Cornish, 6 years old, 21ft. long, 6ft. diameter. Tube 3ft. diameter, 3/8 inch plates, 40 lbs. pressure. The tube was so much weakened by cracks and by being out of true circle, that it collapsed from end to end at the ordinary working pressure. _No. 26. Wigan. (Fig. 23.) June 6th. none injured._ [Illustration: _Fig. 23._] One of two. Cornish, 28ft. 7in. long, 5ft. 4in. diameter. Tube 3ft. diameter, slightly oval, 3/8 inch plates, 50 lbs. pressure. Tube collapsed over the fire and ruptured from weakness. The boiler was not moved and the damage was not great. _No. 27. Bury. June 9th. 1 injured._ Lancashire. The plates were reduced to 1/16 inch by external corrosion, so that the boiler was not able to bear the ordinary pressure, but no details have been obtained. _No. 28. Workington. (Fig. 24.) June 9th. 7 injured._ [Illustration: _Fig. 24._] One of two. Cornish, nearly new, 16ft. long, 5ft. diameter, 3/8 inch plates, 45 lbs. pressure. Three plates over fire collapsed from overheating through shortness of water. _No. 29. Nottingham. (Fig. 25.) June 13th. 3 injured._ [Illustration: _Fig. 25._] Ten years old. Plain cylinder, with flat ends, 10ft. long, 2ft. diameter, diagonal seams, 1/4 inch plates, 25 lbs. pressure. The whole shell was blown 80 yards to the front, and the chimney and engine house much damaged. It was much corroded and badly patched, so as to be unfit to carry pressure. _No. 30. Blackburn. (Fig. 26.) June 17th. 2 killed, 1 injured._ [Illustration: _Fig. 26._] Sixteen years old. Galloway, 26ft. long, 7ft. diameter, 3/8 inch plates, 56 lbs. pressure. There was a combustion chamber between the furnace tubes and the main tube, and this had been lately repaired insecurely, and gave way and burst upwards. The boiler was not moved, but the contents issued so violently that a good deal of damage was done to surrounding premises. _No. 31. Glasgow. (Fig. 27.) June 17th. none injured._ [Illustration: _Fig. 27._] Crane Boiler, about 2 years old, 7ft. high, 4ft. diameter, 3/8 inch plates, 50 lbs. pressure. The internal fire box collapsed and the external shell was blown to pieces. There was no sign of shortness of water, but it is supposed that the fire box was not circular, and therefore too weak to bear the ordinary pressure. _No. 32. Bilston. (Fig. 28.) June 21st. 2 killed, 6 injured._ [Illustration: _Fig. 28._] One of seven. Plain cylinder, 30 years old, 30ft. long, 8ft. 3in. diameter, 1/2 inch plates, 35 lbs. pressure. It gave way over fire place, where it had been weakened by frequent repair, which had caused a seam rip near a patch. The fragments were widely scattered, and much damage was done to the premises. The insecurity of boilers so frequently repaired with patch upon patch has been often pointed out. _No. 33. Darlington. (Fig. 29.) June 24th. 2 injured._ [Illustration: _Fig. 29._]