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Return of Notices given to repair Boilers in the Auckland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1891.
Return of Accidents to Life and Limb which have occurred in connection with Land Boilers and Machinery in the Auckland District during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1891.
Date of Notice. Description of Boiler. Nature of Eepairs ordered. 1890. tfay 11 'uly 4 Portable ... Longitudinal tubular Patch to be fitted at sludge-hole. The plate below dome to be sheathed, and three vertical stays fitted. Defective place in bottom to be cut out and a rivetted patch to be fitted. The whole of the bottom to be renewed. Patch to be fitted to shell. Defective plate in bottom to be taken out and new one fitted. Strengthening-piece to be fitted below the dome. Manhole to be made in shell and door, &c, fitted. Six stays in sides of fire-box to be renewed. Eivetted patch to be fitted at blow-off. To be retubed, and a patch fitted at sludge-hole. Top part of vertical flue to be repaired. Three stays in crown of furnace to be renewed. Blow-off cock to bo fixed on brake-plate to make it more effective. .my 17 Cornish ... "uly 28 'uly 28 tog. 11 )ct. 15 )ct. 29 sTov. 8 11 Dec. 3 Dec. 20 Dec. 20 Dec. 24 Cornish Cornish Longitudinal tubular Cornish ... Longitudinal tubular Portable ... Cornish ... Portable ... Vertical flue Vertical flue Vertical tubular 1891. ran. 12 Longitudinal tubular New plate put in back course of plates with blow-off cock attached. Strengthening-ring to be fitted to manhole at front end of boiler. Four additional stays to be fitted to top of fire-box. New vertical flue to be fitted. About one-third of blistered plate in bottom to be renewed. Eivetted patch to be fitted near the blow-off. Two defective places in lower part of fire-box to be cut out and patches fitted. Defective tubes taken out and retubed. About one-half of the plate of blow-off to be taken out and renewed. Defective tubes to be taken out and retubed. "an. 13 Longitudinal tubular "an. 17 an. 19 "an. 23 ?eb. 10 ?eb. 20 Portable ... Vertical flue Longitudinal tubular Cornish Semi-portable ?eb. 26 tlar. 13 Vertical ... Cornish ... lax. 28 Vertical tubular
Name ana Address ' of Owner. Description ol Machinery. i Name of Person ! Nature ana Date Fatal injured. Accident. not. ! ; I Causo of Accident, and Remarks. Robert P. Gibbons, Thames River Saw-mill Charles Clark, aged 28 years Left arm torn off, 10th April, 1890 Not He and another of the mill-hands were employed at a breakingdown saw. It appears they were adjusting the driving-belt, the machinery being in motion, when his left arm got entangled and torn off by the belt. It appears the deceased was running a bogey along the overhead or suspended line of rails, about 7ft, from the ground, when the bogey fell off the rails on to a centrifugal machine below, and was shot off again by the velocity of the machine. The deceased was found lying close by severely injured about the head; he died a few hours afterwards from the effects of the injuries received. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned. It is not known how the accident occurred, the line of rails and bogey are good substantial pieces of work, and were found in good working-order. He was holding the driving-belt of a lathe while the man in charge was lacing it (the machinery in motion); it appears he slipped, his right arm became entangled and broken below the elbow by the belt, The first and third accidents are of such a description as can only be avoided by attending to belts in a careful and skilful manner, or by stopping the machinery. Colonial Sugar Refining Company, Auckland Sugar-works .. George Caldicot, aged 20 years Head severely injured, 19th November, 1890 Fatal Richard A. Yeoman, Auckland Boiler-works .. Albert Hassell, aged 1G j-ears Right arm broken, 9th January, 1891 Not