Fig. 3.
Domestic, 1ft. 3in. wide, 1ft. high, 11in. deep, 5/16 inch thick. The circulating pipes being frozen, the pressure accumulated and rent the boiler open, doing considerable damage.
No.5. Stirchley. ([Fig. 4.])
January 9th.
1 killed, 4 injured.
Fig. 4.
One of five, about 30 years old. Lancashire, 18ft. 2in. long, 7ft. 6in. diameter. Tubes 2ft. diameter, 3/8 inch plates, 12 lbs. pressure. Ruptured at corroded steam pipe joint at top of front end, and the rent followed along the angle ring of shell which was also corroded, and then along the seams of some plates in the bottom, placed longitudinally, allowing the top of the boiler to open up like a lid, without moving it much out of its original position.
No.6. Cornwall.