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List of boiler explosions

January 01, 1970

This is a list of steam boiler explosions such as railway locomotive, marine transport (military and civilian), and stationary power:

Etching of damage from a boiler explosion in Newark, New Jersey in 1867

Events edit

Event Date Type Nation City/Locale Killed Injured Missing References
Savery explosion 1716 Industrial   United Kingdom 1 [1]
Brunton's Mechanical Traveller July 31, 1815 Locomotive   United Kingdom Philadelphia, England 16 [2]
SS Washington 1816 Marine (civilian)   United States Marietta, Ohio 12 5 [3]
SS Constitution 1817 Marine (civilian)   United States Mississippi River 30 [4]
The Aetna May 15, 1824 Marine (civilian)   United States New York City, New York 10 40 [3]
SS Teche 1825 Marine (civilian)   United States Mississippi River 20 [4]
Stockton and Darlington Railway locomotive no. 2[5] or no. 5[2] March 19, 1828 Locomotive   United Kingdom Simpasture, near Shildon, England 1 1 [2][5]
Stockton and Darlington Railway Locomotion No. 1 July 1, 1828 Locomotive   United Kingdom Aycliffe Lane, Heighington, England 1 [2]
SS Helen McGregor February 24, 1830 Marine (civilian)   United States Memphis, Tennessee [4]
Best Friend of Charleston June 17, 1831 Locomotive   United States Charleston, South Carolina 1 3 [6]
Locomotive under test November 1834 Locomotive   United States Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Baltimore, Maryland 1 [7]
Liverpool and Manchester Railway No. 33 Patentee November 12, 1834 Locomotive   United Kingdom Whiston Bank, Whiston, England [8]
PS Union 1837 Marine (civilian)   United Kingdom Hull, England 23 20 [9][10][11][12]
SS Moselle April 28, 1838 Marine (civilian)   United States Cincinnati, Ohio 81 13 55 [13]
SS Pulaski June 14, 1838 Marine (civilian)   United States Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 128
New York and Harlem Railroad July 4, 1839 Locomotive   United States 14th Street, New York City, New York 2 5 [14]
Surprise November 10, 1840 Locomotive   United Kingdom Bromsgrove railway station, Bromsgrove, England 2 [15][2]
SS Henry Eckford April 27, 1841 Marine (civilian)   United States New York City, New York 1 2
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Richmond September 2, 1844 Locomotive   United States Reading, Pennsylvania 4 [16]
London and North Western Railway 122 Goliah 1847 Locomotive   United Kingdom [17]
Great Western Railway Goliah June 29, 1849 Locomotive   United Kingdom Foot of Hemerdon Bank, Plympton, England 1 [18]
London and North Western Railway 401 1850 Locomotive   United Kingdom Longsight, Manchester, England [19]
Firth Woollen Mill 1850 Industrial   United Kingdom Halifax, England 12 17 [20][21]
Hague Street explosion February 4, 1850 Industrial   United States New York City, New York 67 50 [22]
Midland Railway 363 (ex Bristol and Gloucester Railway 7 Wickwar) January 8, 1853 Locomotive   United Kingdom Clay Hill, Bristol, England [23]
Erie Railroad June 16, 1853 Locomotive   United States Susquehanna, Pennsylvania 5 [24]
SS Canemah August 8, 1853 Marine (civilian)   United States Champoeg, Oregon 1
SS Shoalwater May 1853 Marine (civilian)   United States Rock Island, Oregon
SS Gazelle April 8, 1854 Marine (civilian)   United States Oregon City, Oregon 24 many
Fieldhouse Mills July 15, 1855 Industrial   United Kingdom Rochdale, England 10 13 [25]
Georgiana November 23, 1855 Marine (civilian)   United States Petaluma, California 1 2 0 [26]
SS Pennsylvania June 13, 1858 Marine (civilian)   United States Memphis, Tennessee 250
London and North Western Railway 249 July 4, 1861 Locomotive   United Kingdom Rugby, Warwickshire 1 [27]
Erie Railroad October 25, 1862 Locomotive   United States Docks, Jersey City, New Jersey 5 [24]
Great Western Railway Perseus November 1862 Locomotive   United Kingdom Westbourne Park shed, London, England [28]
Hembrigg Mills June 27, 1863 Industrial   United Kingdom Morley, England 9 [29]
SS Ada Hancock April 23, 1863 Marine (civilian)   United States San Pedro Bay, California 26 23
Tugboat Greenwood June 15, 1863 Marine (civilian)   United States Barrytown, New York 7 3 3
Calcutta explosion 1863   India Kolkata
Merrick Sons, Southwark Foundry April 6, 1864 Industrial   United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 7 13
USS Chenango April 15, 1864 Marine (military)   United States New York City, New York 28 6
Midland Railway 356 May 5, 1864 Locomotive   United Kingdom Colne, England 1 2 [28]
Great Northern 138 May 5, 1864 Locomotive   United Kingdom Metropolitan Railway's Bishop's Road station (now Paddington), London, England [30]
? 108 1864 Locomotive   United Kingdom Shrewsbury and Hereford Joint Railway, Leominster, England [31]
New York Central Railroad June 18, 1864 Locomotive   United States Syracuse, New York 3 [24]
USS Tulip November 11, 1864 Marine (military)   United States Potomac River, Maryland 49
Eclipse (steamboat)[32] January 27, 1865 Marine (military)   United States Tennessee River 38
Sultana April 27, 1865 Marine (civilian)   United States Memphis, Tennessee 1169
Staten Island Ferry Westfield II July 30, 1871 Marine (civilian)   United States New York City, New York 45–91 78–208 [33][34][35][36]
Spa Well Mill December 15, 1873 Industrial   United Kingdom Elland, England 3 4 [37]
Town & Son Factory June 9, 1869 Industrial   United Kingdom Bingley, England 15 [38]
SS Senator May 6, 1875 Marine (civilian)   United States Portland, Oregon
