mishap

• He had kept his eyes fixed upon the crew as they walked round the capstan, but he was unable to determine whether the mishap was the result of accident or intention Again the captain came forward; but after consulting with Paul, he returned to the quarter-deck without making any comments. —  Down the Rhine Young America in Germany
• The Sylph should have turned the point of the island without a mishap, as she had done scores of times It's the volcano we have to thank for this," was my conjecture. —  The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
• The Governor talked briskly through the window as the agent stamped their tickets while Archie cowered at the door marveling that any one could face the problems of a precarious existence so gaily They alighted at Portsmouth without mishap, and Archie, recalling the primary object of his travels, stepped to the telegraph office and wired his sister as follows Have been motoring with friend; hence delay in reporting. —  Blacksheep! Blacksheep!
• The trip through Caribou Crossing was made without mishap, the distance being about four miles, when they entered Marsh Lake, often known as Mud Lake, though no apparent cause exists for the title. —  Klondike Nuggets and How Two Boys Secured Them
• This was a sad mishap, and the men, terrified, pulled as hard as they could, while two of them baled out the boat, to gain the shore, for we knew what fate awaited us if we sunk in the river. —  The Privateersman

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