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in orderly fashion from anIllinois theater after a cast iron hot water heating boiler exploded beneath the stage. Althoughthe stage was wrecked andsome of the debris was blowninto the seating floor of thetheater, all but two womenescaped, and they sufferedbut minor injuries. The boilerexploded, it… … Figure 4—Failing section of a hotwater heating boiler in a theater. UNFIRED PRESSURE VESSEL Corrosion and a relief valve which did not function were blamedfor the explosion of a hot water supply tank in a Virginia residence.The explosion tore a hole about 8 feet square through the foundationof the…
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