the Philippines 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z Inside his pen, zoo staff found a three-inch piece of corrugated iron rod and several small stones, according to the report. What happened to Gustavito, the beloved hippo at El Salvador’s National Zoo? 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Odhiambo, the woman who had not been offered aid by the school group, planned to buy corrugated iron sheets for her roof; she considered possibly paying off her dowry. The Future of Not Working 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Victor Chuco, a 60-year-old taxi driver, said he and his family had to break through the corrugated iron roof of the house he built two decades ago to avoid drowning in it. Peru reels from floods as it waits for end to brutal rainy season 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z For the the next 12 hours, the group huddled together as the hurricane wreaked havoc outside, ripping up trees and sending corrugated iron roofs and other debris flying. No fame, no fuss: eight heroes of 2016 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z Metal girders and the corrugated iron roof crashed onto worshippers as the structure collapsed. Many structural faults in collapsed Nigerian church: Expert 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Battling their way through darkness, mud and flying debris that included corrugated iron roofs ripped from their flimsy shacks, families struggled to seek refuge in neighbours’ homes – before realising that no building was safe. Food crisis looming in Haiti as aid slow to reach Hurricane Matthew's victims 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Hundreds were inside Reigners Bible Church International in the city of Uyo on Saturday for the episcopal ordination of founder Akan Weeks when the metal girders fell and the corrugated iron roof caved in. Climbing death toll of Nigerian church collapse reaches 160 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Metal girders crashed and the corrugated iron roof caved in. Hospital director: 160 dead in collapsed Nigerian church 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z They say hundreds of people were inside when metal girders crashed and the corrugated iron roof caved in. Scores killed as crowded church collapses in Nigeria 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z The frame is made of wood, while the walls are a patchwork of corrugated iron, slats of thin plywood and tarpaulin stamped with the UN refugee agency logo. Remembrance of tastes past: Syria’s disappearing food culture | Wendell Steavenson 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Until it was shut down, the sham embassy was housed in a run-down, pink two-storey building with a corrugated iron roof and flew an American flag outside. Fake US embassy in Ghana shut down after ten years issuing visas 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Small shacks of wood, corrugated iron and scraps of tarpaulin cling to the sand dunes on the outskirts of Somalia's southern port city of Kismayo. Can Kenya close Dadaab, the world's biggest refugee camp? - BBC News 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z The corrugated iron roofing is on the floor. A burnt-out case 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z In de Oliveira’s case, cables and pipes run like vines up the side of his house, alongside a corrugated iron staircase that rises up the exterior. For the displaced of Rio, ‘The Olympics has nothing to do with our story’ 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z Joarder’s wife and his brother’s family fled after the killing, and now the courtyard of corrugated iron homes that was the tiny Hindu enclave is locked and empty. Inside Bangladesh’s killing fields: bloggers and outsiders targeted by fanatics 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z Wadi Alna’am, where he lives, is a collection of mismatched shacks made of corrugated iron. After decades of service, some Bedouins aren’t sure about joining the Israeli army 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z The corrugated iron panels were coated with tar, asbestos and lead-based paint. Fort Sill’s historic balloon hangar gets recognition 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z They live in a small house made of corrugated iron sheets. Zika virus: Inside Uganda's forest where the disease originates - BBC News 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z “Many of these women live in houses with earthen floors and corrugated iron roofs,” said Dr. Dávila. Venezuela Currency Bust Fuels Plastic Surgery Boom Boom 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Months later, his wife and two-year-old son are still living in a temporary corrugated iron shelter. Why thousands of people are leaving Nepal - BBC News 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z A small square building with a corrugated iron awning marks the corner with East Trenton Street. America's poorest border town: no immigration papers, no American Dream 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z According to SHPO’s nomination packet, the balloon hangar was made of large sheets of corrugated iron fastened to structural steel girders and support beams. Fort Sill’s historic balloon hangar gets recognition 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z While some of the other mobile homes are patched up with sheet metal and corrugated iron, Saul and Erika’s trailer is double-glazed and painted a colour they call “firecracker red”. 'We will be torn apart': the battle to save Silicon Valley's oldest trailer park 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z That used to be the schoolhouse, he said, pointing to a structure of sagging mud brick walls and twisted, corrugated iron roofing. As Snow Creeps Down From Himalayas, Nepal Reconstruction Stalls 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Residents thump sticks against shops' corrugated iron shutters, causing a deafening racket. In Turkey, Kurd youths arm themselves with firebombs, guns, pickaxes 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Now I live with my parents, two brothers and two sisters in a house made of corrugated iron. Olympic odysseys: Five global stories 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Speaking to the Jersey care inquiry, he described visiting one family in the 1970s who lived in a corrugated iron building with a bare earth floor. Bergerac 'disguised extreme poverty in Jersey' - BBC News 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Rahar's house was badly damaged in the earthquake, and is now held together with corrugated iron sheeting and tarpaulin. Nepal earthquakes: What I saved from the rubble - BBC News 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Along one touchline was a low school building with a tiny veranda under a corrugated iron roof – the only slice of shade available for a quietly gathering crowd of around 500. The prison where murderers play for Manchester United | David Goldblatt 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z If she fails to pay, they will sell her single goat or chickens or rip the corrugated iron roof from her two-roomed house, she said. Zimbabweans go hungry as drought hammers southern Africa 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Around and beneath them, the hills of rubble disclose the occasional door, window and sheet of twisted corrugated iron. Nepal one month after the quake: 'The emotional impact has been devastating' | Sam Jones 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z Some of them are built of breeze blocks; most are patchworks of rusting corrugated iron tacked onto frames of timber torn from local trees. Marikana massacre: the untold story of the strike leader who died for workers’ rights | Nick Davies 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Her two sons were crouching in the family's corrugated iron cabin. Nepal earthquake: A legacy of fear in Chautara - BBC News 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The family home is a one-storey house with a corrugated iron roof painted in faded green. The mud-wrestler no-one wanted to touch - BBC News 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z In Port Vila concrete structures managed to withstand the pounding but wooden houses with corrugated iron roofs were demolished. Cyclone Pam hits Vanuatu - in pictures 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z "All corrugated iron structures destroyed, concrete structures, all of them without roofs." Aid teams report devastation and death after Vanuatu cyclone 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z Shops made of corrugated iron line the streets. Kibera gets a revamp 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z The scene was a familiar lineup of charred mud-brick walls and twisted corrugated iron, the militants’ calling card in this region. A Nigerian City, Long Under Siege, Survives an Audacious Militant Assault 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z The poor pupils stuck in some 600 portable schools with corrugated iron roofs, which were "veritable bake ovens," according to the Tribune report, got an extra half day off on top of that. You won't believe some of the reasons Chicago has closed school 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Apart from a