Steam Kills 2 Workers at Philadelphia Shipyard
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PHILADELPHIA — Two civilian workers at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard were killed when 350-degree steam filled the small tunnel where they were working, a spokesman said.
The boiler technicians were trying to open a valve to return steam to a part of the shipyard Sunday morning when the utility tunnel filled with low-pressure steam that had leaked from a pipe, a shipyard spokesman said.
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