Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 462
time betVA-een then and seven oclock next morning, when the firstemployee entered the buildin* and heard the alarm bell which had beenset ringing by the sprinkler system, the boiler went dry and was ruined. i9-9- THE LOCOMOTIVE 185 In common with many other costly accidents, this one was due toa… … of steam. Had the boiler not been set in a pit lined with cement thechances are it would have set fire to the factory. Heat was so intensethat it melted a sprinkler head twenty-five feet away. From the picture it is apparent that the boiler had to be scrapped.The loss was covered by a Hartford…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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