The Final Report on the Tragedy at the Medina County Fairgrounds
2002年1月1日 · With this sudden reduction of pressure in the boiler, the superheated water flashed instantaneously and explosively into steam causing the catastrophic event which resulted in the release of approximately 330,000 foot-pounds of energy from the Case 110 steam traction engine, resulting in the deaths of five people and injury to forty-seven others.
Tragedy at the Medina County Fairgrounds - Farm Collector
2001年10月1日 · Five people were killed as the result of the explosion of a Case 110 steam traction engine in Medina, Ohio on July 29. The engine was being moved to the Medina County Fairgrounds, in preparation for the Medina County Fair, …
Tractor Tragedy Kills Four - CBS News
2001年7月30日 · Investigators on Monday focused on the possible failure of a safety device as the reason an antique steam-powered tractor exploded at a fairground and killed four men and injured 50 people.
Medina County Fair marks 20th anniversary of explosion tragedy
This year's Medina County Fair will be the 20th anniversary of 2001's steam engine explosion at the site, which killed 5 people while injuring dozens.
Engine Blows Up, Killing 4 at Ohio Fair - Los Angeles Times
2001年7月30日 · MEDINA, Ohio — A tractor engine exploded at a county fair Sunday, killing four people and injuring dozens when it blasted shrapnel and hot oil across the fairgrounds. The steam-powered...
List of boiler explosions - Wikipedia
This is a list of steam boiler explosions such as railway locomotive, marine transport (military and civilian), and stationary power:
4 Dead in County Fair Blast - ABC News
2001年7月30日 · One police officer, two steam-engine operators and a vendor setting up a booth near the display were killed in the blast, according to the Medina county sheriff's office. At least 40 others were ...
Tragedy in Medina, Ohio - Gas Engine Magazine
2001年10月1日 · At approximately 6:20 p.m. on Sunday, July 29, Clifford Kovacic wheeled his 1918 Case 110 steam tractor into the Medina County Fairgrounds. Medina Patrolman David Soika and Special Officer Kristopher Conwill approached Kovacic to talk with him about damage his Case had caused to a freshly asphalted road leading to the fairgrounds.
Antique engine explodes, killing 4 - Farm and Dairy
2001年8月2日 · Kovacic, 45, and his son, William, 27, both of Medina, along with Jungbluth, 58, and Kimble, 46, both of the Litchfield area, were killed when the antique steam tractor Kovacic was bringing...
Learning from the Tragic Accident in Medina - Farm Collector
2001年11月1日 · For many in the steam family this tragic accident has served as a wake-up call, a reminder of the deadly potential of steam and of the power steam traction engine operators harness every time they actively display their equipment.