. The Locomotive . Flywheel Explosion at Stuttgart, Arkansas. 130 THE LOCOMOTIVE [January,. Flywheel Explosion at Lancaster, South Carolina. Two Recent Flywheel Accidents. THO we give it little thought, the old, old story, — a king-dom was lost, all for the want of a horseshoe nail, is illus-trated time and again in our daily life. Rather strikingdemonstrations of the time worn allegory were given recently bytwo flywheel accidents — the one at Stuttgart, Arkansas, which isillustrated on the front cover of this issue, and the other atLancaster, South Carolina, from which the view above is taken
. The Locomotive . Flywheel Explosion at Stuttgart, Arkansas. 130 THE LOCOMOTIVE [January,. Flywheel Explosion at Lancaster, South Carolina. Two Recent Flywheel Accidents. THO we give it little thought, the old, old story, — a king-dom was lost, all for the want of a horseshoe nail, is illus-trated time and again in our daily life. Rather strikingdemonstrations of the time worn allegory were given recently bytwo flywheel accidents — the one at Stuttgart, Arkansas, which isillustrated on the front cover of this issue, and the other atLancaster, South Carolina, from which the view above is taken. The accident at the Stuttgart plant occurred on November8th, 1920. The engineer, who was standing near the boiler roomdoor, said he thought he noticed the engine speeding up and hestarted for the throttle to close it but before he reached the valvethe flywheel burst. The flying parts of the rim and spokes wentthrough the roof, which was completely demolished, and most ofthem landed on the ground outside. One large piece of the wheel,however, dropped through the roof of the pump ro
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