HMS Thunderer July 14, 1876 Marine (military)   United Kingdom Portsmouth Harbour, England 45 70
Boston Stamping Company, under Seavey & Co. April 6, 1878 Industrial   United States East Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts 3 6
Railway explosion December 21, 1881 Locomotive   Australia Katoomba, New South Wales Unverified report[39]
Queensland Railways 1890 Locomotive   Australia Queensland
North East Dundas Tramway June 18, 1892 Locomotive   Australia Tasmania
Annie Faxon April 14, 1893 Marine (civilian)   United States Columbia River 8
Zeehan May 1, 1899 Locomotive   Australia Zeehan, Tasmania
Great Eastern Railway No. 522 September 25, 1900 Locomotive   United Kingdom Westerfield, England 2 2 [40]
Grover Shoe Factory disaster March 20, 1905 Industrial   United States Brockton, Massachusetts 58 150
HMS Implacable July 12, 1905 Marine (military)   United Kingdom 2
USS Bennington July 21, 1905 Marine (military)   United States San Diego, California 66
T.J. Salts Lumber Company August 7, 1905 Industrial United States Del Rio, Tennessee 5 16 [41]
HMS Implacable August 16, 1906 Marine (military)   United Kingdom 2
Hemingway Paint & Colour Manufacturers August 23, 1907 Industrial   United Kingdom Millwall, London, England 2 [42]
Central of Georgia Railway October 12, 1907 Locomotive   United States Reynolds, Georgia 2 2 0
Boiler house at Laura coal mine September 15, 1908 industrial   Netherlands Eygelshoven, the Netherlands 7 many
Rhymney Railway 97 1909 Locomotive   United Kingdom Rhymney Railway's shed, Cardiff, Wales 3 3 [43]
Morewood Lake Ice Company explosion December 29, 1910 Industrial   United States Pittsfield, Massachusetts 17 20
SS Sarah Dixon January 18, 1912 Marine (civilian)   United States Kalama, Washington 3
Southern Pacific Roundhouse March 18, 1912 Locomotive   United States San Antonio, Texas 26 [44]
Rumney Shed April 21, 1912 Locomotive   United Kingdom Cardiff, Wales
SS City of Liverpool February 24, 1913 Marine (civilian)   United Kingdom Manchester Ship Canal, Runcorn, England 1 [45]
SS James T. Staples January 10, 1913 Marine (civilian)   United States Bladon Springs, Alabama 26 21 [46][47]
Destroyer Ikazuchi October 9, 1913 Marine (military)   Japan Ominato
Southern Pacific 4037 February 14, 1914 Locomotive   United States Southern Pacific's San Joaquin Division [48]
Maine Central Railroad 1915 Locomotive   United States Ayers Junction, Pembroke, Maine [49]
Medina-Salamanca Railway No.2 January 10, 1918 Locomotive   Spain Medina del Campo 15 15 0 [50]
London and North Western Railway 132 November 11, 1921 Locomotive   United Kingdom Buxton, England 2 1 [51]
Southern Pacific 4017 September 12, 1929 Locomotive   United States [48]
LMS 6399 Fury February 10, 1930 Locomotive   United Kingdom 1
Southern Pacific 4402 December 25, 1931 Locomotive   United States Near Richvale, California [52]
Elkhorn Piney Coal Company January 27, 1934 Locomotive   United States Powellton, West Virginia 16
Deutsche Reichsbahn 02 101 April 3, 1939 Locomotive   Germany
Southern Pacific 4199 May 3, 1941 Locomotive   United States Cooper, California 4 [48]
Canadian National 242 August 9, 1941 Locomotive   Canada Montreal, Quebec 1 1
Pennsylvania Railroad 520 November 14, 1942 Locomotive   United States Cresson, Pennsylvania 2 4
SS Cascades 1943 Marine (civilian)   United States Portland, Oregon
New York Central Railroad J-3a No. 5450 while hauling the 20th Century Limited September 7, 1943 Locomotive   United States Canastota, New York 3 [24][53]
USATC S160 Class 1943, 1944 Locomotive   United Kingdom
Great Northern 2581 January 9, 1947 Locomotive   United States Crary, North Dakota ? ? [54]
RL Smith Lumber Company 91 February 14, 1948 Locomotive   United States Canby, California 2 2 [55]
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway locomotive no. 3020 May 12, 1948 Locomotive   USA Near Chillicothe, Ohio 3 0 [56]
Union Pacific 9018 October 20, 1948 Locomotive   United States 1.97 miles (3.17 km) east of Upland, Kansas 3 [57]
Deutsche Reichsbahn 95 6679 May 4, 1951 Locomotive   East Germany Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works, Meiningen 11
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 1642 June 9, 1953 Locomotive   United States Hinton, West Virginia 3 [58]
British Railways January 24, 1962 Locomotive   United Kingdom Bletchley, England 0 2
New York Telephone Company building explosion October 3, 1962 Stationary power   United States New York City, New York 23 94 [59]
USS Basilone February 5, 1973 Marine (military)   United States 7
Deutsche Reichsbahn 01 1516 November 27, 1977 Locomotive   East Germany Railway station, Bitterfeld 9 45
Gettysburg Railroad 1278 June 16, 1995 Locomotive   United States Gardners, Pennsylvania 2 [60]
USS Willamette June 29, 1995 Marine (military)   United States 0 7
Ford River Rouge complex 2 February 1999 Industrial   United States Dearborn, Michigan 6
Medina County Fair Ground July 29, 2001 Antique steam tractor   United States Medina County, Ohio 5 ~40 [61][62][63]
SS Norway May 25, 2003 Marine (civilian)   United States Miami, Florida 8 17
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) May 20, 2005 Stationary   Canada Vancouver, British Columbia
St Mary's General Hospital 15 July 2006 Stationary   United States Passaic, New Jersey
Dana Corporation 400-hp fire-tube boiler 19 June 2007 Industrial   United States Paris, Tennessee
Orewa College June 24, 2009 Industrial   New Zealand Orewa, Auckland 1 1 [64]
Loy-Lange Box Company April 3, 2017 Industrial   United States St. Louis, Missouri 4 3 [65][66]

