Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-18
TAKEN FROM HUNS OF STARK.
LYMAN euILpiNa LATE
MONDAY.
ONE BODY REMAINS
BURIED BENEATH DEBRIS
Practically Every Bit Of Ten Thousand
Tons Of Material Worked Over, But
Body Of loves Assistant 10 Not
Found--Believed to Be Near Where
Chief Was Found.

mangled body of William F. Lowe, SUI
perintendent' of construction Of the Ly-
man Stark building, was recovered
| from the debris at 3:4O o'clock Monday
! afternoon. The body was packed in
broken tile, steel rods, concrete dust
and plates. 1t lay downward, with one
hand extending down thru an opening
| made by steel rods. This hand was first
seen shortly after 8 o'clock by men who
made their way under the pile of de-
bris. His watch had stopped at 1904
! o'clock and was run down. 1t was not
broken. The body was.recovered after
I about fifty minutes quick, and was re-
moved to the morgue.
| Mr.. Lowe was born on a farm near
| Oelwein. He lived in that vicinity for
long time. When he left, he moved
| to Waterloo where he engaged In car
penter and construction work. Mr..
Lowe was a self educated man, and
was q construction superintendent Of
ability. He. worked. for the firm of
Lauritzen and WATSON for the past
eight or ten years.
E. w. LaPlant: the house mover, has
| done work of almost inestimable value
since the removal of the wreckage was
started Friday. and he will have charge
of the work of clearing the heavy
girders from the basement. The cap
stan used in moving houses. is the
only apparatus in the city that has
| sufficient power to pull the heavy col
| umns from the wreckage
| Contractor Breaks Down.
Charles WATSON. the member of the
or ofron OFT, 8 sol, L. g
the work on the building, is completely
unnerved by the accident. and has suf
fered breakdown which makes 1t
necessary for him to keep to his room.
Only a small force was employed on
the building at the time of the COL
lapse. and those that were not killed
were so badly unnerved that it is i'm
possible for them to lend much as
sistance.
f. Commissioner Zika and City Engi-
neer McCauley, with Street Commits
sioner Kennedy, Sewer Inspector Bar
to and Foreman Miner, put all their
men to work, including about q dozen
teams. Colonel Bows, Of the Iowa
Railway and Light Company and Cen
era1 Manager Allen, Of the Cedar
Rapids and Marion City Railway Com
pany. each sent about forty men. The
street car company abandoned its
Third street line during the greater
part of the time in order to help with
the work.
Mr.. LaPlant and his, men have
moved thousands Of tons of debris.
Thru his experience in moving heavy
buildings and machinery, Mr.. LaPlant
is an expert in work of this kind. and
has the ability to make every move
count.
! Steals Rescue Apparatus.
j AS soon as the last two bodies are
removed from the wreckage the police
expect to bring in one chap, a team
ster. who willyNbe brought before the
court on a charge of stealing appara-
tus used in trying to remove the dead
men. The police and the men who
have been working at the building are
of the opinion that the fellow should
get a good stiff Jail sentence, and the
judge undoubtedly will be Of the same
opinion.
/ In order to help with the work Fri
day night, a large block and tackle
was arranged on Third street, and
street car was used IN pulling debris
from the building.
After the LaPlant capstan had been
brought into use. this tackle was left
along the curb at South Third street
until 1T could be cared for.
/ While every one else was busy try
ing to help at the building, man
driving a bay team 20 a wogan con-
tanning several barrels, loaded the
tackle into his wagon and drove away.
Several persons who knew the fellow
saw him commit the theft, but sup
posed he was helping with the work.
The police have let the matter rest
until the last two bodies are recovered
and then that particular teamster is
due to hear something drop"
| Coroner Orders Inquest.
Coroner David King has empaneled
a Jury, consisting of George Yuill, G.
B. Barnes and E. E. Richards, and has
ordered that an inquest be held just
as soon as the last body is taken from
the ruins. The coroner. announced
Monday that he will make full in.
vestigation into the cause Of the acct
dent and will make an effort to fix
the blame.
The coroners jury has viewed the
bodies that have been takeu from the
| wreckage,. and have been taken in
charge by relatives. The jury was
called at this time in order to prevent
the necessity of holding the bodies un-
til all of the wreckage has been
cleared away.
Young Birds Claims Body.
Accompanied by his 18-year- old
bride of ten weeks. the body Of Will
liam Schneider who was killed in the
Lyman building collapse, was taken at