. The Locomotive . Fig. 4. THE LOCOMOTIVE, [January,. line of supports, and remained on board,striking in its flight the adjacent coalbunker of the vessel with force sufficient tobend it into the form of a gutter, A, Fig. appearance of the vent, C E, attractedthe attention of the writer, and on closeinspection, while a critical examination intothe quality of the metal of the brokensheets was progressing, conducted by thelocal inspector of steam boilers for the dis-trict, the regular line of fracture, C E, wasdiscovered to be an old crack well markedby old oxide for a considerable part of
. The Locomotive . Fig. 4. THE LOCOMOTIVE, [January,. line of supports, and remained on board,striking in its flight the adjacent coalbunker of the vessel with force sufficient tobend it into the form of a gutter, A, Fig. appearance of the vent, C E, attractedthe attention of the writer, and on closeinspection, while a critical examination intothe quality of the metal of the brokensheets was progressing, conducted by thelocal inspector of steam boilers for the dis-trict, the regular line of fracture, C E, wasdiscovered to be an old crack well markedby old oxide for a considerable part of thelength, and nearly through the plate inseveral places, shown at F, Fig. 4, in crosssection. The opening had an area of morethan a dozen square feet, and of courseterrible havoc was made of everything inthe path of this powerful mass of expand-ing water. The fireman, who was on deckpassing a line, was blown overboard amongflying parts of the wreck, and instantlykilled. The dark shading is a
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