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Return of Accidents to Boilers and Machinery reported as having occurred in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1884.

Return of Notices given to Repair Boilers in the Otago District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1884.

Date of Acoident. Name and Address of Owner. Nature and Cause of Accident. ktay "uly uly 21, 1883 5, „ 27, „ Graving Dock, Port Chalmers Messrs. McLeod Brothers, Dune din Messrs. Cutten and Co., Dunedin Otago Harbour Board, Dunedin Oamaru Woollen Factory Company Cornish boiler; shortness of water, whereby the crown came down, requiring two plates to be taken out and renewed. Cornish tubular boiler ; slightly overheated through shortness of water. Tubular boiler, known as "Little Giant;" end of cast-iron cracked. Vertical tubular boiler; crown tube-plate cracked through contraction. Cornish boiler; two circular seams in tube sprung and tube slightly depressed through shortness of water. Sept. 4, „ anuary 1, 1884

Date of Notice. Description of Boiler. Nature of Bepairs ordered. Written. May 8, 1883 Vertical, with field tubes Circular longitudinal tubular Vertical ... Vertical tubular Steam digester New set of tubes. May 15, ,, Two stays of lj-in. diameter to be put in between crown of steam-dome and crown of boiler. New uptake t» be put in. New steam pressure gauge to be fitted on. New angle-irons to be rivetted on top to replace the present ones, and re-stayed. New crown to be put in firebox, and man-hole door to be cut in shell 9in. by 71m., with compensation-ring 3in. by fin. rivettod on; also stays longitudinal inside to be made through-stays with double nuts. Compensation-ring 3-Jin. by -|in. to be rivetted round manhole ; also through-stays to be renewed. Water-gauge set to be fitted on to boiler. Longitudinal seam, No. 4 ties, No. 2 tube to be partially re-rivetted and caulked. Two safety-stays to be put between stuffing-box of expansion joint on steam-pipe and plain flange. New man-hole door to be got. Two angle-iron rings of 3in. by 3in. by fin. to be put round tube and securely fastened by fin. bolts, screwed and rivetted -en inside of tube, bolts spaced 6in. Four copper boilers in connection with this boiler used for cooking. One safety-valve of lin. or l^in. diameter to be fitted on each pair of boilers. Boiler to be retubed. June 15, ,, August 28, ,, Sept. 12, „ October 4, ,, Locomotive saw-mill October 9, ,, Portable ... October 16, ,, Nov. 5, ,, Cornish ... Lancashire Nov. 9, „ Locomotive Feb. 5, 1884 Feb. 12, „ Vertical ... Cornish ... Feb. 23, „ Circular longitudinal tubular March 19, ,, Portable traction ... Verbal. May 25, 1883 July 5, ,, July 27, „ July 28, ,, Portable ... Cornish tubular Tubular ... Steam drying cylinders Cornish tubular Vertical tubular Portable ... Cornish Cornish ... Vertical Semi-portable Compensation-ring round man-hole. Tubes expanded; overheated through water getting low. New end of wrought iron. Safety-valve to be put on steam-pipe connected with drying cylinders. Four extra through-stays for extra pressure allowed. New crown tube-plate, and new set of tubes. Ring round door on bottom of barrel of shell. Patch on shell at blow-off. Compensation-ring round Tftan-hole. Patch at mud-hole. Compensation-ring round man-hole. August 20, ,, Sept. 4, ,, Sept. 6, „ Sept. 6, ,, Sept. 19, ,, October 19, „ January 9, 1884