Locomotive by Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company

Author:Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Engineering, Mechanical engineering
Publisher: Hartford, Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co
Published: 1880-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Fig. I. The Oil Tank, Railroad and Boiler House.

An Alabama Mystery.

The accompanying photographs were sent us by a correspondent whose veracity we have no reason-to doubt, in substantiation of the following most remarkable boiler accident. This mishap occurred to what was then the No. 2 boiler of the Eufaula Cotton Mill, Eufaula, Ala., early in 1897. This boiler is said to have discharged certain of its tubes bodily through the tube sheets, sending four of them out of a window, across a gulley and a railroad track, until they were intercepted by an oil tank which they pierced. The relative location of the track, gully, boilerhouse, and oil tank can be seen by reference to the photograph, Fig. i, which shows the present appearance of this locality. A close scrutiny of Fig. i will show patches applied to the tank, and if one will turn to Fig. 2, which is a nearer view, one will see that they consist of a horseshoe, and three round patches, said to have been placed there in repairing the damage done by the flying tubes. A fifth tube missed the tank, but punctured the stack which occupied the site of that shown in Fig. i, but has since been removed to a location such that it was impossible to obtain a photograph of it.

The accident happened early one Sunday morning, about 5 a. m., when no one except the watchman was about the plant. He was attracted by an unusual

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noise in the direction of the boiler house, but the performance was over before he could reach the scene. The cause of this peculiar action was never satisfactorily explained, and remains one of the mysteries of our Atlanta Department.

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