Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 91
e of the explosion the locomotive was drawing a train. It had just reachedthe summit of a grade, when the boiler exploded with extraordinary violence. The en-gineer and fireman were killed instantly, the firemans body being blown literally to frag-ments. Such information as can be. had about the… … Fig. 2. — A Fragment of the Fire-box. rest of the engine. It followed the general direction of the track, but as the accidenttook place on a curve, it came finally to rest about 25 feet from the track, on the outside ofthe curve. An inspection of the ground showed plainly that the barrel struck…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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