. The Locomotive . & SON,BURWELL cV- BRIGGS,MANX & WILSON,ZOLLARS & V. CLARK & CO.,W. S. HASTIE & SON,PETER F. PESCUD, CHIEF INSPECTORS. R. K. McMURRAY,WM. J. FARRAN,R. E. MUNRO, F. S. ALLEN, WM. HEAFORD, A. B. ECOFP,F. S. ALLEN, J. H. RANT)ALL,C. A. BURWELL,J. B. WARNER,T. E. SHEARS, B. F. JOHNSON, New York Citt. Philadelphia. Pa. Baltimore, Boston, Mass.) Providence, R. I. Chicago. III. St. Louis, Mo. Hartford, Conn. Bridgeport, Conn. Cleveland. Ohio. San Francisco, Denver, Col.( Birmingham, ; Charleston, S. C.( New Orleans, La. OFFICES. Office, 285
. The Locomotive . & SON,BURWELL cV- BRIGGS,MANX & WILSON,ZOLLARS & V. CLARK & CO.,W. S. HASTIE & SON,PETER F. PESCUD, CHIEF INSPECTORS. R. K. McMURRAY,WM. J. FARRAN,R. E. MUNRO, F. S. ALLEN, WM. HEAFORD, A. B. ECOFP,F. S. ALLEN, J. H. RANT)ALL,C. A. BURWELL,J. B. WARNER,T. E. SHEARS, B. F. JOHNSON, New York Citt. Philadelphia. Pa. Baltimore, Boston, Mass.) Providence, R. I. Chicago. III. St. Louis, Mo. Hartford, Conn. Bridgeport, Conn. Cleveland. Ohio. San Francisco, Denver, Col.( Birmingham, ; Charleston, S. C.( New Orleans, La. OFFICES. Office, 285 Walnut Milk St. 2!) Wevbosset St.]12Quincy North Fourth Main Street. 2 Sanford Superior Sansome Ex. North 19th St. 44 Broad Gravier St. She l[0r0matite. PUBLISHED BY THE HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE COMPANY, New Series —Vol. XVII. HARTFORD, CONN., APRIL, 1896. No. 4. The Detroit Fig. 1. — View of the Basement, after the Removal of thk Debris. [The boiler that rests against the right-haud wall is the one that did the damage. The break in the otherone is only incidental.] 50 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [April, The Detroit Explosion. In the March issue of The Locomotive we gave an illustrated account of the fearfulboiler explosion that destroyed the Gumry Hotel, in Denver, Col. We have now to re-cord a still more disastrous one, which occurred on November 6, 1895, in a buildingowned by the Newberry estate, in Detroit, Mich., and occupied chiefly by the DetroitEcening Joarnnl. The loss of life in the present instance was truly appalling, the finalcount numbering the dead at no less than thirty-seven, in addition to seven other personswho were seriously injured, and a dozen or so who received minor injuries. The building occupied by the Journal stood on Larned street, west. It was five,stories in height, was strong and well built, and measured 46 feet in width and 87 feetin
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