One of three, 3 years old. Chimney, 27ft. high, 5ft. diameter. Tube 2ft. 9in. diameter, 3/8 inch plates, 25 lbs. pressure. Collapsed about half-way up the tube from overheating through shortness of water. _No. 16. Birmingham. (Fig. 8.) February 15th. 3 injured._ [Illustration: _Fig. 8._] One of two, 1 year old. Portable upright, 6ft. high, 3ft. diameter, 7/16 inch plates, 25 lbs. pressure. There was but one safety valve, and that was on the other boiler. The junction valve between the boilers was closed, when left for the night, without the fire being properly put out, and there being no outlet for the steam the pressure accumulated, and the boiler ruptured at the unguarded manhole and rent into fragments, much damaging the closely packed houses near. _No. 17. Stockton. March 8th. none injured._ Locomotive. The connecting rod broke and pierced the boiler, allowing contents to issue violently. A similar case was mentioned as No. 27, July 21st, 1868, and others have occurred in previous years. _No. 18. Bradford. (Fig. 9.) March 9th. 1 killed, 1 injured._ [Illustration: _Fig. 9._] One of six, 3 years old. Lancashire, 27ft. long, 7ft. diameter. Tubes 2ft. 8in. diameter, slightly oval, 7/16 inch plates, 60 lbs. pressure. The left hand tube collapsed downwards from overheating through shortness of water. The boiler was not moved, and little damage was done to premises. _No. 19. Glasgow. March 11th. 3 killed, 3 injured._ Rag Boiler. The screws of the manlid were loosened before the steam was exhausted, and the issuing contents scalded those near. _No. 20. Wootton Bassett. (Fig. 10.) March 11th. 2 killed, 1 injured._ [Illustration: _Fig. 10._] Cornish, 12ft. long, 4ft. 8in. diameter. Tube 2ft. 3in. diameter, 3/8 inch plates, 72 lbs. pressure. Tube collapsed downwards from overheating through shortness of water. This was the second time the tube had collapsed, although the boiler had only worked 18 months. _No. 21. Newcastle. (Fig. 11.) March 16th. 1 killed._ [Illustration: _Fig. 11._] Plain cylinder, flat ends, 16ft. long, 3ft. 6in. diameter, 5/16 inch plates, 25 lbs. pressure. There being no stays to support the flat ends the varying pressure caused a slight movement backward and forward (sometimes called "drum-head" motion), which facilitated corrosion in certain lines of strain, and produced a "furrow" at the front near the bottom, which rent open. The boiler was not moved, and little damage was done to the premises. _No. 22. Brigg. (Fig. 12.) March 17th. 1 killed, 1 injured._ [Illustration: _Fig. 12._]