fog-whistle

The steam fog-whistle is the same instrument ordinarily used on steamboats and locomotives.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 Various

Screams of warning came from the steamer, her fog-whistle was sounded, but Campion took it coolly.

My New Curate P.A. Sheehan

They shut her down to half speed, an 'went nosin' through it, blowin 'the fog-whistle an' tryin 'to keep a general guess on where we were headin' for.

The Tale of a Tightwad 1916

I elevate my fog-whistle, inspir'd by the thought of home.

The Book of Humorous Verse Various 1902

It would be impossible for the Port Officer's motor-boat to face such a sea, or, if it did, to find the _Fanny_, unless guided by her fog-whistle.

Ulster's Stand For Union Ronald John McNeill 1897

"Sound the fog-whistle every minute," directed Halstead.

The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise 1895

But the lips twitched and would not stay steady, and the whistle, when it came, sounded like nothing so much as the far-away fog-whistle off the shore at night.

The Tangled Threads 1894

Ever and anon sounded the fog-whistle, hoarsely, as though the fog had got in its throat; and the pale glare of a lantern, fastened aloft somewhere, lighted up the white issuing steam for a moment.

Idolatry A Romance Julian Hawthorne 1890

The officer on the bridge blew his steam fog-whistle every few minutes, and kept his lanterns hung out; but they must have been invisible at sixty yards.

Idolatry A Romance Julian Hawthorne 1890

When one sleeps soundly, it is seldom that one remembers one's dreams; but when one is apt to be roused by an unexpected lurch of the ship, by the moan of a fog-whistle, or the scream of an engine, one becomes a light sleeper, and the visions of the night have a strange reality, and are easily recalled.

The Brownies and Other Tales 1871