See also edit

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Sources edit

  • Baxter, Bertram (1978). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 2A: London and North Western Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. ISBN 0-903485-51-6.
  • Baxter, Bertram (1982). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923. Vol. 3A: Midland Railway and its constituent companies. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. ISBN 9780903485524.
  • Baxter, Bertram (1986). Baxter, David (ed.). British Locomotive Catalogue 1825–1923, Volume 5A: North Eastern Railway, Hull and Barnsley Railway. Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Moorland Publishing Company. ISBN 0-903485-54-0.
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  • Shaw, Robert B. (1978). A History of Railroad Accidents, Safety Precautions and Operating Practices. LCCN 78104064.

Further reading edit

Contemporary listings and accounts edit

  • Abel, F. A. (March 1875). "On Accidental Explosions". Notices of the Proceedings at the Meetings of the Members of the Royal Institution: 390–396. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1877). Parliamentary Papers, "361. Boiler Explosions" (For Years 1875-1876). London: HMSO. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  • Manchester Steam Users' Association for the Prevention of Steam Boiler Explosions (Founded 1855)
    • Laxton, William (1866). "July 31st Meeting". The Civil Engineer & Architect's Journal. 29 (September 1): 265–267. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
    • Laxton, William (1866). "September 25th Meeting". The Civil Engineer & Architect's Journal. 29 (November 1): 333–336. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
    • Laxton, William (1866). "October 30th Meeting". The Civil Engineer & Architect's Journal. 29 (December 1): 359–. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  • Marten E.B. Records of Steam Boiler Explosions Various volumes, e.g. 1869 at Open Library; 1872 at Open Library; 1875, 1878, 1890 covering explosions in Britain.
  • The National Boiler Insurance Company
    • Laxton, William (1866). "Abstract of Report". The Civil Engineer & Architect's Journal. 29 (February 1st): 39–40. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  • Redfield, William C. (1839). Letter To The Secretary Of The Treasury, On The History and Causes of Steamboat Explosions And The Means Of Prevention. New York: william Osborn. ISBN 978-0-608-40457-8. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  • Stryker, James (March 1849). "Steam Boiler Explosions". Strykers American Register and Magazine. II (I): 100–101. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  • Thurston, R. H. (1903). Steam-Boiler Explosions in Theory and in Practice, Chapter: The Statistics of Explosions (3rd ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. Retrieved 13 June 2009.

Other edit

  • For a short status of European steam users' associations and boiler insurance companies c. 1897, see Hale, R. S. (April 1897). "European Boiler Practice". Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies. XVIII (4): 242–243. Retrieved 13 June 2009.

