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th its adjusting screw backed off so that the stem and spring were loosein order that he might set it correctly at the working pressure whenthe boiler was again fired up. On the night of the accident the night firemanseems to have fired this boiler contrary to orders and may perhaps have setup the… … Fig. 3. Remains of the East Weymouth Boiler. The explosion was of such a violent nature however as to suggest an over-pressure, and no weaknesses or defects were apparent in the boiler to contradictthis view. The boiler was of the horizontal return tubular type, with cast ironmanhole frame. The…
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