war of the elements

Mrs. Lucien Shaw, of Los Angeles, wife of Judge Shaw of the State Supreme Court, disappeared in the war of the elements that raged in San Francisco.

From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Richard Linthicum

My father and Mr. Tiffany were playing chess, and did not seem to be at all disturbed by the war of the elements.

From Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi by Oliver Optic

One thing was certain, that though the battle might have ceased the war of the elements was raging more furiously than ever.

From Tales of the Sea And of our Jack Tars by T. Robertson

It was more dreadful to listen to the ravings of Durant than to witness the fearful war of the elements.

From Ellen Walton The Villain and His Victims by Alvin Addison

It was all the same though, since both were bitter enemies to fire; and presently the merry war of the elements, that has gone on since the world began, would be in full play.

From The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods The New Test for the Silver Fox Patrol by Herbert Carter