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Chicago, IL Eastland Disaster, Jul 1915 - Known Dead

LIST OF KNOWN DEAD IN EASTLAND DISASTER

MORE THAN EIGHT HUNDRED BODIES RECOVERED, BUT WORK OF IDENTIFICATION IS SLOW.

Chicago, Ill., July 24—At 9 o’clock tonight 831 bodies had been removed to the Second Regiment Armory. They were laid in rows of eighty-five across the whole length of the armory.

Revised figures showed 176 bodies had been identified. Of 114 partially identified bodies, 47 were men, 48 women, 7 boys and 12 girls.

The list of identified dead follows:

MISS IDA ANDERSON, 18
EDWIN ARKO
CARRIE AFFELD
MISS K. ALLEN
JETHRO BEEL, JR.
H. BROSCHE
GEORGE BOROWSKE
CHARLES BLOCK, 21
MISS ANNA BRENNAN, 21
MISS MARGARET CHRISTIANSON, 23
ROSE CULLEN, 29
MARY COOPER
MISS FRIEDA CHRISTIANSON, 20
MISS MARY CARPENTER
MARY CAROLINE DETADLA
MRS. CARRIE DETAMBLE
F. A. DOBBERMAN, 28
ROBERT DOLL, 25
CHARLES DOLL, 17
CHARLES ERKMAN
FRED JOHN EHRHART, 32
MRS. CLARA EHRHART, 31
CHARLES G. FOSTLE, 24
EMIL FLEICK
WILLIAM FIEGMANN
WILLIAM FENLION
MRS. ANNA FRISANA, 19, Cicero, Ill.
MRS. HARRY FOSTER, 29
E. H. GARNER
MARY E. GUNDERLOCK
MISS H. GRESKNWIAK, 19
GEORGE __________, 19
HAROLD M. GREEN, 55
MRS. TILLIE GRANDT, 34
TEDDIE GROUCHOWSKA, 18
T. HULLIS
F. R. HALCONDE
MRS CARRIE HANSON, 22
MRS. MARTHA HOFFMAN, 22
MRS. HARRY HILL
EMIL HIECK
JOSEPH H. JONES, 10
EMIL JENKE, 20
HARVEY JOHNSON
IGNATZ JACOROWSKI, 17
MARTY JUDGE, 1
MRS. IDA JENSON
R. JOHNSON
LOUIS H. JOHNSON
MISS JULIA JEVORSKA, 17
MANNY JUNGWIRTH
MRS. MARY KOMMER
MRS. MARGARET KONAR
MISS NELLIE KASPER, 17
WALTER KRAHANICK
ANNA KHARBURG
ANNA KLONDA, 35
KASPER LALINE, JR, 9
MISS ELLA LARSON, 19
EDWARD LEN, 21
_______LOVETT
MISS CLARA MILLER, 28
J. MILLER
D. MURPHY, 26
OTTO MARES
ROSE MOOLET
MRS. CATHERINE MENTH
C. H. MENGES
MARY C. McGLYNN
R. G. McGINLEY
MISS MARY McLAREN, 22
MISS LILLIE NEUMANN, 21
JAMES NOVOTNY, 24
FRANCIS NOVAK, 19
ELINORE ORBES
MISS CLARA OBLIENSKE
PATRICK O’REILLY
MISS IONA OSTERHOTT, 22
MISS PEARL OZEN, 19
MRS. ROSE OERER, 23
MARGARET O’NEILL, 21
MRS. C. W. OFFERIN
RUTH PETERSON, 11
RAY PETERSON, 4
J. POLETA
WALTER PRAZNICK
C. S. PIERCE, 45
MARTHA POZEKY, 35
MISS ANNA PESCH, 21
CHARLES PETERSON, JR., 11
MRS. MAY PRITZ, 37
MARTHA QUWAE, 23
ANNA RUDOLPH
MICHAEL ROWELLS, 54
THOMAS ROBINSON
MISS MARY RIEDL, 21
MISS ROSE RIEDL, 19
MRS. MINNIE ROSE, 45
WALTER RAHANIK
MISS ROSE RYNAR, 20
MISS HATTIE STEFFEN
MISS MARY STUMP, 23
D. RAY SMITH
FRANK STRIZWNA
THOMAS ROSE
WILLIAM ROSSOW, 26
E. W. SCHAEFFER
M. E. SLIECK
MRS. JOSEPH SHULLZ, 35
ROMAN SLOWINSKY, 20
WILLIAM SIEGMANN, 20
GEORGE E. SHMIDT
FRANK SHRIEZYN, 28
DORA SCHROTS
MISS SEBINA SCHULTZ
J. T. SCHINTZ
MABEL SCHOEFFER
JOHN SALLWASSER
CATHERINE SHERIDAN, 21
MARGARET SWANSON, 18
MRS. JOHN SCHWARTZ, 30
H. A. SAHE, 10
MISS MARTHA STENDER, 25
VICTOR STRUZYINCE, 22
NELLIE SCHNOLL
G. SINDERLAR
L. SIMONS
MRS. NATALIE SCHROEDER
CARL SCHROEDER
WILLIAM SOUKUP, 18
MRS. ROSE THOMAS
LOUISE WEIL
MRS. ALBERT UNDERISH, 29
______ VASENOWSKI, (woman)
J. VASENOWSKI
MRS. ANNA VERILLA, 20
H. C. WALLER
MISS ANA WERTEL, 24
PAULINE ZATENAK
IDA ZOBKEE
ERNEST FISHER
CLARA GRANDT, 12
TILLIE JANSEN
MISS ANNA KUBEAK, 17 Cicero, Ill.
MISS JOSEPHINE SOYMANSKI, 17
GEORGE BUCZKOWSKI
THERESA DANDA, 28
MISS HELEN SKALA, 17, Cicero
A. J. SAX, 26, Oak Park
MISS ANNA STAMM, 21
KATHERINE KREBEL, 25
B. KRAWLL
MRS. R. C. TIEL
MINNIE ANDERSON
GEORGE ADAMA
HY GOTTSCHALK
ALMA GEZOSOLG
ANNA STRAKER
N. H. SURTZ
H. HANSEN
MRS. ADOLPH SOULZMAN
ELLA CLARK, six months old
ALICE B. CLARKE
CHARLES ELUCK
GEORGE DAWSKA
_____ BOCELOWSKI
MRS. CLARA BLINSKE
WILLIAM SEMOISM
ANNA MYCZKOWSKI

Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX 25 Jul 1915

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