Some stayed in use for decades after World War II ; the Mark I Fire Control Computer was deployed by the United States Navy on a variety of ships from destroyers to battleships.

* June 30, 1900 — Hoboken Docks Fire: The German passenger ships Saale, Main, Bremen, and Kaiser William der Grosse, all owned by the North German Lloyd Steamship line, catch fire at the docks in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA.

However, the Great Miramichi Fire of 1825, the advent of steel-hulled ships, and perhaps over-cutting of eastern white pine, would eventually contribute to a long-term decline in the area's economy.

Fire ships were also employed by the Vandals in 468 against the armada sent by the Eastern Roman Empire.

Fire ships were most devastating against fleets which were at anchor or otherwise restricted in movement.

Fire ships

The electrical discharges at the mastheads of ships were read as a sign of his protection and came to be called " Saint Elmo's Fire ".

Fire broke out before the ships had left London ; 411 sailed for Africa, including some 60 white prostitutes who had been married off to the male settlers hastily ( and certainly without Sharp's knowledge ).

Fire is a serious threat to all ships, but to a ship made of wood, rope, and canvas, it was the greatest danger of all.

They could also use Concentration Fire, where both ships ' main armament salvos would be controlled by one ship's fire control computer, probably Prince of Wales modern Admiralty Fire Control Table.

Engine rooms were separated from its associated Fire room on fighting ships from the 1880s through the 1960s.

Fire from the three ships temporarily dismounted two of the enemy's big guns, destroyed the buildings on the Cay, and drove the troops from all guns and trenches.

* Fire ship: A ship loaded with flammable materials and explosives and sailed into an enemy port or fleet either already burning or ready to be set alight by its crew ( who would then abandon it ) in order to collide with and set fire to enemy ships.

Fire ships were used on a number of occasions throughout the period.

Fire ships containing straw and powder were also used during the Chinese Battle of Lake Poyang in 1363.

; Chapter II-2 – Fire protection, fire detection and fire extinction: Fire safety provisions for all ships with detailed measures for passenger ships, cargo ships and tankers.

The Great Miramichi Fire of 1825, the advent of steel-hulled ships, and perhaps over-cutting of White Pine, contributed to a long-term decline in the town's econonomy.

Even after the upgrade to a new missile, ships were still said to be Tartar ships because they carried the Tartar Guided Missile Fire Control System.

Although some physical events such as the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire of London continued to encourage belief in " the end of the world " ruled by carnal human beings ; the doctrine of the sect either died out, or became merged in a milder form of Millenarianism.

On 26 May 1676, ten years after the Great Fire of London, a great fire broke out, which continued for 17 hours before houses were blown up to create fire breaks.

The crowd continued to press around the soldiers, taunting them by yelling, " Fire ", and by throwing snow balls and other small objects at them.

He continued starring in films throughout the 1980s, including Under Fire ( 1983 ) with Gene Hackman, Down and Out in Beverly Hills ( 1986 ) with Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler, Extreme Prejudice ( 1987 ) and New York Stories ( 1989 ) under the direction of Martin Scorsese.

Fire crews, including aerial support from six water bomber planes, continued the battle to contain the blaze and by Tuesday morning it was again under control though still burning freely within the containment zone.

Astin continued to appear in films throughout the 1990s, including the Showtime science fiction film Harrison Bergeron ( 1995 ), the Gulf War film Courage Under Fire ( 1996 ), and the Warren Beatty political satire Bulworth ( 1998 ).

Events continued to be held annually on the first weekend of July or last weekend of June until the City Council was disbanded in 1998, but several local businesses and the Volunteer Fire Department have independently kept many of the events going every year, including the addition of a 3-on-3 basketball tournament and fire department " water fights ".

The community continued to grow until the 1918 Cloquet Fire nearly ended the city's history.

Spokane's growth continued unabated until August 4, 1889, when a fire, now known as The Great Fire, began shortly after 6: 00 p. m. and destroyed the city's downtown commercial district.

She continued performing after having both legs amputated from diabetes in 1994 and made her last recording, " Jump Into the Fire ," for the 1995 Harry Nilsson tribute CD, For the Love of Harry on the Music Masters label.

Greene's typecasting as a wise father character continued with the 1981 series, Code Red as a Fire Department Fire Chief whose command includes his children as subordinates.

Fires continued to burn for another day, despite the assistance of the Fire Brigade and several barristers and employees.

