Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 22
under steam. 1926.] THE LOCOMOTIVE 9 A fire was later started under the forward boiler and the return tripbegun about 5130 p. m. with both of them in oj)eration at reducedpressure. When but a short distance out from Newport the circulat-ing cross drum of the forward boiler failed. The rupture began… … Fig. 2.around more than one-quarter of the drum. The nature of the failureis clearly shown in Figs, i and 2. The piece marked B in Fig. 2is the torn part of the drum shell. The piece marked A had noconnection with the boiler. Most of the killed and injured were on the main, or freight deck,where…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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