Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 471
ing Air Tank Crushes Shack, Kills 7 Men SEVEN men were killed and ten were seriously injured at the quarryof Stone Mountain Granite Corporation near Atlanta, Georgia, onFebruary 22, when an air tank head blew out and crashed throughthe timekeepers crowded office. Four of the victims were dead… … been bombed. The tank was located about 20 feet away and was pointeddirectly at it. Air for the pneumatic tools at the various workings in the quarrywas supplied by a compressor located in a central power house fromwhich pipes led to perhaps a dozen receiving tanks placed at strategicpoints…
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