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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 402

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An attempt to trace the circumstances leading up to the explosion 19^8. THE LOCOMOTIVE I2C proved fruitless because the engineer, as well as his wife and sonwho had brought his lunch and eaten with him, was killed instantly.A bath house attendant told police that, while the engineer was eating,the… … energy that must have been required to wreak the havoc indicatedby the photograph. The plants two boilers carried 200 pounds pressure. Accord-ing to newspaper reports, the owner had no insurance and was ren-dered penniless. Well, That Settles It Jones: — Sorry, old man, that my hen got loose and…

Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions

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