Re: March Toward Standardization

From: <Shannon>
Date: Mon Dec 18 2006 - 15:59:00 EST

I don't see it here:

<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/statistics/disall.htm">http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/statistics/disall.htm</a>

I see 6 people in a boiler explosion there.

-Shannon

• Paul Bowers <pbowers@pipingdesign.com> wrote:

> This is an interesting article:
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<a href="http://www.asme.org/Communities/History/Resources/Long_Arduous_March_Toward.cfm">http://www.asme.org/Communities/History/Resources/Long_Arduous_March_Toward.cfm</a>
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> Excerpted from the page:
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> "In 1894, at the Henry Clay Mine in Shamokin,
> Pennsylvania, 27 boilers
> exploded simultaneously, leveling the surrounding
> town and killing
> thousands of people."
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> I also found a reference to the Henry Clay Mine
> Disaster in Pipeline and
> Pipeline Engineering (ISBN 0824709640) which
> mentions "1885 - 27 boilers
> explode and kill hundreds". Unfortunately, I left
> the book at the office
> and cannot double check that quote at the moment.
>
> Researching this subject on the web (since the
> number of deaths sounded
> a bit suspect), I am unable to find any pages that
> refer to a disaster
> of such magnitude.
>
> Does anyone have any further information about this?
>
> Paul
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