LANCASTER, James Wesley 1909-1946

LANCASTER, PETERSON

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Date: 11/23/2011 at 12:40:02

James Wesley Lancaster 1909-1946

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1 DIES, 1 HURT, AS BLAZE GUTS HOTEL AT OSAGE

Osage – James Lancaster, 37, died early Sunday of burns suffered in a fire which gutted the 3-story Sullivan Hotel Saturday with a loss estimated at $15,000.

Lancaster, who had been crippled since childhood by infantile paralysis was one of 2 guests badly burned in the blaze in which 21 other persons filed out in orderly fashion.

William Buening, 73, who suffered severe burns, was reported holding his own at the hospital here. Burning’s burns were described as of the third degree. He was reported slightly improved Monday morning and was taken by ambulance to a hospital at Iowa City.

Zack Cook, Des Moines, assistant State Fire Marshall, reported after an investigation that the fire started in the third floor room of J. D. Barr, who was not in his room at the time of the fire. The fire started apparently, Cook said, either from a smoldering cigarette or a short in a radio.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday August 12, 1946

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LAST RITES FOR 2 FIRE VICTIMS

Osage – Funeral services for James W. Lancaster, 37, Sullivan hotel fire victim will be held at Immanual Lutheran Church Thursday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Carl Berg officiating. Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery.

Rites for William Buening, 73, second victim of the fire, will be held Friday at 9 a.m. at the Sacred Heart church in charge of the Rev. George Stemm, with burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery.

Lancaster died Sunday, a day following the fire. Buening died Tuesday at University Hospital, Iowa City.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Wednesday August 14, 1946

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James W. Lancaster, Jr. was the son of James W. Lancaster Sr. and Martha (Peterson) Lancaster.
Osage Cemetery, Osage, Mitchell, Iowa
James Wesley Lancaster…death/burial August 15, 1946