. The Locomotive . just how much water there wasin the heating system, was to visit the expansion tank to note if thewater was visible in the gauge glass. Owing to mild weather this winter, only one of the boilers hadbeen in service, but when a cold snap arrived, it was decided toplace the other boiler in operation. This was done in the forenoon,and about P. M. of the same day, a violent noise was heard,accompanied by the falling of broken glass from various windows inthe building, especially in the basement. It was reported that thewhole building trembled. As soon as the vapor, formed by
. The Locomotive . just how much water there wasin the heating system, was to visit the expansion tank to note if thewater was visible in the gauge glass. Owing to mild weather this winter, only one of the boilers hadbeen in service, but when a cold snap arrived, it was decided toplace the other boiler in operation. This was done in the forenoon,and about P. M. of the same day, a violent noise was heard,accompanied by the falling of broken glass from various windows inthe building, especially in the basement. It was reported that thewhole building trembled. As soon as the vapor, formed by the lib-eration of a large volume of heated water disappeared, it wasnoted that one of the boilers had exploded. The rear section wasfound on the basement floor in small fragments. That this accident was not attended by considerable propertydamage and loss of life or personal injury, can be attributed tothe fact that the section which exploded was considerably below the 210 THE LOCOMOTIVE, [July, Supply to System.
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