The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-06
BLowoUrs AND EXPLOSIONS.
rive Daneremt Glasses OF Accidents 70 Loco
motive Boilers.

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10 TIE EDITOR or N ouN-c" ~.
ierrtng 10 MI' irasks coinnacn.s
cause OF ooiler eApiosions, unuvuo.em ~.
prechcel man' gu. very mucn Iuese'on ~
abatement wnere ne says an ensnse 80.
negleots Ms water IN my Iweh'y 49,
experiences as an ensineeI l usn w. ."nush
to warm up the crown sheet. Thi: doe. not
apply to ell engineers. III had a., the n %SnsS
Ssuns. a.r,...d hv low
s.a.es y Iop.nm s.sInssrs scc,stv
water due to TIE neglect OF ensineeIs' soe'e''
He S,rther Jaws that n is an improbable
o.ntinssncv FOR hoth An Iectors to fail at the
ssms Tina This engineer Of long expert
ence will take exception to such q statement.
There are iniectors in the market to-day
that win fool the best Of engineers by break,
ing and " the steam 10 neat tnem ~
such an extent that they will not work until
cooIed of Az this time the Engineer will
ten the fireman 70 use tne lei. one sn ha
viii break IL. and in trying to get It to work
W.. az, ~ oowm,ss,on' n the water
is low the many resources spoken OF VIII
be simmsred down TO the one thing left 70 DO
ban. your nrs s. unt ma .ns n acoons s sre used ".ed IL
ia not an uncommon occurrence in the fail
Of business by leave picked up by the scoop.
Tbev will work their way down to the bottom
OF the tank and clog up both strsiners. These
experiences may not appear 10 the theore'ice'
man. but practically they do develop.
s,M.n .Ss nsno. ooc.s 81 Witch do no, snow
oo.ei smS gauge os v vT. With the apebox so
Hos s ssas L Is {, red realm IL c S%1 Ny answer Is
hEt place II the boiler is red hot IL all p5obs5i
useless from sticking by EXPANSION, and It
Is safe 70 presume the pressure would De 1p
cause q rupture at the weakest part. As
that u.s. ~reiterato IL would be dsngerous:
| In Mr.. Traskis recent letter he says low water
!. primarily the cause OF explosions, but. the
idea that injecting cold water into g red hot
ought TO be refuted. Now. a blowout or
| rupture In one thing. an explosion Is another.
A boiler can by absence Of water with q hot
becomes explosive and will rend the whole
boiler into fra gments. even forcing driving
hundreds Of feet from the place Of explosion.
A blowout simply opens ~. the weak part
and in some cases hoes but little harm. whefs
sescapins steam Striking the ground and
q blowout occurred from the side and the
engine did not leave the track.
gets 60 low as TO heat a boiler red or even get
and relieve the pressure. SO that there will
be no PRESSURE 10 force the sheet: then draw
the Are and after cooling Il OF all the boiler
with water and caulk anv leaks. Sometimes
| Il does the boiler rood instead OF harm.
In the main Mr.. Trask is speaking true.
piosion and a blowup. OF blowout. and he
treats only OF the old style OF boiler. II I
| had no means OF getting my iniectors to
work and my water got out Of my. reach
I would bank my Are or draw IL, as the case
might be, and then see about matters after
| There Is too much carelessness in taking
chances among manufacturers In almost
every case In plugging leaky stay bolts until
q more convenient time. In the radial