. The street railway review . n August or September, 1894, atCologne. (^ot{eetu^iWa)j\cylev/ 069 FLY WHEEL BURSTS AT BROOKLYN. ON the evening of October 11, the fly wheel of oneof the 700-horse-povver CorHss engines in theAtlantic Avenue Railway power station burst,wrecking engine, generator and building, besides all pip-ing in the vicinity, as shown in our engravings. Thetestimony of those in charge of the station at the timehas been collected in a verbatim report, which forms averj valuable contribution to the accounts of fly wheelaccidents. This report contains the testimony of JohnCaplis,
. The street railway review . n August or September, 1894, atCologne. (^ot{eetu^iWa)j\cylev/ 069 FLY WHEEL BURSTS AT BROOKLYN. ON the evening of October 11, the fly wheel of oneof the 700-horse-povver CorHss engines in theAtlantic Avenue Railway power station burst,wrecking engine, generator and building, besides all pip-ing in the vicinity, as shown in our engravings. Thetestimony of those in charge of the station at the timehas been collected in a verbatim report, which forms averj valuable contribution to the accounts of fly wheelaccidents. This report contains the testimony of JohnCaplis, assistant engineer; Richard Caplis, attendant toswitchboard and generators: James Crowley, engineershelper; Joseph A. Mitchell, attending condensing engine;Fred Carlison, oiler at the power house; and RichardNevins, assistant electrical engineer, all of whom were atthe power house and saw more or less of the accidentand its attendant circumstances. The best account ofthe affair is that given bj* John Caplis, who was in charge. -LOOKING NORTH. of the Station at the time and was in the most favorableposition to observe the circumstances. He sa)^s: My attention was first attracted by the engine. , slowing up in speed. The automatic attachment tothe governor was in perfect working order and in posi-tion. The speed of the engine was so slow that I sawthat it was only a matter of a few moments until theautomatic attachment would shut off the steam. In orderto keep the engine in service and carry its proportion ofthe heavy load, I put in the stop to raise the automaticattachment to catch the governor should it come downand thereby prevent the engine from running. Immedi-ately following this there was a loud report, not as loudas a cannon, but very sharp, something exceedinglyunusual. Immediately following this report the com-mutator seemed to be a circle of fire, and looked asthough It was red hot. I immediately pulled out the neg-ative circuit breaker on the generator, and had my
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