As she was an old ship, she was doomed to destruction, and the wounded being removed, she was set on fire, and soon afterwards blew up with a terrific explosion, the sound of which must have reached Canton.
Thus the battle raged all night long, till soon after dawn the French frigate Artemise, after striking her colours, also caught fire, and with a terrific explosion blew up.
The obvious suggestion conveyed by this statement is, that there has occurred not only a terrific explosion in the borough of Greenwich, but also a not less alarming blow-up in the Cabinet.
With a terrific explosionit burst, throwing the soil about in a tremendous crater.
And where it touched the Thought, there was a terrific explosion, and inconceivably violent energy lashed out as the cosmium instantaneously liberated its energy.
Before he could call him away, there was a terrific explosion, and both dogs vanished from this vale of tears.
I was telling her how groundless had been her fears, when there came a terrific explosion.
A few moments later there was a terrific explosion on board, and then the doomed vessel sank into the dark rolling sea, carrying with her the Russian Admiral and all hands.
At the Strand corner of the Square a squad of police was being formed, in order to co-operate with some reinforcements which were arriving, when suddenly there was a terrific explosion.
Of a sudden the men bolted, and a few moments later, with a terrific explosion, the great bridge crashed into the road.
Hardly had we got ashore when we distinctly saw a bright red flash beneath the Hungerford railway bridge, followed by a terrific explosion, as part of the massive iron structure fell into the river, a tangled mass of girders.
They ran for their lives, and just succeeded in escaping when there was a terrific explosion, and the whole front behind those columns of the façade on the principal floor was blown, with its furniture, etc.
With a cry of warning he sprang overboard, but even as he did so there was a blinding flash of light, a terrific explosion, and then--darkness.
Nothing fresh happened till I heard a terrific explosion astern, and turned round just in time to see a ball of flame sink into the water near the Mars.
But the manoeuvre had been carried out too late; the torpedo struck her just underneath the stern and there was a terrific explosion.
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