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The Book of Woodcraft 



DISPLAY EXAMPLES 



Colder. Fair 

 Weather 



Rain or Snow. 



Warmer 



Warmer. Fair 



Weather, followed by 



Rain or Snow 



Cold 



Wave. Fail 

 Weather 



STORM AND HURRICANE WARNINGS 



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Storm Warnings. — A red flag with a black centre indicates a storm of marked violence. 



The pennants displayed with flags indicate direction of wind — red, easterly; white, 

 westerly; pennant above flag indicates wind from northerly quadrants; below, from south- 

 erly quadrants. 



By night a red light indicates easterly winds, white light below red, westerly winds. 



Two red flags with black centres indicate approach of tropical hurricane. 



No night hurricane signals are displayed. 



SIGNALS ON THE RAILWAY 



Most of US are familiar with some of the signals given by 

 brakemen, conductors, or engineers, but not so many of us 

 have sat right down to inspect the code, as officially fixed. 

 A conductor on the Canadian Pacific Railway allowed me 

 to copy it out from his "Trainman's Book," 1909, and since 

 then I have been told that this is the code in universal use, 

 so I give it in full. 



It consists of color signals, hand and lantern signals, 

 toots, and cord-pulls. It will add a new interest to the 

 journey, at least when you can read the "Signs of the Iron 

 Trail," and the "Talk of the Iron Horse." 



