Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 195
he roar of the flames. It was doing its utmost to relieve the enormous ^V <....I5...> 4=:^ < 24 > Fig. 1.—Diagram Showing w^heke the Rupture Occurred. pressure that was fast accumulating. The iron stack had fallen into the pond, and thesmoke-arch at the front end had become red-hot. A… … ■piG. 2. — Sketch Showing the General Shape op the Piece Torn Out. over the point of rupture, was thrown high in the air, so that it was hardly visible tothe eye; it must have gone up 300 or 400 feet. The point of initial rupture was onthe top of the barrel, and the boiler was torn in three pieces…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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