The trend continued on a larger scale with The Hindenburg ( 1975 ) starring George C. Scott ; The Cassandra Crossing ( 1976 ) starring Burt Lancaster ; Two-Minute Warning ( 1976 ) starring Charlton Heston ; Black Sunday ( 1977 ) starring Robert Shaw ; Rollercoaster in Sensurround ( 1977 ) starring George Segal ; Damnation Alley ( 1977 ) starring Jan-Michael Vincent ; Avalanche ( 1978 ) starring Rock Hudson ; Gray Lady Down ( 1978 ) also starring Charlton Heston ; Hurricane ( a 1979 remake of John Ford's 1937 film ) starring Jason Robards ; and City on Fire ( 1979 ) starring Henry Fonda.

They continued publication beginning with issue 140 ( Fire & Movement was already being published concurrently by Decision Games.

She also continued her acting career appearing in the films, Private Obsession ( 1995 ), Ragdoll ( 1999 ), Nutty Professor II: The Klumps ( 2000 ), and Fire & Ice ( made-for-TV, 2001 ).

Fire chairman Paul Allen's continued financial problems with what was seen league-wide as an underachieving Trail Blazers team put him out of the running to buy the Fire franchise and led to the Portland Fire folding in 2002.

After Fire Walk with Me was released, Lynch reportedly planned two more films that would have continued and then concluded the series ' narrative.

Fire continued on both sides until well into the night.

In 1998, when Warrington borough became a unitary authority, it remained in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, and continued to be served by Cheshire Police and Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Once, when it had forced the Lute, coming close thereto, in order to try to repair it, I observed that the Spirit which issued out caught Fire at the Flame of the Candle, and continued burning with Violence as it issued out, in a Stream, which 1 blew out, and lighted again, alternately, for several times.

Malle gave him his first job as his assistant director on Zazie in the Metro, which continued with the films A Very Private Affair, The Fire Within and Viva Maria !.

Somewhere, beyond, where shadows lurked, must be the yawning pit of which Papa preached and the dreadful Lake of Fire.

But it should be pointed out that some of the new watering places -- Fire Island, Nantucket, Westhampton, Long Island, for example -- tend to be homogeneously Jewish.

Fire Fighters Local 798, which is sponsoring the toy program for the 12th straight year, issued a call for San Franciscans to turn in discarded toys, which will be repaired by off-duty firemen.

The ' far-away light ' () is a reference to St Elmo's Fire, an electrical discharge supposed by ancient Greek mariners to be an epiphany of the Dioscuri, but the meaning of the line was obscured by gaps in the papyrus until reconstructed by a modern scholar — such reconstructions are typical of the extant poetry ( see Scholars, fragments and sources below ).

Fire Bet: Before the shooter begins, some casinos will allow a bet known as a fire bet to be placed.

Fire personalities are believed to have good leading qualities and also tend to be enthusiastic, extroverted, rebellious, passionate, brave and valiant ; however, they can also be hot-tempered, snappy, uncontrollable and angry.

Fire is considered to be active ; it is represented by the symbol for Leo and it is referred to the lower right point of the pentacle in the Supreme Invoking Ritual of the Pentacle.

Those who have accepted Jesus as their personal saviour will be saved and live in God's presence in the Kingdom of Heaven, those who have not accepted Jesus as their saviour, will be cast into the Lake of Fire ( eternal Hell or simply annihilated ), see for example The Sheep and the Goats.

* Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking, co-authored with Emmanuel Sander ( ISBN 0465018475 ) ( to be published in February 2013 )

* Openings – Openings in Fire walls, such as doors and windows, must be fire rated as fire door assemblies and fire window assemblies.

For example, a firewall designed to meet National Fire Protection Agency, ( NFPA ), 221-09 section A. 5. 7 which indicates an average temperature of 800 ° F, is not designed to withstand higher temperatures such as would be present in higher challenge fires, and as a result would fail in a time less than the wall rating.

The Fire Dragon is revealed to be a flaming Kilaak saucer and is destroyed.

The Ice and Fire story can be considered to be set in a post-magic world where people no longer believe in supernatural things such as the Others.

During this decade Hackman also could be seen in Reds, Under Fire, Hoosiers, Power, Uncommon Valor and Bat * 21.

The department of Earth was to be in charge of Agriculture and the agricultural sciences, Fire was to be in charge of the Military, Water was the department of the Canals and waterways while Air seemed to have responsibility for everything else.

Insurance as we know it today can be traced to the Great Fire of London, which in 1666 devoured more than 13, 000 houses.

This invisibility disappeared with the release of a film titled Fire in 1996, prompting some theaters in India to be attacked by extremists.

This is the theory that certain compounds could be synthesized only from their classical elements — Earth, Water, Air, and Fire — by action of a " life-force " ( vis vitalis ) possessed only by organisms.

Any character that finished any game in the series ( except Dragon Fire, the last in the series ) could be exported to a more recent game ( Shadows of Darkness has a glitch which allows one to import characters from the same game ), keeping the stats and parts of the inventory.

Similar situations can be seen in Tony Scott's Man on Fire.