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Mississippi River 30 4 The Aetna May 15 1824 Marine civilian nbsp United States New York City New York 10 40 3 SS Teche 1825 Marine civilian nbsp United States Mississippi River 20 4 Stockton and Darlington Railway locomotive no 2 5 or no 5 2 March 19 1828 Locomotive nbsp United Kingdom Simpasture near Shildon England 1 1 2 5 Stockton and Darlington Railway Locomotion No 1 July 1 1828 Locomotive nbsp United Kingdom Aycliffe Lane Heighington England 1 2 SS Helen McGregor February 24 1830 Marine civilian nbsp United States Memphis Tennessee 4 Best Friend of Charleston June 17 1831 Locomotive nbsp United States Charleston South Carolina 1 3 6 Locomotive under test November 1834 Locomotive nbsp United States Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Baltimore Maryland 1 7 Liverpool and Manchester Railway No 33 Patentee November 12 1834 Locomotive nbsp United Kingdom Whiston Bank Whiston England 8 PS Union 1837 Marine civilian nbsp United Kingdom Hull England 23 20 9 10 11 12 SS Moselle April 28 1838 Marine civilian nbsp United States Cincinnati Ohio 81 13 55 13 SS Pulaski June 14 1838 Marine civilian nbsp United States Cape Hatteras North Carolina 128 New York and Harlem Railroad July 4 1839 Locomotive nbsp United States 14th Street New York City New York 2 5 14 Surprise November 10 1840 Locomotive nbsp United Kingdom Bromsgrove railway station Bromsgrove England 2 15 2 SS Henry Eckford April 27 1841 Marine civilian nbsp United States New York City New York 1 2 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Richmond September 2 1844 Locomotive nbsp United States Reading Pennsylvania 4 16 London and North Western Railway 122 Goliah 1847 Locomotive nbsp United Kingdom 17 Great Western Railway Goliah June 29 1849 Locomotive nbsp United Kingdom Foot of Hemerdon Bank Plympton England 1 18 London and North Western Railway 401 1850 Locomotive nbsp United Kingdom Longsight Manchester England 19 Firth Woollen Mill 1850 Industrial nbsp United Kingdom Halifax England 12 17 20 21 Hague Street explosion February 4 1850 Industrial nbsp United States New York City New York 67 50 22 Midland Railway 363 ex Bristol and Gloucester Railway 7 Wickwar January 8 1853 Locomotive nbsp United Kingdom Clay Hill Bristol England 23 Erie Railroad June 16 1853 Locomotive nbsp United States Susquehanna Pennsylvania 5 24 SS Canemah August 8 1853 Marine civilian nbsp United States Champoeg Oregon 1 SS Shoalwater May 1853 Marine civilian nbsp United States Rock Island Oregon SS Gazelle April 8 1854 Marine civilian nbsp United States Oregon City Oregon 24 many Fieldhouse Mills July 15 1855 Industrial nbsp United Kingdom Rochdale England 10 13 25 Georgiana November 23 1855 Marine civilian nbsp United States Petaluma California 1 2 0 26 SS Pennsylvania June 13 1858 Marine civilian nbsp United States Memphis Tennessee 250 London and North Western Railway 249 July 4 1861 Locomotive nbsp United Kingdom Rugby Warwickshire 1 27 Erie Railroad October 25 1862 Locomotive nbsp United States Docks Jersey City New Jersey 5 24 Great Western Railway Perseus November 1862 Locomotive nbsp United Kingdom Westbourne Park shed London England 28 Hembrigg Mills June 27 1863 Industrial nbsp United Kingdom Morley England 9 29 SS Ada Hancock April 23 1863 Marine civilian nbsp United States San Pedro Bay California 26 23 Tugboat Greenwood June 15 1863 Marine civilian nbsp United States Barrytown New York 7 3 3 Calcutta explosion 1863 nbsp India Kolkata Merrick Sons Southwark Foundry April 6 1864 Industrial nbsp United States Philadelphia Pennsylvania 7 13 USS Chenango April 15 1864 Marine military nbsp United States New York City New York 28 6 Midland Railway 356 May 5 1864 