The Locomotive . e pieces of shrapnel. The piston emerged from the cylin-der and came to rest about six feet away. A remarkable feature, according to a report of the accident, wasthat the two victims were not struck by flying fragments, but werecrushed against a wall by the blast of escaping steam. Those who wereinjured were badly scalded and cut. The piston rod had been in use about two years. A CORRECTIONIn the last issue mention was made of a flywheel explosion at the Davenport,Iowa, plant of French & Hecht, Inc. The address thus given was incorrect,for although that company has a plant at
The Locomotive . e pieces of shrapnel. The piston emerged from the cylin-der and came to rest about six feet away. A remarkable feature, according to a report of the accident, wasthat the two victims were not struck by flying fragments, but werecrushed against a wall by the blast of escaping steam. Those who wereinjured were badly scalded and cut. The piston rod had been in use about two years. A CORRECTIONIn the last issue mention was made of a flywheel explosion at the Davenport,Iowa, plant of French & Hecht, Inc. The address thus given was incorrect,for although that company has a plant at Davenport, Iowa, the accident occurredat its plant in Springfield, Ohio. 19-20. THE L O C O M O T I \^ E 201 Heating Boiler Explosions Cause Extensive Damage A LTHOUGH it is generally understood that heating boilers andr\ hot water supply tanks can and sometimes do explode with con-siderable violence, the average householder who has never ac-tually seen the result of such an explosion is sometimes inclined to. Figure i discount claims as to the potential destructiveness of these common-place vessels. The three cases presented herewith, which were selectedas t\-pical of other explosions occurring during the winter, are con-vincing proof that the low pressures ordinarily involved in house heat-ing equipment by no means render them immune to accidents of a verydestructive sort. Taking advantage of a lull in business shortly after Christmas theproprietor of a small hotel in Cleveland. Ohio, banked the fire in hiscast iron steam heating boiler and left town for an overnight his absence the weather turned cold and some of the water inthe lines froze solid. On his return he found the building too frigidfor comfort, so he immediately broke the bank, opened the drafts, 202 THE LOCOMOTIVE July, and went out to do some shopping while the building heated the boiler made steam faster than an old-fashioned lever-type safety valve with a }i diameter opening could rel
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