Pete,
Maybe Milepost 206 (Correct MP number ?) would be interested in that
photo for their MOW book project.
Bill H.
--- In BRHSlist@y..., PSHedgpeth@a... wrote:
> Yesterday, while perusing a book of historical items from the St.
Joseph (MO)
> News Press headlines and articles, I came across photos of an event
I had
> never heard about and saw a photograph of an unusual use of a
wrecker.
>
> On May 8, 1930 the Armour Plant in St. Joseph experienced a
terrible
> explosion caused by an accumulation of natural gas. The plant was
completely
> destroyed and no one who was in the plant survived. It was the
worst
> explosion of its kind ever in St. Joseph.
>
> Along with the various articles was a large photograph of Q Wrecker
No.
> 204330 on duty in the midst of the huge pile of rubble the plant
structure
> had become. The machine was being used to lift and drag the
remains of the
> plant in an effort to recover bodies of the victims and rescue any
> survivors...ultimately there were none of the latter. As is quite
unusual
> in photos of this kind, the number of the wrecker was clearly
visible. This
> would have been a great photograph to use in the BB article a few
years ago
> covering the wreckers.
>
> The photograph was from Fred Slater who was a reporter for the St.
Joe paper.
> I think that he is still around and I know someone who knows him.
I'm not
> looking for things to do, but if someone is interested in obtaining
this
> photograph for a legitimate purpose...not just out of curiosity,
but perhaps
> for a bulletin article or research of some kind, I would be willing
to try to
> get a copy.
>
> Pete Hedgpeth
>
>
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