Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 117
May 27 when a tank usedto supply hot water for shower baths exploded with extreme violence.One head of the tank emerged from the building and landed 200 feetaway, while the shell burst through a wall and came to rest 80 feetfrom its starting point. Figure 1 shows the extent to which a side ofthe… … Figure 2 Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Collins of Watertown, Mass.. were asleep inthe second story of their comparatively new $10,000 home on the nightof July 11 when a hot water supply tank in the kitchen below themexploded, passed upward within ten feet of their bed, and went outthrough the roof. The…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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