STOURBRIDGE:
PRINTED BY R. BROOMHALL, HIGH STREET.
BOILER EXPLOSIONS IN 1869.
No.1. Chesterfield. ([Fig. 1.])
January 14th.
4 killed, 2 injured.
Fig. 1.
One of two. One tube Cornish, 26ft. 6in. long, 6ft. diameter, tube 3ft. 3in. diameter, 3/8 inch plates, 45 lbs. pressure. The gauge glass was broken and the float was either out of order or unobserved, as the water was allowed to get 9 inches below the usual level, so that the crown of the furnace became overheated and collapsed, and rent open where a patch had been put on some little time before.