Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-27

two small children. He formerly
| worked at the T. NJ. Sinclair plant.
Part OF the thigh. the hip and por-
| ton of the back OF another man was
found Sunday forenoon and u was
some time before II could be idenufeo.
The remainder of the body could no
whore be found. altho the portion ais
| covered was In good state OF preset
walton, His shirt was intact. TINS
had the initials II, :. upon the col'ar
and was finally Identified as the ap-
parel Of Emil schmidt, whose nome IL
at Marengo.
Hartn,sn's Body Found.
Al o'clock Sunday evening inc
saarchers came upon the body OF III
vld Conrad Hartman, the foreman Oh
the thin boil department. SATURDAY
evening when two or three hattulls Oh
small bones and n shoe last WERE
found. IL was thought probable the
bones were those of Hartman, Sus
they were not for Hartman's BODY was
easily distinguished when FOUND sun
day night. 1t was burned and shoreh-
ed but could be Identified withou.
difficulty. Hartman was. So years oi
age and leaves wife and two ch'l,
drep. one of them and the other Is
wears of age. He was highly popular
with all the men in the plant,
Moving Debris Faster.
SUPERINTENDENT T.. ID. Hungerford- oil
the c. X. I. & T., has the Rock lsiahu
derrick working removing the heavier
portions of the wreckage. This ma
chine was working Saturday and theh
had to be taken away owing to shRht
derailment on the DEBORAH lire. IL was
back at work again Sunday and was OF
immense value to the searching parties
Monday morning it was again at work
and good progress was made.
Death of Guy Alnut.
Guy Alnut. one Of the fire victims.
died at Mercy hospital Monday. He
was q years of age. single, colored'
He lived at 2I9 First street west, tie
was a good workman and. had many
friends around the plant, who viii be
greatly grieved at his death
A small bunch OF charred bones ana
a bunch of keys are undoubtedly all
that remains of Perry Ramsell. Inc
bones and bunch of keys We're seen
by his brothers. William and Thomas
Ramsell. and they identified the keys
as mis-. They have no doubt that the
little basket of bones is all that re-
mains OF their brother.
Another little basket. half filled with
bones in the emergency hospital at the
plant. are und oIbtedly' all that remain
81 Ruhe Bleadsaal 4eeIored. His young
wife saw them Montiay morning, took
them in her haridx,s and said: Oh
God. if | could onlreibe sure"
Then his watch MADE the identi-
fication positive and the parents had
no doubt that it S3s .tne body of their
SON He had been. WORDING at the plant
only two weeks. The company tele-
graphed for the niinber of the Elgin
watch. and the> telegram was promptly
answered with the same number. max
ing the Identification. positive. Labor
Supervisor Griffith, has the little col
lections of bones and personal prop
erty carefully arranged and labeled,
and slowly, after much painstakfng
care, the identifications are being
worked out.
Big Force at Work.
A big force of men was at work at
the plant Monday and mtr-s progress
was made. The ruins arc row cooling
so that ii is possible to work in them.
and moving away the debris. Some OF
them are working in different parts OF
the ruins where they have reason to
believe they will soon find more bod
les.