United States Steel Products Co. v. Noble

MACK, Circuit Judge.

While Noble, the third engineer on defendant’s steamship, was on watch, the glass on the water gauge on the center of the steamer’s three boilers blew out — a not unusual occurrence — to remedy which a supply of extra glasses was kept on hand. After shutting off the valves or cocks on the gauge to stop the escape of steam from the opening, Noble obtained and insert*90ed a new glass.' Then, in opening the valves to let steam and water into the glass, he tapped the upper and lower arms of the valves, necessarily with a hammer handle, in order to do this evenly and to equalize…