new mosque, it’s the same shambles of mud and corrugated iron shacks strung along a few dirt roads. The Rape Victim Who Fought Back and Shamed a Nation On the banks of the River Lakshya - just outside Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital - the sun is heating the tiny corrugated iron factory I am standing in to oven-like temperatures. The delicate material that takes months to weave 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z As my eyes grew accustomed to the Gaza dark, I saw more rubble mountains everywhere, then empty space, then a street of makeshift shelters banged together from corrugated iron. Gaza: One War, One Family. Five Children, Four Dead There are others like him at Kanduyi, a clean if ageing collection of stone buildings with corrugated iron roofs - children with ages ranging from one day to 18. Saving Kenya's babies born of incest 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Hospitals, mud-and-thatch huts and corrugated iron market stalls were set on fire. South Sudan's armies gear up as fighting season approaches 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The entrance was a series of muddy paths that led between huts with corrugated iron roofs. Enforced Confinement Brings Further Danger to Rohingya Muslims Fleeing Potential Genocide in Burma The bar was adobe, with a corrugated iron roof, chickens strolling the patio, and a washing machine crammed with beer and ice. Moving the Mexican Border 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z In Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, a city often beset by violent protests, the fund team camped out in a bungalow with a corrugated iron roof. Behind the jargon at the IMF 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z At a Kenema coffee shop made of corrugated iron, patrons used to doubt that the virus was real. Fever rising 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z There are corrugated iron roofs, latrines and drainage ditches. Medical crisis unfolds for displaced Rohingya 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z It was near a market best known for selling second-hand clothes from wooden stalls with corrugated iron roofs. Back-to-back blasts kill at least 10 in Kenyan capital 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Beneath the heights of Kigali City Tower, the rusty corrugated iron roofs on the ramshackle one- and two-story buildings below testify to the challenge of Rwanda’s goal: becoming a middle-income country. Kigali Journal: Rwanda Reaches for New Economic Model 2014-03-24T00:30:27Z The bright corrugated iron houses, dating back to the early 1900s and originally decorated using ship paint, helped Valparaiso become a Unesco world heritage site in 2003. The original South American handbook 2014-01-27T02:31:12Z It is now utterly destroyed, a heap of mangled corrugated iron and shattered glass. The aftermath of war in S Sudan town 2014-01-21T00:36:20Z He showed us a small house, with a corrugated iron roof. Britons pay to see webcam sex abuse 2014-01-15T17:03:17Z The corrugated iron corridors of the Access self-storage centre in West Norwood, south London are marked by the anonymous outlines of padlocked doors. The firms run from self-storage units 2013-12-19T00:09:49Z Elderly resident Anna Johnson lives with her two grandchildren in a tiny shack made of corrugated iron. Mandela remembered in Terreblanche stronghold 2013-12-09T16:24:34Z Some are no more than collections of flimsy shacks made from corrugated iron. Bedouins hold Israel 'day of rage' 2013-11-30T22:58:41Z They tug at the corrugated iron, prising it away to enter the living room - but it is death they are looking for. Looking for bodies in the rubble of Tacloban 2013-11-23T01:36:48Z We entered a vast shanty-town of shacks with corrugated iron roofs, slums stacking to the horizon. Abuja: Nigeria's unfinished capital 2013-10-18T00:05:20Z However, the original iron-framed structure covered in sheets of corrugated iron resembled a factory building, earning it the nickname 'the Brompton Boilers'. Prince Albert's cultural legacy: Albertopolis 2013-09-19T16:38:41Z Those not lucky enough to be warehoused in these factory tenements found roofs over their heads in makeshift dwellings fabricated with corrugated iron, flattened tins and wooden planks. India Ink: Tragic Fable of Mumbai Mills 2013-08-28T06:14:52Z Some are corrugated iron huts, others along Rue Jerusalem are made of breeze blocks. Fear that slum will replace quake camps in Haiti 2013-06-20T15:54:44Z The protesters have built barricades of paving stones and corrugated iron on access roads to Taksim to try to protect themselves against a potential police assault. Thousands of Turks defy Erdogan as protests rumble on 2013-06-08T00:08:41Z It is surrounded by corrugated iron fences, its sprawling complex - often used by non-Ahmadi neighbours on Sundays for badminton or football - closed off to everyone. The struggle of religious minorities in Indonesia 2013-04-16T23:25:58Z Now, inside the rust-streaked corrugated iron walls of the Kambove copper plant, the conveyor belts run erratically and the corroded walkways have holes so large that visitors can see through to the workers milling below. Insight: Congo's neglected state miner hankers for past glory 2013-02-22T11:09:02Z Later in the day we went to visit Lyka-Mae and her mother Lorna, in their simple wooden and corrugated iron house. Rural solution to health brain drain 2013-01-24T11:01:09Z The low houses outside the tiny capital, Charlestown, are commonly roofed with corrugated iron. Sham directors: the woman running 1,200 companies from a Caribbean rock 2012-11-25T20:00:17Z There are already supplies of usually scarce building materials in a street in Siboney, including corrugated iron sheets, metal rods and cement. Cuba counts cost of Sandy 2012-11-12T12:03:10Z South African Settlement Welcomes the iShack One of the first sights greeting every tourist riding from the airport into Cape Town is a wall of corrugated iron and wood on either side of the highway. Green Blog: South African Settlement Welcomes the iShack 2012-11-05T20:17:55Z Poor families live in shacks of corrugated iron sheets. Blighted lives: Peru tackles violence 2012-08-28T10:33:46Z Cooking beans over an open fire in a smoky, corrugated iron shack with a dirt floor, Irene had already forgotten about the election and who the winner was until her husband reminded her. Mexico's new president faces long grind on poverty 2012-07-25T21:33:19Z One thing: At Goodwood, for the Festival of Speed last weekend, there was plenty of corrugated iron put down to help with parking and to deal with the downpours that left paddocks sodden. The British Grand Prix: Don't mention the customers 2012-07-07T18:43:35Z In many of these fields were habitations with grandiose names, mostly built of corrugated iron. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z As a park they were completely disfigured by some ugly buildings with corrugated iron roofs—really hideous erections, which she guessed to be horseboxes. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z A glade in the woods revealed the end of a lofty corrugated iron shed, the hangar in which the "Golden Hind" was fast approaching completion. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z It was of corrugated iron and wood, painted inside with a skirting of chocolate brown and upper walls of a peculiarly sickly light blue. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Each hole contained a shelter from the sun, a corrugated iron arrangement, supported by props, with a sprinkling of earth on top. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z The expression “cads on castors” will, with that other humorous epithet, “Brompton boilers,” achieve immortality when cycling is obsolete, and the corrugated iron roofs of the Bethnal Green Museum are rusted away. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z Then there was a considerable amount of thin corrugated iron for roofing, some glass, and some ready-made window-frames, which if made on the spot would have involved too great an expenditure of time and labour. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z The walls were of vertical boards battened with thin strips, and the roof was of corrugated iron. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Some of them were roofed with corrugated iron, and some with picturesque tiles, but the top of this one was flat, which Ormsgill was pleased to see. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z The fort itself had been given a head covering of wooden beams, earth, and corrugated iron; the entrance in the rear was blocked, and in every other way it appeared impregnable. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Nevertheless, they are not yet what they should be: a corrugated iron house may cost a heap of money and yet not be a Paradise. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z At a distance it looked like a cluster of tin cottages, and though these appeared larger and more substantial on a nearer view, they retained the dreary aspect of makeshift which corrugated iron always gives. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z The modern structure, built by the Argentine Government to induce settlers to come, consisted of a light wooden frame entirely covered in with corrugated iron. