The Locomotive - Lighthouse Survival Blog

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this as a permanent arrangement, however. In cases of this kind a sort of conical sheet-
iron hood, whose scctiou is roclaiigular at the bottom and circular at the top, is used to
connect the ujUake with the stack.
Boiler Explosions.
June, 1893.
(142.) — On June 3d a boiler belonging to the Philadelphia Company exploded at
McCurdy, near Pittsburgh, Pa. W. H. Guthrie, who works about the place, had a narrow
escape from instant death. He had just tried the water-gauges and walked to the
belt house when the explosion occurred.
Guthrie says there were two
gauges of water in the boiler at the
time.
(143.) — A boiler exploded on
June 5th at Craigsville, a town near
Staunton, Va. The mill in which
the boiler stood was owned by Mr.
R. P. Young. The boiler fell 100 feet
from the mill. Nobody was hurt.
(144.) — A boiler exploded in
Dickinson & McKee's shops, in
Aledo, 111., on June 7th. The smoke-
stack and the head of the boiler were
blown into the air, and the boiler
itself went through the roof and
came down in another part of the
building. James ^IcKee was in the
engine room at the time, and was
quite badly injured.
(145.) — A boiler explosion occurred
on June 10th at Moore &
Decker's mill, at Fairland, near Co-
lumbus, Ind. The building was de-
stroyed, but as the explosion took
place during the noon hour, the men
very fortunately escaped. Three val- Fig. 6.—Illustrating the Direct Connection
uable horses were killed, and the of Stack and Breeching.
sound of the explosion was heard for miles.
(14G.) — On June 12th a boiler exploded in Lang & Hooker's mill, in the town of
Barnet, near St. Johnsbury, Vt. The mill was blown to atoms, and is a mass of ruins:
and parts of the machinery were blown several hundred feet away. Elmer Green, Louis
Jean, and William Fisher were killed. Gordon Armstrong was badly scalded and cut,
and Austin Fisher, brother of one of the men killed, was injured by a flying fragment
of stone. Two horses were also killed. The mill stood on the site of the Steel Edge
Tool Co.'s works, which were destroyed by fire last spring.