Cornish, 15ft. long, 4ft. 3in. diameter. Tube 1ft. 6in. diameter, 7/16 inch plates, 40 lbs. pressure. Tube collapsed and ruptured, having been softened by overheating through shortness of water. Very little damage was done. _No. 20. Westbromwich. (Fig. 17.) May 12th. 2 killed._ [Illustration: _Fig. 17._] One of three. Plain cylinder, 5 years old, 34ft. long, 6ft. diameter, 7/16 inch plates, 45 lbs. pressure. Gave way by the rent of a ripped seam over the fire, which had been repeatedly temporarily patched without restoring the strength or stopping the rip. Three rings were torn out of the middle, while the front end was blown into the bed room of a house, and the back part of the boiler was thrown across a canal through two walls into a distant street. Great damage was done. _No. 21. Dublin. (Fig. 18.) May 18th. 3 killed, 6 injured._ [Illustration: _Fig. 18._] Cornish. Second-hand, but just started at this place, 26ft. long, 6ft. diameter. Tube 3ft. diameter, 3/8 inch plates, 40 lbs. usual pressure. Tube collapsed from end to end. The pressure at time was supposed to be 70 lbs., and as there was no evidence of shortness of water, it is presumed the tube gave way from weakness. The boiler was moved forward about 20 feet, but much damage was done to premises. _No. 22. Bury. (Fig. 19.) May 25th. none injured._ [Illustration: _Fig. 19._] Domestic Saddle, 5ft. long, 3ft. high, 2ft. 6in. wide, 3/8 inch plates, 15 lbs. pressure, the cistern being 30ft. above. There were no stays between the inner and outer shell, and the space between them was too small to allow proper circulation of water to keep the plates from overheating, so that it was hardly fit for its ordinary pressure, and the top was blown off. _No. 23. Kidsgrove. (Fig. 20.) May 26th. 13 killed, 9 injured._ [Illustration: _Fig. 20._] One of three. Four Furnace Upright, 12 years old, 17ft. 6in. high, 9ft. diameter. Centre tube 5ft. 9in. diameter, 3/8 inch plates, 40 lbs. pressure. The centre tube was much corroded on the inside and collapsed inwards from consequent weakness, allowing the contents to issue at the bottom of the boiler, and the reaction sent the whole boiler high up into the air, and on to a roof causing great damage. _No. 24. Lowestoft. (Fig. 21.) May 27th. 2 killed._ [Illustration: _Fig. 21._] Crane or Donkey boiler on board a vessel. About 6ft. high, and 3ft. diameter, 25 lbs. pressure. The internal fire box collapsed from the softening of the plates through shortness of water, the blow off pipe having been left open too long. Little or no injury was done to the ship. _No. 25. Birmingham. (Fig. 22.) June 2nd. 2 killed, 1 injured._ [Illustration: _Fig. 22._]