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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 378

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ustment. Few details ofthe other accidentare available, butit would seem thatthe three victimswere scalded whentrapped in a corner of the engine room by steam escaping from thebroken cylinder head, and that the mishap was caused by some break-ing or crushing of the connecting rod brasses that… … Oil-Treating Tank Blows Out Head One person was killed and six were severely burned when a tankcontaining hot oil at 50 lbs. pressure burst at an oil treating plant inTexas. The tank was 6 ft. in diameter and 20 ft. long. Although girthand the longitudinal seams were welded, the break did not occur…

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