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 ...

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 cause of the explosion is unknown. The canal and railroad track are covered with ruins. Another steam-boiler explosion is reported. At Omaha, Nebraska, yesterday, the boiler in Davis' steam ...

In a boiler supplying steam to an engine, or blowing off steam, the state of internal affairs is never one of rest. To suppose the contrary would be to suppose a uniform pressure maintained ...

BRIDGEPORT — What sounded like an explosion at the Barnum Museum Tuesday morning likely was caused by an issue with a boiler, and resulted in no injuries, a city spokesperson said.

Witnesses at the scene reported seeing steam coming from the joints of the engine's boiler ... A short time later, the boiler erupted in a huge explosion, which killed engineer George Hutchinson.

Citation: For extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession at the time of the boiler explosion ... steam and the rush of thousands of tons of water into his department as long as the ...

It all worked in the end, enough so that the engine managed 42,000 RPM on a test with compressed air. We eagerly await the equally tiny boiler for a live steam test.