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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 208

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sephs Orphan Asylum, Seventh andSpruce streets, Philadelphia, Pa.; and as the building was occupied by manylittle children, the accident might easily have resulted in a fearful loss of life.Forty little girls were about totile into a large sewing-room on the first floor,when the boiler gave way and… … Fig. 5. — Orphan Asylum Boilers after the Explosion. maintained, and the little ones were conducted to another part of-the building,without panic. No inmate of the institution was injured, but a boy, passing onthe street, was somewhat burned by escaping steam. The exploding boilerwas thrown over on…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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