The boiler for heating Suffolk Mill exploded, killing Walter W. Briggs, assistant-engineer, and severely injuring C.C. Stearns, engineer. It will be observed that the above explosions, reported ...

But the moment vent is given to the steam, by starting the engine or raising the ... about 20 cubic feet of water in the boiler at the time of the explosion. To fill the remaining space with ...

The boiler of the steam-tug A.S. Field ... It may be mentioned, as showing the immense force of the explosion, that the weight of the safety-valve on the engine of the tug -- a solid iron ball ...

The great number of steamboat accidents in our country caused by the explosion of steam boilers, is to be attributed to the great number of high pressure engines employed. It has long been a ...