John J. Zito superintendent of Acetylene Gas Co. building points to area where explosion critically injured a maintenance man at the burned out plant Sunday.
This is the lid that injured Dwight Boyer (flying over the top of the remaining brick wall falling on the platform, outside, up and over area designated by John Zito super of the acetylene comp.
This is an inaugural oration delivered in 1783 by Benjamin Waterhouse, who was the first Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic branch at Harvard Medical School. The main text is in Latin.
Comprising a resume and brief historical sketch of the city, facts and descriptions of places and objects of interest, distances to them and how to get there, side trips to interesting places in the immediate vicinity, suggestions to visitors as to how to see the most in shortest time at least expense, a park directory, an amusement directory, church directory and complete street railroad guide and many other notes invaluable to the stranger, and information new to the resident. Illustrated with maps and numerous engravings., The digitization of this directory was made possible through the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Missouri State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
of business advertising cards. In addition to the directory, it contains an Almanac to the city of St. Louis for the year 1850, and a detailed account of many local events of 1849, including the Great Fire and the Asiatic cholera outbreak.
This famous sidewheeler was built in 1871 at the Howard Shipyard, Jeffersonville, Indiana for Captain J. M. White and designed for the New Orleans, Lake Providence and the Bends trade. Her dimensions were: 284 x 43 x 8.8 feet. She had nine boilers of two flues each and her engines were 38 inches in diameter with a 10-foot stroke. Her paddle wheels were 39 feet in diameter and had 17 foot buckets
Bill of lading for shipment on the steamboat Buckeye State, for delivery of 1 box of saddlery. Goods were transported from Paducah, Kentucky to Wrightsville, Missouri, 1898. M. Michael & Bro. Co., wholesale harness and sadlery, buggies, carts, etc.