Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 390
E LOCUM OTI VE [13 Accident to Hot Water Supply Boiler IMPROPER manipulation of inlet and outlet valves combined witha rust-choked relief valve to cause a severe explosion of a garbageburning hut water supply boiler at a Mid-West apartment on June9. The janitor was killed and property damage was… … Wreckage of garbage burner—An accident which illustrates the needfor a relief valve in operative condition and of care in the manipu-lation of valves in the pipe connections. so as to permit draining the boiler without emptying the system. How-ever, tenants requested hot water before the work could…
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