Locomotive nbsp United Kingdom Colne England 1 2 28 Great Northern 138 May 5 1864 Locomotive nbsp United Kingdom Metropolitan Railway s Bishop s Road station now Paddington London England 30 108 1864 Locomotive nbsp United Kingdom Shrewsbury and Hereford Joint Railway Leominster England 31 New York Central Railroad June 18 1864 Locomotive nbsp United States Syracuse New York 3 24 USS Tulip November 11 1864 Marine military nbsp United States Potomac River Maryland 49 Eclipse steamboat 32 January 27 1865 Marine military nbsp United States Tennessee River 38 Sultana April 27 1865 Marine civilian nbsp United States Memphis Tennessee 1169 Staten Island Ferry Westfield II July 30 1871 Marine civilian nbsp United States New York City New York 45 91 78 208 33 34 35 36 Spa Well Mill December 15 1873 Industrial nbsp United Kingdom Elland England 3 4 37 Town amp Son Factory June 9 1869 Industrial nbsp United Kingdom Bingley England 15 38 SS Senator May 6 1875 Marine civilian nbsp United States Portland Oregon HMS Thunderer July 14 1876 Marine military nbsp United Kingdom Portsmouth Harbour England 45 70 Boston Stamping Company under Seavey amp Co April 6 1878 Industrial nbsp United States East Cambridge Cambridge Massachusetts 3 6 Railway explosion December 21 1881 Locomotive nbsp Australia Katoomba New South Wales Unverified report 39 Queensland Railways 1890 Locomotive nbsp Australia Queensland North East Dundas Tramway June 18 1892 Locomotive nbsp Australia Tasmania Annie Faxon April 14 1893 Marine civilian nbsp United States Columbia River 8 Zeehan May 1 1899 Locomotive nbsp Australia Zeehan Tasmania Great Eastern Railway No 522 September 25 1900 Locomotive nbsp United Kingdom Westerfield England 2 2 40 Grover Shoe Factory disaster March 20 1905 Industrial nbsp United States Brockton Massachusetts 58 150 HMS Implacable July 12 1905 Marine military nbsp United Kingdom 2 USS Bennington July 21 1905 Marine military nbsp United States San Diego California 66 T J Salts Lumber Company August 7 1905 Industrial United States Del Rio Tennessee 5 16 41 HMS Implacable August 16 1906 Marine military nbsp United Kingdom 2 Hemingway Paint amp Colour Manufacturers August 23 1907 Industrial nbsp United Kingdom Millwall London England 2 42 Central of Georgia Railway October 12 1907 Locomotive nbsp United States Reynolds 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2009 Industrial nbsp New Zealand Orewa Auckland 1 1 64 Loy Lange Box Company April 3 2017 Industrial nbsp United States St Louis Missouri 4 3 65 66 See also editList of boiling liquid expanding vapor explosionsReferences edit Le Van William Barnet 1892 Safety Valves Their History Antecedents Invention and Calculation New York Norman W Henley amp Co pp 134 135 Retrieved 14 June 2009 a b c d e Hewison 1983 p 26 a b Grohman Adam M April 2011 Sentinels and Saviors of the Sea PDF Boating World U S Coast Guard Series River amp Sound Publishing of NY Inc Archived from the original PDF on 27 June 2011 Retrieved 2 September 2011 a b c Scharf John Thomas 1883 History of Saint Louis City and County From the Earliest Periods to the Present Day Including Biographical Sketches of Representative Men L H Everts p 1108 a b Baxter 1986 p 65 Shaw 1978 p 16 Shaw 1978 pp 46 47 Baxter 1978 p 13 Schroder Henry 1851 Explosion of a Steam Packet Boiler at Hull The annals of Yorkshire from the earliest period to the present time vol 1 Crosby amp Co Leeds pp 303 4 Abstract of the evidence at the inquest relating to the explosion of the boiler of the Union steam packet at Hull The Mechanics magazine museum register journal and gazette vol 27 W A Robertson London 1837 pp 189 192 Timperley J Cubitt W MacNeill J Buddle J Field J 1838 On the Explosion of One of the