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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 15

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7 Please show to your Engineer THE LOCOMOTIVE January, Too Safe to Warran. action,* Hot Water Supply Tank Explodes ana Kills 5, Injures 40 FIVE persons were killed and forty others were injured in Wash-ington, D. C. when, on November 22, an exploding hot watersupply tank ripped its way up through a… … Figure I shook buildings in the business district for several blocks around.According to Washington newspapers, it was the worst catastrophe theCapitol has experienced since the memorable collapse of the Knicker-bocker Theatre in which almost a hundred lives were lost severalyears ago. The tank was…

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