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Edward W. Niederhauser

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Birth	:	1902
Death	:	1952 Montour, Tama County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Forest Glade Cemetery, Somersworth, Strafford County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.2524986, -70.8827972
Description	:	A little after 7:30 Saturday night, a party of four men began to set bank lines on the side of the Iowa River, about three quarters of a mile east of the Ridge Road bridge, northeast of Montour. Eight of the lines had been set when Ed Niederhauser, 49, Dillon, slipped on the muddy banks of the river and dropped into the swift flowing current. Niederhauser wore rubber boots which filled rapidly and pulled him into the blackness of the water. His son-in-law, Lloyd Harrah, 24, Montour, saw his plight and plunged into the river. It was a vain effort.... Read More	A little after 7:30 Saturday night, a party of four men began to set bank lines on the side of the Iowa River, about three quarters of a mile east of the Ridge Road bridge, northeast of Montour. Eight of the lines had been set when Ed Niederhauser, 49, Dillon, slipped on the muddy banks of the river and dropped into the swift flowing current. Niederhauser wore rubber boots which filled rapidly and pulled him into the blackness of the water. His son-in-law, Lloyd Harrah, 24, Montour, saw his plight and plunged into the river. It was a vain effort. In his struggle to stay afloat Niederhauser pulled Harrah down with him. Bernard Swanson, 35, Marshalltown, plunged into the river and got his hands on one of the men but the swift current pulled them apart and only Swanson was fortunate enough to reach slower current and the safety of shore. Swanson and Niederhauser's 16 year old son, Merle, ran barefoot to the ridge road where they got a ride to Montour. They called the sheriff's office and the Marshalltown police department from Avery's store. They were unable to use the car they drove to the river because the elder Niederhauser had the keys in his pocket. The search for the bodies of the two men brought men and equipment from all over Tama County and central Iowa. Frist on the scene was Arlo Hinegardner, who operates Sportsman's Lake about three miles north of where the drownings took place. He brought two boats and began the search that was to last more than 16 hours before Harrah's body was found, almost at the exact place where he dove into the water in a heroic effort to save his father-in-law. The volunteer rescue squad from Gladbrook, which operates the boats and grappling equipment used at Union Lake, arrived about 10 p. m. It was their equipment which was used to locate both bodies. A boat from the Marshalltown police department also was used during the long search, as well as a boat belonging to Bill Ellis of Montour. The search was difficult. The current of the stream, which is still high from the spring rains, was swift and treacherous. It was impossible to keep the boats in position for the dragging and the current often toyed with the grappling hooks. Working with only the thin light of flashlights made the progress of the search slow. Then Paul Weaver, for whom Harrah had worked for several years, at the Joe Wenke quarry, arrived with flood lights and a generator. These lights flooded the river for several hundred feet and speeded up the search. The spot where the two men had gone down is estimated at between 15 and 25 feet in depth, with a rock bottom. Niederhauser's body was found about 11:30 p. m. more than 100 yards downstream from where he slipped and fell into the water. The Toledo Chronicle, Toledo, Tama County, Iowa, Thursday, May 8, 1952

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Edward W. Niederhauser's memorial is located at: Forest Glade Cemetery, Somersworth, Strafford County, USA.
When did Edward W. Niederhauser death?
Edward W. Niederhauser death on 1952 in Montour, Tama County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 43.2524986
Longitude: -70.8827972

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Ruth L. Dougherty Niederhauser

(1909 - 1971)

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