Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 330
vapor-ized over a period of about four hours after the boiler was shut downand combined with air to form a combustible gas, which was ignitedby the hot brickwork. The force of the explosion cracked and partlypushed out one brick sidewall of the setting, shattered the brickworkand other covering on… … View of another zvatcrtube boiler—oil fired—showing damage from afurnace explosion. An explosion of gas from semi-bituminous coal last November ina vertical cast iron hot water heater located in a Pennsylvania residencecracked and bulged two brick walls of the house, shattered the frontand side…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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