Webster City freeman., 1913-11-18
Whole Rear Of New Lyman Building,
Seven Stories High,
Falls.
ELEVEN DEAD; TWO WILL DIE.
Fourteen Workmen Standing on the
Roof When it Collapsed
-Rescuers Busy.
ELEVEN DEAD; TWO WILL DIE,

Cedar Rapids, Nov. 15.-Fourteen
men stood on the roof slab toward
the rear Of the seven story building
they were helping to erect for Ly-
man Brothers, wholesale milliners
$50 feet above the ground, yesterday
afternoon. The superintendent OF
construction was there, as was a
foreman, and all fourteen were work
ing busiiy.
Suddenly, without premonitory
crack or shiver. the portion on which
they were standing-a slab almost
the width Of the building and about
thirty feet long. extending from the
rear wall inward-gave way and
crashed down on the seventh floor,
carrying the fourteen men with it.
The floor, not yet completely hard
ened. could not stand the sudden
enormous strain and also gave way.
The rear wall, robbed of much of it's
support, swayed and then crumbled.
Sixth. fifth. fourth, third, second
and first floors succumbed to the ev-
er increasing weight of concrete.
With a roar that was heard for
blocks the tons of building material
piled itself in great heaps in the
basement.
Four of the fourteen laborers
were all that their fellows could To-
cate among the debris Immediately,
and it required hours of labor to re-
move the great blocks of cement
from around them. The other ten
still were buried late last night, af-
ter a large force of rescuers had
worked for hours. moving the great
Jagged blocks with the aid of a has
tiiy erected steam derrick. One of
the four removed, all but one of
whom were fatally injured, died soon
after reaching the hospital, making
the dead and missing list now stand
az follows:
William Lowe. Waterloo, superin-
tendent of construction.
William Snyder. Lacrosse, Wis.
foreman.
Sidney Doty, Cedar Rapids, engin-
eer.
d. ID. Washon, Cedar Rapids.
r. w. Bagley, Cedar Rapids.
George Scott. Cedar Rapids.
H. B. Wescott, Cedar Rapids
p. o. Toran, Cedar Rapids.
I. G. Chaplain, Cedar Rapids.
George Burrell, Cedar Rapids.
Guam Quintana. Cedar Rapids.
The fatally injured are:
j. M. Gross. internal injuries.
Nate Hutson (colored), ribs brok-
en-, internal injuries.
George Brown (colored) sustained
two broken ankles, but he may re-
cover.
The portion Of the roof which
saw way hdu Juol Dttu pun
it is thought pillars supporting the
false work failed to do their duty. A |
score Of workmen who chanced to be |
in the front portion of the building
narrowly escaped death or serious in
jury.
Rescuers hurried to the scene and
it was not long before dozens Of men
were climbing about over the heaps
OF concrete and twisted steel rein
forcing in an effort to locate the
whereabouts Of those who had gone
down with the roof Curious thous-
ands Of men and women also gather
ed to view the ruins.
There was no outward sign to in
dtcate where the bodies were, and
1t soon was decided the moving of
large portion Of the concrete would
riedly was erected in the building,
strings Of electric lights were plac-
ed. and the rescue crews prepared for
a night of labor Hundreds of tons
of building material were to be moy-
ed
Though a large hole had been
made in the debris at a late hour
last night none of the ten bodies had
been rs yet recovered. The crowd of
curious remained about the struct-
uTe
During the early hours, rescuers
were spUrred to superhuman efforts
by groans that could be clearly heard
from the depths of the pile. The
groans mad ceased long before their