Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 134
THE LOCOM OT I VE i_m Oil Burner Melts Cast Iron Boiler into Solid Mass WHEN leakage developed in the sections of an oil-fired castiron boiler that was not equipped with a low water cut-outswitch, the boiler drained completely and much of the metalcomprising the eight sections was fused into a… … After the boiler drained the oil burner kept on operating. The sections werefused into a shapeless mass. of the tenants was awakened by the intense heat in his room,which was directly above the boiler. He called the fire department andwhen the firemen opened the basement door they found the boiler…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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