"Now we're in for it!" said Joe, as the room was emptied, and the aroused groups trudged east on the crunching snow.

There was a swishing sound; then a sudden crunching jerk and the rope tied to the girder began to writhe and twist like a live thing.

There was a light crunching noise from the opposite side of the room.

There was a horrible crunching sound as of bones and flesh being ground into pulp.