. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . instantly released, andcauses a large amount of water to sud-denly Hash into steam, while the volumeof steam, which is then superheated, ex-pand many times. The capacity of theboiler is then wholly inadequate to ac-commodati the increased volume of steam brace Yt inch thick and 1J4 inches wide,and 6 crown braces ?s inch in crown bars were not supportedfrom the roof sheet. Only five crownbar braces showed new break, and allothers shewed old break at eye of braceor broken pin,
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . instantly released, andcauses a large amount of water to sud-denly Hash into steam, while the volumeof steam, which is then superheated, ex-pand many times. The capacity of theboiler is then wholly inadequate to ac-commodati the increased volume of steam brace Yt inch thick and 1J4 inches wide,and 6 crown braces ?s inch in crown bars were not supportedfrom the roof sheet. Only five crownbar braces showed new break, and allothers shewed old break at eye of braceor broken pin,i |g ! shows the result of an explosion VXD LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING December ■ of thisboilei * u quipped mbination chamber, the crown iheel of which waswelded iheel proper, and it waa through the opening made by thefailure of thil welded learn thai ttents ol the boilei ising 111<- I thai -ill boilers be tubjia hydri ular intervals, a iworn report m be filed with theDistrict Inspector, showing the conditionsfound ami repairs niac-in regard t overheating, it may be theresult ■. SHOWING RESULT OF AN EXPLOSION DUE fO mw WATER. death of two men. It is believed that ifthis seam had not failed these fatalitieswould n >ulted. In this case the right hand bottom water glass waspractically closed by the rubber gasketbeing squeezed over the end of the glass,which, no doubt, rendered an inaccuratereading. The inaccurate reading of thisylass was also contributed to by the steampipe connection being bent so as to forma trap for the accumulation of accident forcibly illustrates the im-portance of properly applying and main-taining water-indicating appliances. \s previously stated, explosions resultbecause some part of the vessel is tooweak to withstand the pressure to whichit is subjected This weakness may becaused by 1. Abnormal steam pressure. _. Weakness in design or construction. 3. Improper workmanship. 4. Corrosion or wasting away of ma-terial. 5. Bro
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