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z His mother took him to Kingston in search of a better life and they lived in Trench Town, a corrugated iron and cardboard slum threaded with dusty alleys. Bob Marley’s Passions Extended Beyond Ganja, Women, Soccer: Film 2012-02-13T00:30:23Z The town is principally composed of bungalows, built of mud-bricks, with roofs of corrugated iron. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z In another camp, that spilt into a plantation, corrugated iron shacks were crammed with bedding and scores of children gathered at a school set up with plastic sheeting for walls. Myanmar refugees tell of violence despite peace calls 2012-02-10T10:20:49Z If a lion should enter and tread on the spring, the wire would be released and the door fall behind him down two grooves of corrugated iron. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z What the traveller sees in the territorial capital now is a score or less of corrugated iron buildings, with half a dozen houses of wood and three of adobe. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The gun-room was really a small building of corrugated iron, standing apart at the back of the house. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z His home now is a tarpaulin supported by a wooden pole, with some sheets of corrugated iron around the side. Anger at squalid housing unleashes Algeria protest 2012-01-12T14:08:55Z Near the hall, built exactly like an old yamen, there stands a shed of corrugated iron, and a wonderful old gate leads to a passage furnished with Viennese chairs. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z The roof, of corrugated iron, over two of the rooms was still almost whole, and even the windows of one, the principal bedroom, had escaped. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z Every one had plain, unpainted wooden walls, and every one a corrugated iron roof. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The shanty was of corrugated iron lined with planks, and consisted of two small bedrooms and a living-room, divided from one another by matchboard partitions. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z It consisted of an indeterminate assembly of huts, with a long corrugated iron shed standing gauntly in the midst; swamp of varying depths and shades occupied the intervals. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z This house is constructed of timber and roofed with corrugated iron. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z The exterior of the temple was plain even to ugliness, a tower of high, windowless walls faced with corrugated iron. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z As the ship enters port one sees a long gray corrugated iron house that is two stories high in the middle, one story high at each end, and apparently one room deep. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The roofs are all of thatch, with the exception of the Rajah’s, which was of corrugated iron. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z The corrugated iron roofs were dazzlingly white and smooth—two or three inches of snow in every groove. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z The exterior of each silo house is covered with corrugated iron, and the same material is used for the roofing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Planters had assured me that animals were often killed and the corrugated iron roofs of the factories perforated by them. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z The hold was full of water, as the lads had expected, but a hasty examination showed that the part of the cargo nearest the opening was composed of several sheets of galvanised corrugated iron. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z They were silhouetted in a station aperture of corrugated iron, of all building materials the most hideous; but the aperture was of that most graceful of all shapes, a Moorish arch. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z And the parson went to live in the town, beside his church—in a corrugated iron house that was run up for him. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z The blacks came on by the score, but they couldn't get in, and they couldn't set fire to the corrugated iron. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z The houses, when not made of mud or bamboo and thatched with straw, are built of brick and roofed with corrugated iron. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z There is almost nothing there but a water tower bearing the town name and some rusty corrugated iron buildings. Texas’s Cult of Smoke, Barbecue-Land Journeys: Nathan Myhrvold 2011-09-02T00:22:03Z As we drove on, a gigantic black man appeared on the ridgepole of the highest building and, stark naked, rushed aimlessly back and forth, stamping gleefully on the corrugated iron, and chanting as he stamped. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z The town consists entirely of stores and dwelling-houses, covered sometimes with coarse canvas, but more generally with corrugated iron. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z The house, like many others on the Fields, was constructed of corrugated iron, fastened to a framework of wood. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z Half a mile away I caught sight of a creeper-covered bungalow—picturesque, peaceful, inanimate, but with its eastern aspect ruined by the presence of a new corrugated iron shed. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z Kazu carefully removed the corrugated iron roof and ate the whole contents of the warehouse, which amounted to about a handful. The Image and the Likeness 2011-08-23T02:00:33.617Z The search takes him to his home town, Hanover, a demolished city of mock Renaissance architecture, and makeshift corrugated iron strongholds – a typically arresting Gears environment. Gears of War 3: hands-on with the single-player 2011-08-15T13:00:15Z But he was not thinking of the weather-board and corrugated iron strewn so sparsely over the yellow wilds that he had left behind him. The Thousandth Woman 2011-08-15T02:00:25.383Z It was about five o’clock in the afternoon on their return home that they strolled through the diamond market, a street of one-story houses built of corrugated iron, with the interiors very simply finished. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z Segovia said at his home of wood, cement and corrugated iron sheets, strewn with bags of vegetables. Insomnia, fears haunt rescued Chile miners year on 2011-08-05T21:19:34Z He lay there flat out under his waggon with his chin resting on his arms, staring steadily at the glistening corrugated iron roofs of the town, as morose and unapproachable as a surly old watch-dog. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z The corrugated iron roof—thousands of square feet of it—was lying tumbled and torn upon a tangle of fallen steel girders. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z On the road that led to the corrugated iron shacks of Soweto, a billboard declared: “1 Ball Can Change It All!” You Are Here: Overtime in Soccer City 2011-07-22T16:00:05Z Yacine is the owner of a corrugated iron shack on the side of the road that cuts through the desert from the Tunisian town of Ben Gardane to the border with Libya. Special report: How fuel smuggling keeps Gaddafi machine running 2011-07-14T13:45:53Z A group of teenagers is sitting under the shade of a corrugated iron roof at a youth centre. Hip hop hope 2011-07-10T11:25:58Z There were several other houses of sorts; they were rough wattle and daub erections which were called houses, as an acknowledgment of pretensions expressed in the rectangular shape and corrugated iron roof. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z The first 15 feet of the walls are mostly made from concrete, which is then topped by at least 15 foot of corrugated iron or wire mesh. Divided Belfast Keeps Barriers as Economic Malaise Spurs Riots 2011-07-08T16:25:46Z Here, a huddle of corrugated iron huts housed 40 other RAF pilots and crewmen who had accidentally come down in neutral territory. Strange world 2011-06-28T02:50:14Z On the ground, in an enormous red hangar clad with large sheets of corrugated iron, helicopter pilot Capt Phil Binfield is preparing to take over, as one of his colleagues steps down to rest. Offshore growth 2011-06-16T22:23:19Z I notice that one of the sheds is slated only about half-way up, the remainder being covered with corrugated iron. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z It was £1 a week and tucker then, and the barracks were great barns, sub-divided into sties by walls of corrugated iron, whitewashed, depressing, hideous as the walls of Hell. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z Along one side of the once-forested slopes, shacks of corrugated iron, wood and mud cling precariously to land that erodes a little bit further whenever it rains. Venezuela housing shortage a headache for Chavez 2011-06-02T13:44:04Z The Concrete Garden in Possil has used corrugated iron, concrete planters and packing crate trellises to transform derelict land for food growing. City garden wins top design prize 2011-05-20T00:09:45Z Like Bond Offshore's hangar and offices, it too is clad with sheets of corrugated iron. Offshore growth 2011-06-16T22:23:19Z Unmarried, she still lives with her mother in a small bungalow with a corrugated iron roof. Special report: "Big Sister" set to evict Communists from India 2011-05-12T04:17:55Z Almost opposite, in another corrugated iron building at the Mojave spaceport, Virgin Galactic's partners, Scaled Composites, are building their vehicle, Spaceship Two. Watch this space 2011-05-05T23:01:02Z They were made of sheets of corrugated iron fastened 6 in. apart on a wooden framework, the space between the sheets being filled with small stones. