The Locomotive . Accident. A rather unusual accident to a Diesel engine occurred Sunday,April lo, 1927, at the plant of the Louisiana Shell Isle ProductsCompany, Happy Jack, La., of which, however, we have indefiniteinformation. The engine, it appears, was new and was being testedor demonstrated in the presence of company officials when the accidentoccurred. A cylinder exploded, and a portion of it weighing nearlya ton was projected through the roof. The occupants of the roomwere uninjured and made a hurried escape, but the engineer, realizingthat the explosion was over, returned to the vicini
The Locomotive . Accident. A rather unusual accident to a Diesel engine occurred Sunday,April lo, 1927, at the plant of the Louisiana Shell Isle ProductsCompany, Happy Jack, La., of which, however, we have indefiniteinformation. The engine, it appears, was new and was being testedor demonstrated in the presence of company officials when the accidentoccurred. A cylinder exploded, and a portion of it weighing nearlya ton was projected through the roof. The occupants of the roomwere uninjured and made a hurried escape, but the engineer, realizingthat the explosion was over, returned to the vicinity of the enginejust in time to be crushed by the descending cylinder. He was killedalmost instantly. The cause of the explosion could not be learned, nor is it likelythat more information will be forthcoming in view of the death ofthe operator and the fact that the engine was shortly afterwards sub-merged in six feet of water by the unprecedented floods in the Missis-sippi River basin. 208 THELOCOMOTIVE, [July,. ca < w Q t. 1927.] THE LOCOMOTIVE. 209 Engine Accident at Bogota, N. J. BOILER and flywheel explosions are characterized bv the wide-spread havoc which they create, whereas damage from engineaccidents is usually confined to the engine itself and its immediatesurroundings. An engine accident that departs from the usual, how-ever, occurred March 30, 1927, at the plant of the Federal PaperBoard Company, Inc., Bogota, N. J. Fragments of a piston andcylinder head of one engine flew around the engine room and damagedthree other engines and two electrical machines. The accident is thought to have been due to the absence, of acotter pin from the crosshead key, as the pin would have retained thekey in its proper position. In the absence of a cotter, the key workedfrom its proper position and was sheared off. The piston and pistonrod thus released were driven through the cylinder head, and flyingparticles of the piston and cylinder head damaged three other engines,an electric
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