. The Locomotive . f E. Gleason, Gerner, Chief A. Baumhart. Manager and Chief T. Gregg, Asst Chief E. Shears, General Agent and Chief H. Williams, Jr., General S. Allen, Chief F. Pescud, General T. Burwell, Chief C. Gardiner, H. McNeill. Chief E. Bonnet, Assistant Chief S. WiCKHAM, H. Dennig, Asst J. Farran. Consulting B. Adams, Chief M. Atherton, Ford. Chief In
. The Locomotive . f E. Gleason, Gerner, Chief A. Baumhart. Manager and Chief T. Gregg, Asst Chief E. Shears, General Agent and Chief H. Williams, Jr., General S. Allen, Chief F. Pescud, General T. Burwell, Chief C. Gardiner, H. McNeill. Chief E. Bonnet, Assistant Chief S. WiCKHAM, H. Dennig, Asst J. Farran. Consulting B. Adams, Chief M. Atherton, Ford. Chief A. Snyder, Asst. Chief , Bates & Lively, General AgentsC. B. Paddock. Chief R. Mann & Co., General B. Warner, Chief D. Ashcroft, P. Morrison, Chief N. Roberts, General Agent. i 0m WSPECTloS^i^KCECo: Vol. XXXII. HARTFORD. CONN., JULY, 1918. No. 3. COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY THE HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE Fly Wheel Explosion at Helena, Ala. 4^ 66 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [July. Fly Wheel Explosion at Helena, Ala. A fifteen-foot fly wheel exploded February 27, 1918, at theplant of the Conners-Weyman Steel Co., Helena, Ala. The wheelwas part of a corliss engine driving a stand of finishing rolls. Frag-ments of the exploding wheel went through the roof of the millbuilding, doing considerable damage to the columns and sills aswell as to the roof, and in addition, large pieces tore up a side trackof the Louisville & Nashville R. R., breaking a rail. While the wheel itself was completely demolished, the enginedid not suffer so severely as sometimes happens in like pillow block was moved about two inches on its foundation,and the valve gear somewhat damaged, but aside from this theengine was unharmed. The accident is believed to have beencaused by a key working out from the connection between therocker arm, which transmitted the action of the governor to thevalve gear, and the
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