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Next to it was a building of red corrugated iron, and sounds of blacksmithing issued from it. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z A golden sun lit up the painted corrugated iron shacks lining the road at the far end of the field. 'After the running come the speeches ? then the marathon really begins' 2011-04-12T08:00:01Z It was a dilapidated old shed, and a neat-looking structure with a corrugated iron roof now stood in its place. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z They are mainly housed in small temporary corrugated iron sheds with roller shutter doors, to which all the firemen have keys. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z The observatory proper, octagonal in shape, is securely mortised into the top sill and covered with a corrugated iron roof conical in shape. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z But behind the sludge-coloured corrugated iron and the prefab reception area, there beats the heart of an ardent royalist. Royal wedding: Boom time for Britain's patriotic entrepreneurs 2011-03-20T00:05:08Z Adjoining the big room was a building of irregular shape that might possibly have contained three or four other rooms, roofed with new corrugated iron. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z The main street is littered with corrugated iron, the remnants of roofs. Cyclone Yasi: Queensland takes stock of damage 2011-02-03T01:14:48Z Only ever meant to be temporary, today this ramshackle arrangement of concrete walls and corrugated iron panels is held together with scaffolding. Cash crisis 2011-02-02T03:14:25Z When we first entered the town it looked quite desolate, with the magnificent plate glass windows boarded up and the doors covered with corrugated iron, evidently in anticipation of severe rioting and looting. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z The torrent rumbled upon tin roofs and roofs of corrugated iron; reduced the dust in alleys to mud; lashed the thirsty, sun-scorched trees. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z When they came to the ramshackle house of grey palings, with a roof of corrugated iron, on the top of the hill, two or three dogs flew out, barking furiously. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z Walls are bare brick; roofs are corrugated iron and tarpaulin; stairs are scavenged wood. In Algeria Slums, 'Enemies of the State' 2010-05-20T03:08:00Z One school is built from shiny new corrugated iron and a roof thatched with coconut leaves. Struggling on 2010-05-04T07:10:00Z In a small sheet of corrugated iron found there afterwards, were seventeen bullet holes; ninety horses were killed. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z The Gaza Surf Club is far from flash: a dilapidated corrugated iron shack, about the size of an outside toilet. Surfer's paradise? 2010-04-22T09:01:00Z A corrugated iron roof had saved it, they said, although there was a good clearing on either side of the shanty. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z He stares vacantly along regimented rows of corrugated iron shacks encircled by a tall, concrete fence. Life in South African 'Tin Can Town' 2010-04-01T20:50:00Z In Nametsi, residents clambered over crumpled corrugated iron sheets and large wooden polls embedded in the mud -- all that remained of their homes. Search goes on for Uganda landslide survivors 2010-03-03T12:49:00Z To reach the survivor, two rescuers crawled into the tangled mass of concrete rubble, wooden beams and corrugated iron that was all that was left of the Port-au-Prince hotel. 2010-01-24T01:07:00Z A skeleton frame of wood, covered on roof and sides with corrugated iron only, forms the material of many of the stores and dwelling-houses. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands It was just a wooden box with a veneer of rough-cast and a corrugated iron lid. Witching Hill Ahead lay Callao, yellow, too, with its adobe walls, and rust-red where its corrugated iron roofs caught and husbanded the heat which needed no husbanding. The Tempering Blockhouses are built of wood, brick, stone, corrugated iron or any material available. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" They stepped beneath a rough shelter of corrugated iron such as is hastily thrown up for the protection in summer of washboards, or, in winter, for the storing of wood. The Gray Mask As they drew near the long, low, brick building, roofed with corrugated iron, the store-keeper came out. Harley Greenoak's Charge Her brother’s forehead seemed to have gone suddenly into the corrugated iron business, as he turned his eyes upon his sister. The New Mistress A Tale Over the tree-tops shimmers the corrugated iron roof of a house. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance This, like the one upon which he was sitting, was composed of corrugated iron, and at the slightest blow gave out a sound like a drum. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War It was roofed with corrugated iron, and on each side were wings containing apparently bedrooms, opening onto the high stoep, for the doors stood wide open. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley Below stood Ben Halse’s trading establishment, consisting of three or four native huts, a waggon shed, and two quite unpicturesque buildings of corrugated iron. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion This consisted of a large native village dominated by the State trading post, a corrugated iron building whose whitewashed walls contrasted strongly with the palm thatched huts of the blacks all around. The Blind Lion of the Congo This second structure was built on piles right out over the sea, and as the coast of the island declined abruptly at this point, there was considerable water under its corrugated iron roof. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam The same story has to be told about tiles, slates, corrugated iron, and every other form of “legitimate” roofing substance. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) The house was a rough, square, one-storeyed building, roofed over with corrugated iron. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley The Ezulwini Club was somewhat primitive, consisting of a corrugated iron building containing three rooms, the smallest and most important of which was the bar. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion The palace is built of imported wood upon a European plan; the roof of corrugated iron, the yard enclosed with walls, the gate surmounted by a sort of lych-house. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) This corrugated iron shack will keep the stores dry, and the door has a good padlock,” returned Mr. Jarley. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club The floor can be made of timber, cement concrete, or rammed earth, and the roof thatched or covered with corrugated iron as is most convenient. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) Canvas, with the sun on it, is almost as baking as corrugated iron. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley Most of the bats crawled to new retreats between the rafters and the corrugated iron roof of the building. An Annotated Checklist of Nebraskan Bats Among the population beyond Tamasese’s marches, he collected a body of armed men, returned before dawn to Leulumoenga, demolished the corrugated iron gaol, and liberated the Hawaiian secretary and the rump of the rebel cabinet. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) Behind us was the winding entrance to a shelter deep in the earth, reinforced by cement and corrugated iron, and lit by a candle. With the French in France and Salonika Here, early one morning during the course of the eruption, the great roof of corrugated iron collapsed, killing many and frightening the whole of the populace, already sufficiently unnerved by recent events. The Naples Riviera Buildings, squat structures of corrugated iron, were scattered here and there. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Its corrugated iron roof, to most of Carcajou’s population, represented the very last word in architectural glory. The Peace of Roaring River Its walls were rusty corrugated iron, guiltless of mirrors or pictures, which did not reach to the roof. The Pathless Trail All that now remained of a once prosperous group of farm buildings were the battered walls, but with the aid of a plentiful supply of sandbags and corrugated iron the cellars were made comparatively comfortable. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. From here the cars went adventurously along the steep and spiral roads, and amid the tall corrugated iron towers and buildings that form the many mine workings. Westward with the Prince of Wales It is, to tell the truth, made of corrugated iron. