. Electric railway gazette . econd story, as shown in the illustration. At the time of the accident the engine was runningfour 50 arc-light dynamos, four street railway generators,and one small machine on a stationary motor circuit. The fly-wheel was 17 feet in diameter, with 52-inch face,and weighed 50,000 pounds. It was made up of eightsections, secured to each other by eight i^-inch boltsthrough flanges. In the middle of each segment was apad to which the arm was bolted with four i^-inch arms were secured under the hub by three i^-inchbolts each. The sections separated by breaking
. Electric railway gazette . econd story, as shown in the illustration. At the time of the accident the engine was runningfour 50 arc-light dynamos, four street railway generators,and one small machine on a stationary motor circuit. The fly-wheel was 17 feet in diameter, with 52-inch face,and weighed 50,000 pounds. It was made up of eightsections, secured to each other by eight i^-inch boltsthrough flanges. In the middle of each segment was apad to which the arm was bolted with four i^-inch arms were secured under the hub by three i^-inchbolts each. The sections separated by breaking theflanges, and no bolts were broken. Three of the arms,which were elliptical in section and solid, were brokenshort off at the hub, and three were broken at the entire arm remained on the hub, and one was brokenabout midway between the hub and the rim, and aboutone third of the remaining arm was left in place. The usual safety cams were provided to prevent thesteam valves from opening, in case the governor fell too. HUB OF FLY-WHEEL AND WALL PIERCED BY SECTION OF low. When the engine is started the handle is turned to ahorizontal position, and the governor is held up by allow-ing its side rod to rest in a notch. The steam valve isthen allowed to open, and as the governor balls rise thehandle drops to the vertical position, so that in case ofaccident to the governor it may fall to its lowest plane,and shut off all steam from the cylinder. The gov-ernor was on the front of the platform betweenthe two cylinders, and directly over the fly-wheel,as shown in the engraving. The assistant engineer,Carl Anderson, was in charge of the station onthe night of Oct. 4. The conditions which caused the 260 ELECTRIC RAILWAY GAZETTE. Vol. XIII. No. IS. accident, as nearly as can be learned, were as follows: Ashort circuit occurred, throwing a heavy load upon theengine, and causing it to slow down. Anderson was onthe platform and it is supposed he held the governor upto prevent its
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