Boilers of the Union Steam Packet at Hull Includes Discussion Minutes of the Proceedings 1 1838 41 doi 10 1680 imotp 1838 24811 Trinity burial ground Hull British Archaeology No 181 Council for British Archaeology October 2021 p 11 Lloyds Steamboat Disasters Shaw 1978 p 47 Rolt amp Kichenside 1982 p 69 Shaw 1978 pp 47 48 Baxter 1978 p 16 Rolt amp Kichenside 1982 pp 69 70 Baxter 1978 p 22 Boiler Explosion at Halifax The Mechanics Magazine LIII 1428 488 489 21 December 1850 Retrieved 13 June 2009 Leeds Intelligencer 22 March 1851 Common Council New York NY 1850 Report of the Special Committee Catastrophe In Hague Street New York McSpedon 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explosion St Louis Post Dispatch Sources edit Baxter Bertram 1978 Baxter David ed British Locomotive Catalogue 1825 1923 Volume 2A London and North Western Railway and its constituent companies Ashbourne Derbyshire Moorland Publishing Company ISBN 0 903485 51 6 Baxter Bertram 1982 Baxter David ed British Locomotive Catalogue 1825 1923 Vol 3A Midland Railway and its constituent companies Ashbourne Derbyshire Moorland Publishing Company ISBN 9780903485524 Baxter Bertram 1986 Baxter David ed British Locomotive Catalogue 1825 1923 Volume 5A North Eastern Railway Hull and Barnsley Railway Ashbourne Derbyshire Moorland Publishing Company ISBN 0 903485 54 0 Hewison Christian H 1983 Locomotive Boiler Explosion Newton Abbot David and Charles ISBN 0 7153 8305 1 Rolt L T C Kichenside G M 1982 Red for Danger A history of railway accidents and railway safety 4th ed Newton Abbot Devon David amp Charles ISBN 0 7153 8362 0 OCLC 9526651 Shaw Robert B 1978 A History of Railroad Accidents Safety Precautions and Operating Practices LCCN 78104064 Further reading editContemporary listings and accounts edit Abel F A March 1875 On Accidental Explosions Notices of the Proceedings at the Meetings of the Members of the Royal Institution 390 396 Retrieved 13 June 2009 Great Britain Parliament House of Commons 1877 Parliamentary Papers 361 Boiler Explosions For Years 1875 1876 London HMSO Retrieved 13 June 2009 Manchester Steam Users Association for the Prevention of Steam Boiler Explosions Founded 1855 Laxton William 1866 July 31st Meeting The Civil Engineer amp Architect s Journal 29 September 1 265 267 Retrieved 13 June 2009 Laxton William 1866 September 25th Meeting The Civil Engineer amp Architect s Journal 29 November 1 333 336 Retrieved 13 June 2009 Laxton William 1866 October 30th Meeting The Civil Engineer amp Architect s Journal 29 December 1 359 Retrieved 13 June 2009 Marten E B Records of Steam Boiler Explosions Various volumes e g 1869 at Open Library 1872 at Open Library 1875 1878 1890 covering explosions in Britain The National Boiler Insurance Company Laxton William 1866 Abstract of Report The Civil Engineer amp Architect s Journal 29 February 1st 39 40 Retrieved 13 June 2009 Redfield William C 1839 Letter To The Secretary Of The Treasury On The History and Causes of Steamboat Explosions And The Means Of Prevention New York william Osborn ISBN 978 0 608 40457 8 Retrieved 13 June 2009 Stryker James March 1849 Steam Boiler Explosions Strykers American Register and Magazine II I 100 101 Retrieved 13 June 2009 Thurston R H 1903 Steam Boiler Explosions in Theory and in Practice Chapter The Statistics of Explosions 3rd ed New York John Wiley amp Sons Retrieved 13 June 2009 Other edit For a short status of European steam users associations and boiler insurance companies c 1897 see Hale R S April 1897 European Boiler Practice Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies XVIII 4 242 243 Retrieved 13 June 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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