. The Locomotive . ; .t BRIGGS,MANN & ^S & ^^S V. CLARK & S. HASTIE & F. PESCUD. CHIEF INSPECTORS. K. K. MrMT-RRAY.^\^M. J. F_\I?RAN,R. E. Ml-NTJO, F. S. ALLEN. WM. B. ECOFF,F. S. H. R.\NT)ALL,C. A. BURWELL,J. B. WARNER,T. E. SHEARS, I -B. F. JOHNSON, New York City. PniLADEi-rniA. Pa. Baltimore. Boston. Providence. R. I. Chicago. III. St. Loris. Mo. Hartford. Conn. Bridgeport, Conn. Cle^-eland. Ohio. ^N Francisco, Cal. Denver. Col.( Birmingham, Charleston, S. C. New Orleans. La. OFFICES. Ofiice. B
. The Locomotive . ; .t BRIGGS,MANN & ^S & ^^S V. CLARK & S. HASTIE & F. PESCUD. CHIEF INSPECTORS. K. K. MrMT-RRAY.^\^M. J. F_\I?RAN,R. E. Ml-NTJO, F. S. ALLEN. WM. B. ECOFF,F. S. H. R.\NT)ALL,C. A. BURWELL,J. B. WARNER,T. E. SHEARS, I -B. F. JOHNSON, New York City. PniLADEi-rniA. Pa. Baltimore. Boston. Providence. R. I. Chicago. III. St. Loris. Mo. Hartford. Conn. Bridgeport, Conn. Cle^-eland. Ohio. ^N Francisco, Cal. Denver. Col.( Birmingham, Charleston, S. C. New Orleans. La. OFFICES. Ofiice. Broadway. 4.:i2 Walnut St. Chamber Commerce. Milk Wevbosset St. 112 Quincv St. .319 North Fourth St. 218 Main Street. 2 Sanford Building. 208 Superior St. 30f; Sansome Mining Ex. Blg. 110 North 19th Broad St. 1S8 Gravier St. She |[0t0m0tto> PUBLISHED BY THE HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE Series —Vol. XVII. HARTFORD, CONN., MARCH, 1896. No. SiJ^^ Ruins of the Gumry Hotel. 34 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [March, The Gumry Hotel Explosion. At midnight of August 18, 1895, a boiler exploded in the Gumry Hotel, at Denver,Col., killing no less than twenty-two persons, and injuring seven others more or lessseriously. The building itself was entirely wrecked. Its appearance, shortly after theexplosion, is shown in the photo-engraving on the first page of this paper. On the night of the exjilosion the hotel was unusually full of guests, most of whomhad by twelve oclock retired for the night. The engineer usually banked the fires ateleven oclock, but on this occasion he remained later than usual, — a fact which has ledto the belief that he had noted something unusual in the behavior of the boiler, or thathe was carrying a higher pressure than was ordinarily needed, and that he did not wishto go away until he was assured that no trouble would ensue. At midnight the boiler exploded with fearful violence, and the entire rear of thebuilding was
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