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 8, 1890 We passed several tidy-looking little settlements on the banks, some picturesquely built of wood thatched with sugar-cane or palm-leaf, while others were constructed of corrugated iron, which must be frightfully hot in summer. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' Several hours later, in a tunnel-shaped hut with a corrugated iron roof and a cement floor, two fliers sat near a wood stove. A Yankee Flier Over Berlin When the credentials have been examined the visitor is sent under the guidance of a bluejacket to the "Officer of the Day," whose "cabin" is inside the maze of corrugated iron and weather-board. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships Beyond lay the corrals of peeled cottonwood, and a square house standing out stark and naked in the supreme ugliness of corrugated iron, yet still oddly homelike in a land where shelter was scarce. Hidden Water The offices were in one of the three or four stone, two-story buildings, which lifted themselves proudly above the ruck of sweltering little toy-like houses of corrugated iron. Herbert Hoover The Man and His Work The chief building material used in the settlement is corrugated iron, embellished by verandahs supported on wooden posts and nattily painted, making the little dwellings look both pretty and comfortable. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' This hut is made of corrugated iron, the floor is cement, the windows are steel with such small panes. A Yankee Flier Over Berlin Seven French aeroplanes flew over the Woevre region on this day, penetrating as far as Vigneulles, where the aerial observers discovered barracks covered with heavy corrugated iron. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War Romance might attach itself to a roof of thatch, but corrugated iron, with its distressing parallelism, could never awaken a genuine lyric note. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland A most disgusting odour of whiskey was in his nostrils, and his throat was like a corrugated iron pipe partly filled with soot. The River Prophet Then we proceeded to the wool-shed, built of corrugated iron, the wooden shed having been burnt down. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' The sides and roof were of corrugated iron. The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards The shanty itself, an ugly slab building roofed with corrugated iron, ‘stood as if dropped on the edge of the bare sandy plain.’ Australian Writers Instead of thatch, held down by ropes weighted with heavy stones, there is often to be seen a roofing of tarred cloth or corrugated iron. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland They were squat, box-shaped affairs, having in the center a shank of iron that revolved upon a fixed, corrugated iron plate. All About Coffee They are always either built of corrugated iron, which conveys every sound, or of wood, which is equally resonant. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' Another door at the end of the passage led straight into the dispensing-room outside, a long shed of corrugated iron run up against the garden wall and lined with honey-colored pine. The Combined Maze The doors of these shops are corrugated iron and are raised up like the cover of a roll-top desk. Birdseye Views of Far Lands It was a well-conceived scheme; for the roofs of those huts were of corrugated iron and the stones made an abominable noise. A Padre in France The roofs are sheets of corrugated iron with three or four rows of sandbags piled about four feet high. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders The township of Tenterfield, like all new Australian towns, is laid out in square blocks, with corrugated iron houses, and various places of worship for different denominations. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' But there is a patch of corrugated iron by the Eashing cottages and bridge which calls for a Society of Destroyers. Highways and Byways in Surrey And the trek-waggon barricades, and the shelters panelled and roofed with corrugated iron. The Dop Doctor They had been moving towards the shelter of corrugated iron beneath which the officers lay, each of whom greeted them with a smile. The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War Soon after we arrived clouds began to gather, and thoughtful men commenced carrying up sheets of corrugated iron, of which there was a great quantity near the station, and hastily constructing temporary shelters. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition Their dwellings are of the simplest description, made of corrugated iron or of straw, and scattered at haphazard in a clearing in the jungle or on377 the banks of the river. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' On the roof lay a few sheets of corrugated iron, the rain from which was collected in a tank to provide water. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific A square, one-storey house of corrugated iron, with a mud-walled hovel or two near it, had a sprawling painted board across its front, signifying that the place was the Free State Hotel. The Dop Doctor “That roof sound?” said the Boer, pointing up at the corrugated iron sheeting. The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War The entire series of steps, from the bottom of the hill to the top, is roofed over with sheets of corrugated iron, until the whole looks like a covered way to the clouds. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions Sydney Harbour The township of Shepparton, like all Australian settlements, is arranged in square blocks, the houses consisting chiefly of four- or six-roomed cottages of one story, built of wood or corrugated iron. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' A shell burst close to them and rattled the corrugated iron, bringing a shower of earth down in front of the dug-out door. With Haig on the Somme “All set,” said one of the shadowy figures near the corrugated iron building. 'Firebrand' Trevison Oh, he was a wicked wretch who invented corrugated iron!” The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War At first we only had sand bags shelters, then we had the corrugated iron ones which were shrapnel and bomb proof. Over the top with the 25th Chronicle of events at Vimy Ridge and Courcellette The road lay for several miles through prosperous-looking suburbs consisting of villas and a multitude of small wooden houses with corrugated iron verandahs and roofs. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' They made their way with all the crowd to a great shed of corrugated iron, and the rain began to fall in torrents. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands Because plans and other valuable papers were sometimes left in the shed it was stoutly built, covered with corrugated iron, and the windows barred with iron, prison-like. 'Firebrand' Trevison The stores are mainly of concrete with red tile or red-painted corrugated iron roofs, which, among the tall coconut palms, are very attractive in appearance. Wanderings in the Orient The buildings are somewhat formal and unpleasing, being for the most part of corrugated iron, and conveying the impression that they are constructed with a view to being carried off at any moment. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 She was a hard-featured old lady, with a face that might have been made of corrugated iron painted yellow and with the eyes of an old hawk. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol It was a frame house of two storeys, with broad verandahs on both floors and a roof of corrugated iron. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands They trailed the reins over the heads of their horses, and walked swiftly toward the corrugated iron building. 'Firebrand' Trevison It is of wood, encased with corrugated iron plates, lined and panelled inside with redwood. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria Shelters were built, with panellings and roofings of corrugated iron. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Their objective point was a large frame building, roofed with corrugated iron and with a veranda in front, at the end of the street. The Mission of Janice Day It was like a deluge from heaven, and it rattled on the roof of corrugated iron with a steady persistence that was maddening. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands A small, flat-roofed frame building, sheathed with corrugated iron, met his view. 'Firebrand' Trevison Her eyes rested on the bed where the hyacinths were planted, and beyond it to gorse bushes and a corrugated iron shed. The Dark Tower The stations, which occur every four or five miles, are hamlets consisting of half-a-dozen corrugated iron houses, and perhaps a score of blue gum trees. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Here for some time the rebels had besieged the corrugated iron huts of the mining company, in which a handful of men held out tenaciously. The Mission of Janice Day The iron and bullets struck the walls and rattled upon the corrugated iron roofs alongside. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Gee, but from what I have seen at that old ruin, a man would need an umbrella made of corrugated iron to keep from being buried. Peck's Bad Boy Abroad Being a Humorous Description of the Bad Boy and His Dad in Their Journeys Through Foreign Lands - 1904 About noon, however, they came to a long unpainted frame building with corrugated iron roof, set in the midst of a grove of small trees. The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series The dark trail of blood dyed the earth round mimosa and cactus hedges, while a thousand perforations on the roofs of the corrugated iron dwellings confessed to the all too fervent kisses of British lead. