June 1. Steam-boiler in dye-house of Thomas Gaffney & Co., 2430 Collins Street, exploded, causing the death of three, and injuring five others. Loss, $31,000. Children's Sanitarium at Point Airy (Windmill Island) opened for the season. All Saints Roman Catholic Church, Brown and Bockius Streets, Bridesburg, struck by lightning and damaged by fire.Learn More
Jan 14, 2016 · Battleship No. 29 USS North Dakota steam accident caused by ignition of fuel oil settling tank over Boiler #1. Coal Passers Joseph William Schmidt, Joseph Streit and Robert Gilmore died. 8 September 1910. Submarine USS Grampus (SS-4, later renamed A-3) main engine explosion.Learn More
Jan 14, 2016 · Battleship No. 29 USS North Dakota steam accident caused by ignition of fuel oil settling tank over Boiler #1. Coal Passers Joseph William Schmidt, Joseph Streit and Robert Gilmore died. 8 September 1910. Submarine USS Grampus (SS-4, later renamed A-3) main engine explosion.Learn More
Apr 26, 2014 · Here is a "flat" of "parlor" and two pitch-dark coops called bedrooms. Truly, the bed is all there is room for. The family tea-kettle is on the stove, doing duty for the time being as a wash-boiler. By night it will have returned to its proper use again, a practical illustration of how poverty in "the Bend" makes both ends meet.Learn More
A steam locomotive is a rail vehicle that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.: 80 It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or – now rare – wood) to heat water in the locomotive's boiler to the point when it becomes gaseous and its volume increases 1,700 times. . Functionally, it is a steam engiLearn More