Around 100 years ago, many Americans got their entertainment from watching two steam engines crash into each other.

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A boiler explosion occurred in a brass foundry at Bridgeport, Ct., on the 12th inst., the force of which nearly demolished the whole building. We learn from the Farmer that the catastrophe does ...

In a few moments the cause was known. The boiler of the steam-tug A.S. Field, lying at the dock between Bates and Randolph streets, had exploded, and the boat was a total wreck. Thither the ...

never inspected the pressure vessel that exploded Nov. 12, killing two workers and injuring 11 others. A 2021 Accident Investigation Report written by Chief Boiler Inspector Mark Jordan shows a ...