. The Locomotive. riday,it was decided to look at the valves on Sunday. When the valves were removed it was found that the valves andseats were in good order, but the steam chest was honeycombed withsand holes through which enough steam leaked to overspeed the turbinewhen it was running light. The casting was replaced by a new one, 1924.] THE LOCOMOTIVE 51 after which no further difficulty was experienced. Do not take for granted that everything is right. Try it and besure. If this turbine had lost its load, and the emergency stop hadfailed, there would have been an accident. Boiler Explosion
. The Locomotive. riday,it was decided to look at the valves on Sunday. When the valves were removed it was found that the valves andseats were in good order, but the steam chest was honeycombed withsand holes through which enough steam leaked to overspeed the turbinewhen it was running light. The casting was replaced by a new one, 1924.] THE LOCOMOTIVE 51 after which no further difficulty was experienced. Do not take for granted that everything is right. Try it and besure. If this turbine had lost its load, and the emergency stop hadfailed, there would have been an accident. Boiler Explosion at Loreauville, Louisiana. A DOUBLE boiler explosion of extreme violence occurred at theplant of the Loreauville Sugar Company, Loreauville, 21, 1923, causing a property loss of $47,000. Twelve-persons were killed and twenty-three injured. Whole boilers andparts of boilers sailed around in the air and caused widespread damage,some idea of which may be obtained from the accompanying Boiler Explosion at Loreauville, La. The large property loss is due to the expensive type of some of theapparatus damaged, since the buildings contained large cast ironevaporators and other costly machinery. The cause of a boiler explosion can generally be determined In-examining the wrecked boiler and questioning the persons who werein or near the boiler room at the time. In this case, the persons whomight have been able to tell what had been done were killed. Theboilers were in charge of a thoroughly competent man who had hadmore than twenty years experience with such equipment. It is a (Continued on page 54.) 52 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [April,
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