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Several little children came to stare at Janice and Marty standing on the platform before the corrugated iron station, in which there was not even an agent. The Mission of Janice Day Upon the Sirdar's right were some corrugated iron roofed sheds, and a little in front the Praying Square. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan The C.O. was the possessor of quarters boasting a covering of two sheets of corrugated iron which had a thin layer of earth on top. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula A few moments afterwards the whole building was lying flat, the walls collapsed, and the corrugated iron roof lying bent and broken on the ground. A Study of Recent Earthquakes There was the stealthy, soft step again, and the sound of the animal’s side brushing lightly against the corrugated iron wall. Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure Crude shelters of corrugated iron and rough pine boards faced each other down the length of one long street. High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France Haddingly had succeeded, contrary to all regulations, in bringing with him from England a corrugated iron church. Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 Its walls are wooden, with canvas inside, and its roof is of corrugated iron. A Boy's Voyage Round the World At that time the villagers were building a church and had saved up sixty dollars with which to buy corrugated iron for the roof. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson The machine-gun officer emerged from a watery hole of doubtful aspect, covered with a dented sheet of corrugated iron and a flattened-out biscuit tin—the hole that is, not the officer. No Man's Land Each shaking-table of the pulsators is made of corrugated iron plates in several sections with a drop of about an inch from one division to another. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania The rain beat a tattoo on the corrugated iron roof. Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 The houses are mostly of wood, one-storied, and roofed with corrugated iron. A Boy's Voyage Round the World Of course, he was interested at once and laid out the money to such good advantage that they got more corrugated iron than sixty dollars had ever bought before. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson In a little recess pushed out to the front of the trench, covered in with corrugated iron and surrounded by sandbags, sprawled the motionless figure of a Lance-Corporal. No Man's Land Shingles flew off and chimney bricks, and ends of corrugated iron roofing slapped and banged as though frantic to be loose. The Fighting Shepherdess That church was a poor, corrugated iron structure, but I looked in and saw a gladsome light burning before its altar. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales There is a simple edifice for a church, splendid barracks equal to those in Manila when these were built, many houses of brick and stone, others of wood, and all roofed with corrugated iron. The Philippine Islands A compound is an enormous yard fenced with corrugated iron, inside which dwell several hundreds of natives employed down in the mines. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa The Brigade-Major was shaving; the Staff Captain—a non-starter in the morning's walk—was demanding corrugated iron from the unmoved Sapper. No Man's Land The mess, cut out of the side of the trench and lined with corrugated iron, possessed an ingeniously manufactured door—part of a drum-tight wing of a French aeroplane. Pushed and the Return Push Brick houses were rising here and there among the wooden shanties and the sheds of corrugated iron. Impressions of South Africa The dull yellow-gray walls were topped by a roof of red corrugated iron, with deeply projecting eaves. The Forbidden Trail When Moorehead recovered consciousness he found a bar and prised off some of the corrugated iron near the bodies. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police I remember that we played once in a schoolroom built of corrugated iron and without a vestige of scenery. The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography Riding along the main road he had observed a party of men pulling down our huts, and piling the sheets of corrugated iron into a G.S. waggon. Pushed and the Return Push It consists of seven or eight scattered frame houses, with roofs of corrugated iron, set in a dull, featureless flat on the banks of a muddy river. Impressions of South Africa Manuel turned into the Café de l'Opéra, a tumble-down frame shack with a corrugated iron roof, to order a cooling drink and to puzzle out this utterly baffling mystery. Plotting in Pirate Seas One returnee getting no response to his repeated bell pushing hammered so loud and long on the corrugated iron gates that somebody not on duty went out into that foul night to let him in.�� Coming of Age: 1939-1946 They reached the palace to which the manager referred, and found it to be a cottage of corrugated iron amidst the rubbish. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan The other people agreed, provided the officer ransomed him with half a dozen pit-props and ten sheets of corrugated iron. Pushed and the Return Push It was corrugated iron, they told me, of, I forget, how many hundredweight. Six Months at the Cape The Eldorado was but a shanty, part calico tent, part corrugated iron. The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas Entry from the road, Fort Austin Avenue, was by way of a drawbridge, over the moat which was dry in those days, then through the eight-foot high corrugated iron gates.�� Coming of Age: 1939-1946 The village, if such it could be called, consisted simply of a number of long wooden huts roofed over with corrugated iron. Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru With pick and shovel, and a fresh supply of corrugated iron, the batteries were fortifying their habitations; Brigade Headquarters occupied the only dwelling for miles round, a tiny café that no shell had touched. Pushed and the Return Push Of these there are various kinds, made of wood, of corrugated iron, and of india rubber stretched over frames. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy A few shelters had already been made in both lines, by putting sheets of corrugated iron over some of the small trenches which had been dug, and camouflaging them with earth. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion The cookhouse backed on to the southern wall; it was a shed type with a corrugated iron roof and outside there were two boilers for water.�� Coming of Age: 1939-1946 Nevertheless, it was rather disconcerting to hear the rattle of lead on the corrugated iron sheds behind us. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 They had concealed themselves as best they could in ditches and narrow tunnels made with corrugated iron or planks. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Particular attention was paid to the roof, which was first boarded over, then on the boards three inches of mud, and over that sheets of corrugated iron. Ranching, Sport and Travel Shelters were built mostly of timber and corrugated iron, strengthened with sandbags, and were generally in the parados of the trench. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion The Society for the Recovery of London Antiquities met a month after in a corrugated iron hall on the outskirts of one of the southern suburbs of London. The Napoleon of Notting Hill Beside the entrance, was a little shelter covered with corrugated iron, and there were laid a number of wounded, while some were lying on stretchers in the open road. The Great War As I Saw It If no deep dug-outs were available, the support platoons lived in niches cut into the side of the trench and roofed over with corrugated iron, timber and sandbags. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry We lived in shell holes, scantily covered with corrugated iron and a layer or two of sand-bags, scarcely splinter proof, nor had we any means of making ourselves more secure. Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery Narrow plank walks built high above mud-level—"duck boards," I think they're called—lead to the corrugated iron, tin, and wooden huts. Everyman's Land They were tall and thin and sprawling, with corrugated iron foreheads, and grizzled hair which they crimped over it in little bunches. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley The Germans gave the place no rest, and all along the road shells were falling, and bits would clatter upon the corrugated iron which roofed the shelter by the wayside. The Great War As I Saw It In the front line itself there was often no better shelter than an old tarpaulin or sheet of corrugated iron stretched across the trench. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Already there were a dozen or more tents, most of them housing saloons, dance halls, and gamblers' layouts, and here and there a board or corrugated iron structure was under process of building. The She Boss A Western Story The corrugated iron roofs will slide over the whole to protect from rain. Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer They were built up with sandbags and had a piece of corrugated iron over the top; for the floor there was usually two or three inches of wet mud. Into the Jaws of Death The roof was to be covered with corrugated iron. The Great War As I Saw It You must come another day and see what Sergeant Parsons is doing with the vast quantities of timber, corrugated iron, and other stores supplied to make the billets staff-proof for the future. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry They were coming from corrugated iron sheds that looked like aircraft hangars strung together. The Sky Is Falling The ceremony took place in a kind of shed with corrugated iron roof and wooden walls—a part of the Railway Hotel, for at this time Beaconsfield had no Catholic Church. Gilbert Keith Chesterton They couldn't help seeing us, for we made a lovely target with those big slabs of corrugated iron on our heads. Into the Jaws of Death I asked our C.R.E. to build me a church, and, to my great joy, an officer and some men were detailed to put up a little structure of corrugated iron. The Great War As I Saw It To the best of my memory the cottage is still standing, and has a new roof of corrugated iron. Historical Mysteries He led the way through a reptilious swamp and into the fringe of a nispero forest, where they came upon a hut with a roof of corrugated iron and walls of wattled bamboo. Never-Fail Blake This tedious business continued until water was struck, and then a corrugated iron frame was sunk at the bottom, and the tall sides of the well built upon it. The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 Well, we were told off in small parties to carry up sandbags, corrugated iron, picks and shovels, to repair the line. Into the Jaws of Death The dugouts were on a level with the trench and were roofed with pieces of corrugated iron covered with two layers of sandbags. The Great War As I Saw It Passing the Swanzy establishment, a model board-house, with masonry posts, a verandah all round, and a flying roof of corrugated iron, we ascend the old paved ramp. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative The covering in this case is of galvanized corrugated iron, suitable length, of No. 26 gauge. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Being built of wood and corrugated iron, the corridor is an echoing cave of noises. Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital It was adopted instead of corrugated iron, as it is much more substantial, and it was considered preferable to brick, as the later would have required much more extensive foundations. The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment Apparently something with claws was trying to scrape away the corrugated iron. The Way of the Wild The covering is to be a good quality of corrugated iron roofing, securely fastened to the framework, and painted with three good coats of the best quality of roof paint. The Repair Of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891 Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1893-94, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 315-348 An open patch of ground with some good large shell holes was before us, we had a tool cart with us, and here and there might be seen a sheet or two of corrugated iron. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. In the fourth stage the stones have entirely disappeared, leaving only the trenches which the horses have formed, so that the path is like a sheet of violently corrugated iron. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia He was dancing clumsily on the corrugated iron, and gesticulating, with his long, shaggy hands. The Missing Link Go and try to climb over a corrugated iron wall nine feet high, and with nothing but the bare earth to take off from, and see how you succeed. The Way of the Wild The building is to be crowned by a roof of corrugated iron, supported in the manner shown in the accompanying plan and sections. The Repair Of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891 Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1893-94, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 315-348 Villages were practically non-existent, and Tertry was no exception, but we soon settled down under waterproof sheets, corrugated iron and a few old bricks. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. Usually they had slept on shore under canvas; the corrugated iron houses had been left behind at ‘The Seven Hunters,’ with the champagne, to alleviate the anxiety of Mr. Macrae. The Disentanglers For shelter the men had small recesses like dog kennels in the parapet or parados; these were usually roofed by a sheet of corrugated iron and were very small, uncomfortable, and infested with rats. The Story of the "9th King's" in France The main permanent camp is built of corrugated iron, practically the sole building material in South Africa, and quite universal for roofs, so that the country has few "architectural features" to boast of. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege Kimberley at that time was still a vast solitude, with here and there a few scattered huts of corrugated iron occupied by the handful of colonists. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker They were living temporarily in a miserable little shanty roofed in by pieces of corrugated iron, the remains of former Nissen huts and dug-outs. Fanny Goes to War ‘Well, inside it was pitched an empty corrugated iron house, quite new, and another, on the further side, outside the cave.’ The Disentanglers A few houses of corrugated iron, a pretty railway-station, and much scenery, serves as a worthy description of the town at the junction of the purposed railway to the gold-fields of Lydenberg. With the Boer Forces The roof, of corrugated iron and earth, covered with tarpaulin, would hardly even keep out splinters, and is only supported on rough wooden beams. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege Rusty tins and twisted, rusty sheets of shrapnel-riddled corrugated iron littered the sodden mud. Combed Out Dan was labouring at his trade in the building business, and he set Bez to work roofing houses with corrugated iron. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned A platform with dining-room and telegraph office, a few corrugated iron sheds, the station-master's corrugated iron bungalow—and there is nothing else of Stormberg but veldt and, kopje, wind and sky. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War The weary passengers found more corrugated iron buildings and the best hotel in South Africa. With the Boer Forces Ambrose and Tole made for the engine which was housed in a little structure of corrugated iron. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest The entire system of sanctions tumbles down with a clatter like the fall of a corrugated iron church. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 Her feet were carrying her, very uncomfortably, over the rusted corrugated iron of the roof towards him. Captivity The houses are all one-storeyed, some brick, some mud, some the eternal corrugated iron, most faced with whitewash, many fronted with shady verandahs. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War A bridge crossed the river from the yard and communicated with the mills—a heterogeneous pile of dim, dun colours and irregular roofs huddled together with silver-bright excrescences of corrugated iron. The Spinners The flour mill was likewise built of corrugated iron. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest It was somewhat chubby, and when the mouth was expanded by the almost incessant smile the cheeks were wrinkled like corrugated iron. Jess of the Rebel Trail Passing this we leave a Catholic church, constructed of corrugated iron, on the right and enter a shady avenue in which is the Secretariat. A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State This room had been hastily built of corrugated iron, and leaked at every seam. A Woman's Part in a Revolution Besides the increase of numbers there had been considerable additions made to the fabric of the Abbey, if such a word as fabric may be applied to matchboard, felt, and corrugated iron. The Altar Steps On each floor in the wall that faces the interior court of the mill enclosure are two corrugated iron doors. The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin The street was broad and dusty, flanked by false-front stores, flat-roofed adobes, and corrugated iron buildings imported hastily since the first boom. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West Next day the Delivrance was charged with sheets of corrugated iron for building purposes and it was very interesting to watch the natives carrying these to the ship. A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State The merchants have closed their shops and battened up the windows with thick boards and plates of corrugated iron. A Woman's Part in a Revolution What Divine purpose is served by collecting men under hundreds of square feet of corrugated iron? The Altar Steps Upon the ground were brick-ends, cinders, bits of wood, bits of corrugated iron, and all the litter and refuse cast out of sight of the eyes of visitors to the Exhibition of Progress. The Lion's Share The roof was composed of two lots of steel rails placed one above the other, and on these were sheets of corrugated iron and a huge tarpaulin to keep out the rain. