. Electric railway gazette . e 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
. Electric railway gazette . e 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 falling to its lowest plane, which wouldbring the safety cams into action, and shut the steam offaltogether. The circuit-breakers then dropped and theengine, relieved of its load, began to speed up. The cir-. ARRANGEMENT OF BELTS. cuit-breakers were thrown in, but immediately droppedagain, and the speed continued to increase. As Andersonwas still working at the governor, his assistant, who wasat the other engine, gave the matter at first no attention,but as the building began to shake the latter sprang tothe throttle of the racing engine and began to shut it off,but too late. The two pulleys on the shaft to which theengine was belted went to pieces, and immediately afterthe big fly-wheel of the engine scattered in all directions,carrying with it the body of the unfortunate engineer, whowas directly in the line of projection. Some time seemsto have elapsed between the first intimation of troubleand the final crash. One man was injured by jumpingfrom the second-story window, and another slightlybruised by flying timber. The pieces of the wheel left the room in all directions,and a heavy section of the rim tore through the brick wallbetween the engine and dynamo r
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