Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-01
Disaster Grows in Extent as
Ruins of Collapsed Build
ings Are Searched.
SIX ARE MISSING,
SEVERAL INJURED
investigation Started to Determine
Cause Of Collapse Of Ruff Drug Com
pany Building Which Crushed Two
Adjacent Struotures-Fire and Suf-
location Responsible For Heavy
Death List-Eisht Unidentified


Sioux City. July 1.-Forty per-
sons are known to have been killed
and several injured when the building
OF the Ruff Drug Company. at Fourth
and Douglass streets, collapsed Sat-
urday afternoon. Seven others are re-
ported missing.
An orricial investigation of the dis
aster will be started today.
The following Is the revised list Of
the known dead:
Mrs. o. e. Dun.
Alfred ]. Hanson.
J. F. Awe.
Ole e Running.
John Lovine.
Mrs. Manuel Cavens.
Benjamin G. Wood.
Mrs. Hetha C. English.
Ole X Roistum.
Walter c. Nelson, son Of W II. Nell
son.
Charles Kugel.
Merle Kugel.
Myrtle Hongslo.
James Hart. 80.
r. Mrs. Afarg4ret' Haley.
Helen Koehler. daughter Of Krion
Koehler. Of South Sioux City.
Robert Henderson.
Elaine Crumrlne.
John Stoltz.
Charles Norstrom.
Herman For6en.
Joe Rhor.
Roy 0strander.
Roy Schueller.
Mrs. F. A. Lofts.
Louis Sosiet
]. P. Schreiber.
John Simeon.
Mrs. Lena Dahl.
Five unidentified women
Four unidentified men.
One unidentified girl.
Miss Abbie Matheny.
Six Are Missing.
The missing are:
Charles Harrington.
Miss Johnson and Miss Farrs, OF
Sutherland, Iowa.
Miss Jonatha. Austell.
Miss Lawson.
How II Happened.
When the Ruff building collapsed the
east wall fell on the Chain grocery and
Beaumont & Braunger meat markets.
two stories crushing them both as II
they were egg shells. A number Of
persons are believed to be buried in
these buildings. Fire which broke c"t
in the ruins Of the Ruff building added
to the perils Of those imprisoned. All
the fire departments in the city, assist
ed by hundreds of volunteers aided In
fighting the flames and in searching the
ruins.
The escape Of Oscar Ruff one Of the
proprietors Of the store. from death
bordered on the miraculous. After be-
ing imprisoned under tons OF debris for
over eight hours he was finally dug out
by rescuers at . o'clock last night
practically unhurt. He was taken to
his home and declared that after he
had a bath he would return and aid
the rescuers. Fire. water and burn
ing chemicals added to the perils of the
tons Of debris which threatened for
hours to crush out Ruff's life.
Narrow Escapes.
r. F. Kugel an employe Of the Ruff
Drug Company. who was In the build
ing when 1t collapsed. was able to reach
safety. His father, Charles Kugel. and
brother, Merle Kugel. were caught In
the ruins. Charles Kugel who was a
carpenter, was taken out dead. Merle
Kugel, who was clerk in the store. Is
still in the ruins. Hans Aspew.
bookkeeper, was rescued after being
pinned In the ruins for hours. He was
not seriously hurt.
Frank Harp. one Of the owners Of the
Beaumont & Rraunger markets. is be-
lieyed to have been burned to death in
his office. Soon after the accident oc-
Cured the telephone in another Beau
mont & Braunger store at Sixth street
rang.
For Gods sake come and help me
get out" a voice shouted indistinctly
over the wire.
F. Rickster, an employee Of the market
at Sixth and/Pearl streets. answered
the telephone He says that 1t sounded
like Harp's voice. Efforts were made
to cut thru the back and reach the i'm
prisoned man. A hole wns cut thru the
ice box in the rear of the establish
ment, but the debris blocked entrance
to the Office.
Most Burned TO Death.
+ The majority OF the victims burned
to DEATH, rescuers said last night. AS
the larger building toppled 1t buried
unaier tons of debris the smaller strIc-
lures occupied by the Chain Grocery
Company and the Beaumont meat mar
ket. imprtaoniug patrons and employees.
Ftremep wAe found the bodies said