Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-15


engine and concrete mixer. where wai
also majority Of the men working
When the crash came. one man who
was working In the basement. said II
sounded as II the hoisting engine, used
to elevate wheel barrows to the roof
had blown out cylinder. The noise
and confusion that Followed was ter
rifle. The men on the Job did not
know what had happened until they
heard the screams and means Of the
men buried under the wreckage.
At once the men realized what had
happened. Immediately they rushed
into the mass Of debric. thinking Of
nothing but Of their comrades.
The means and screams Of the men
were pitiful. Meanwhile the specta-
tors were driven from the alley by the
police and life line was stretched
from the alley to Fourth avenue. This
was difficult task for the police. for
the noise Of the crash was heard for
blocks, and Immediately a rush OF
curious people came. It was almost
impossible to work for the crowd, but
they were huddled together out Of the
way and the rescuers proceeded to
work.
Wires Tangled In Ruins.
When the building fell there was q
tangle Of telephone, telegraph and light
wires. fastened to the debris, which
created more danger. Employees Of the
different utilities company arrived on
the scene and cut the wires, preventing
further accident
The fire department, police depart
ment, the ambulances and depart
ment heads were soon on the scene
to care for the crowds, the injured
and to take precautions against fur
ther accident.
On the Lattner garage side Of the
wrecked building was another crowd
in danger Of the building from that
side collapsing. Assistant chief Of po-
lice Immediately put detectives and
police on the scene and the crowds
were rushed to places Of safety.
Pathetic Scenes.
There were many pathetic scenes at
the ruins. The moans Of injured men
still under the debris could be plain
ly heard and these were mingled with
the sobbing and pleading Of relatives
and friends watching with frenzied
anxiety. the work Of rescue.
After the first four men had been
taken from the ruins. the work OF
rescue halted. Contractor WATSON
was overcome and had to be taken to
his rooms. The workmen on the
building who escaped were unnerved
by their experience. There seemed
imminent danger that the rest Of the
building would fall. There was peril
also from the mass of twisted tel
graph, telephone and electric wires
which were sputtering. There was
little a handful of men could do with
all these difficulties.
Had q aia Scare.
Twenty workmen were in the south
east corner Of the building when sud
denly they felt lar. That portion Of
the buiadins was settling. They made
,1Dts ~ stand from under" tho build
ing, and engineers measured to see how
far the building had tipped. It wal
found that the southeast corner Of the
building was giving away and that IL
had sunk six inches.
Workmen ceased their operations
there. Men were inside the building,
Snoring" up the second noor, which
had sagged three feet. with the weight
Of the debric. They made haste to get
out Of the building, for II that part
should give way, there would be abb
solutely no chance for their escape.
But later they returned and finished
propptng up the floor.
The Contractors.
The Lyman building Is seven
story structure OF the latest fire proof
construction and is being erected by
Lauritzen and Wasson, general con-
tractors OF Waterloo, for Stark and
Lyman. as individuals and not for the
Lyman nrm. Mr. w. N. Bishop is su-
pervising engineer for the firm Of
Sta.k ana Lyman.
Inc oulldlng was to cost 100000
ana was to be finished by June Of next
year. me excavation was started in
INC second week In May, 1872
me Duiloing mas been IN process OF
ZOE the past -FOUR months
smo s.a was rapioiy nearing completion.
=. .ne styie Q. construction Is mixture
VI zee. 1oos. eue ana concrete. The
son s.o sctol va making every effort to
ees se Dununs co"pleteo oefore the
appsoacn s!op OF "lh.er. HAN OF the roof
sne eovensh Story mad oeen
tr pouleo an ana tne Carpenters were work.
o.. 49, ,as. ~. 1,..N .olns ana framing
1,a.ss 80 - ....,.: 4s "ou1o nave COM
Lose on Bonding Company.
1alnns OF q part OF the Lyman stark
Duiioins evidently VIII fall to the
DulAd1ne contractors who are bonded
oy Dondlng company to finish the
construction OF the building and turn
II over 10 the owners Lyman and Stark
Wnen IT ID nn1Shed. This indicates that