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time On the opposite bank are the works of the railway to Ponthierville, a number of corrugated iron buildings and a large native village. A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State This was probably true when the first corrugated iron houses huddled unrelieved near the railway station. African Camp Fires The States Model Schools stand in the midst of a quadrangle, and are surrounded on two sides by an iron grille and on two by a corrugated iron fence about 10 ft. high. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria Each slab of marble was rimmed with scarlet cement, and the top of the tomb, under a corrugated iron roof, was covered with those abominable bead-wreaths from Paris. White Shadows in the South Seas The party solemnly paraded the streets for fully half an hour, in no wise disconcerted by a pretty lively shelling and the ring of the Mausers on the corrugated iron roofs. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time The "shed," as the boys termed it, was, in reality, a substantial structure of corrugated iron, well-anchored to resist the severe Atlantic coastal storms. The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border We stumbled towards this, and found it to be the biggest shed ever constructed out of corrugated iron. African Camp Fires And then, above the rain storm that beat loudly on the corrugated iron, I heard the sound of a chaunt. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria My Golden Bed, lurching precariously in the narrow path, led me through tangled jungle growth to the first sight of my new home, a small house painted bright blue and roofed with corrugated iron. White Shadows in the South Seas The bomb had driven some splinters of glass and corrugated iron into Teddy's wrist; it seemed a small place at first; it didn't trouble him for weeks. Mr. Britling Sees It Through Through a tiny temporary town of corrugated iron shanties, crude log-and-brush and rough-plank sheds, white canvas tents, ran the raw, heaped earth of the embankment. In Old Kentucky Lines, or rows of houses for labourers should be made of sun-dried bricks, and roofed with corrugated iron. Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore It was a good-sized house, with stone walls and a corrugated iron roof. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria Zinc, galvanized and corrugated iron, tin and lead in sheets, asbestus, tar paper, tiles, slate, and other material for roofing. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison Some of the roofs were of corrugated iron, but more were of old red Chinese tiles, with ferns and other waving green things sprouting in the cracks. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines It is a composite carriage of corrugated iron, lined with wood to prevent unpleasant vibration, on six wheels, the centre wheels following the leading wheels round curves by a very ingenious arrangement. Rides on Railways It proved to be a corrugated iron structure through which poured a great stream and from which went high-tension wires strung to mushroom-shaped insulators. The Rules of the Game The first light of dawn was just peering in through the skylight of the corrugated iron shed. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria Having posted this effusion, in which he had carefully explained the conditions imposed upon him, Tom felt considerably more light-hearted, and returned with renewed vigour to the loading of the corrugated iron. The Firm of Girdlestone I remember, as we came in, a neighbor said to me—or to some one else: "Sheets of corrugated iron are worse." Light They were constructed of brick, wood, waterproof felting, and that adaptable material, corrugated iron. The Roll-Call Somewhere a piece of corrugated iron banged against a board. Starr, of the Desert The stations, which occur every four or five miles, are hamlets consisting of half a dozen corrugated iron houses, and perhaps a score of blue gum trees. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria "Ours is nothing but a corrugated iron shed divided into two parts." The Top of the World Hastings studied a map of South Africa in a corrugated iron hut at Johannesburg ten years ago. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) Just opposite was a new and comfortable farm-house, the only prosperous house in the village, with a trim lawn, and big barns covered with corrugated iron roofing. The Silent Isle He built it long and low, of hewn stone, with a corrugated iron roof. The Three Sisters We were put into a corrugated iron shed near the station, the floors of which were four inches deep with torn railway forms and account books. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria The place was built of corrugated iron, and they heard the sand whipping against it as they drew near. The Top of the World Sprawled beside the shore, five miles away, was Nome, its ugliness of corrugated iron, rough boards, and tar paper somewhat softened by the distance. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories As I have before said, these were the days of the earliest trenches in this war: days when we had none of those desirable "props," such as corrugated iron, floorboards, and sand bags ad lib. Bullets & Billets It was a ramshackle little house, run together of boards and corrugated iron, and bearing evidence of all the mistakes of which a West African native is capable. Essays in Rebellion It ended by signal abruptly, nowhere in particular, between two lamp-posts before a large drapery establishment—a long range of shops already lapped up in sheets of corrugated iron for the night. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale Later, when she took Sylvia to the guest-room, which was no more than a corrugated iron lean-to lined with boarding, she unexpectedly drew the girl to her and kissed her. The Top of the World As Tom rode nearer the cliff he could make out around it groups of rude buildings, covered with corrugated iron. Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, or, the Hidden City of the Andes Dug-outs had no wooden linings in those days; no corrugated iron roofs; no floorboards. Bullets & Billets Directed by the newcomers, they made a trench and bank about the mounting of the piece, and constructed flimsy shelter-pits of corrugated iron. The War in the Air About three in the afternoon I came over a low ridge of bush and saw the corrugated iron roof of the store and the gleam of water from the Labongo. Prester John The first part I struck looked like a dingy colonial suburb—wooden houses and corrugated iron roofs, and endless dirty, sallow children. Greenmantle Among the population beyond Tamasese’s marches, he collected a body of armed men, returned before dawn to Leulumoenga, demolished the corrugated iron gaol, and liberated the Hawaiian secretary and the rump of the rebel cabinet. A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa So he caused to be erected at a cost to him of about $5,000, a corrugated iron building on a knoll just outside Hawarden Church. The Grand Old Man He stayed five years in the gold-mines, in a wild valley, living with a gang of Italians in a town of corrugated iron. Twilight in Italy These buildings are of wood, with roofs of corrugated iron; and when they were newly constructed, not so many years ago, presented a gay enough appearance, with their green shutters and ornamental eaves. Roden's Corner His clothes, unpressed and uncaring, hung on him like corrugated iron. Bad Medicine At Thirty-fourth Street a policeman, lounging beneath the corrugated iron awning of a corner saloon, faced about with a low whistle, to stare after him. The Brass Bowl The lower floor is open on two sides, but the upper one is closed in, with weather boarding at Burmantofts and with corrugated iron at Armley Road. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 The vertical walls of the structure are likewise of corrugated iron, and the general aspect of the building is very original and very satisfactory. Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 The whole was enclosed in a fence of corrugated iron, and approached by a road not too well constructed on its sandy bed. Roden's Corner The thatched roofs replaced by corrugated iron, and the hedges clipped close to please the motorists. Monitress Merle Most of them were fully six feet deep, and in many cases provided with shelter from the weather by sheets of corrugated iron, taken from the roofs of the houses in Colenso. With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader Resonant corrugated iron and boards an inch thick intervened between us and the noisy tramplings of the rain and heat of the sun. My Tropic Isle The first break is on one pair of 9 x 18 inch corrugated iron rolls, eight corrugations to the inch, the corrugations running parallel with the axis of the rolls. Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 I wouldn't have a sheet of corrugated iron about the place. Children of the Bush It was a great amusement to her pupils to watch the various parts being fitted together, and to see the corrugated iron roof fastened on. Monitress Merle |
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