Porter, IN Train Wreck, Feb 1921

THE DEATH LIST

Porter, Ind., Feb. 28 - The death list of last night's railroad wreck here was today fixed by H. O. Seipel, coroner of Porter County at 42. The morgue at Chesterton contained (Illegible) bodies, some of them only fragmentary, four were still under the wreckage fifteen hours after the accident and two were at a hospital in Michigan City. Only fourteen had been positively identified by relatives or friends, as follows:

At Chesterton Morgue:

HOWARD ARNOY, Cleveland, Ohio.
MRS EMMA SEVIER, Augusta, Mich.
J. C. SEVIER, Augusta, Mich.
MRS. FLORENCE SEE, Michigan City, Ind.
PEARL MAY CAVANAUGH, 8 years old, adopted daughter of MRS. SEE.
MRS. LILLIAN BAEHR, Michigan City, Ind.
ARTHUR E. ECKMAN, 2 years old, nephew of MRS. BAEHR.
JUSTIN COLLINS, London, Ont.
GORDON CAMPBELL, Releistoke, R. C., student of a Chicago trade school.
CARL DELAND, Elkhart, Ind., fireman of New York Central train.
W. P. ENGLER, traveling on pass from Chicago to Detroit.
CLAUDE JOHNSON, Elkhart, Ind., engineer of New York Central train.
PETER CAIN, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
MRS. BARNHART KRAMER Michigan City, Ind.

At Michigan City Hospital.
E. M. GIDDENS from Kirby, Wyo., to Augusta, Mich.
Unidentified dead were, Four bodies under wreckage. Twenty - three bodies at Chesterton morgue. Woman at Michigan City hospital supposed to be wife of E. M. GIDDENS.

Seriously Injured.
Among the seriously injured taken to Michigan City hospital are:

ABRAHAM ROSENTHAL, 28, high school professor at Michigan City, home in Chicago, suffering from fractured skull and numerous bruises but probably will recover.

CARL MELLETH, 30, Detroit, badly bruised and shocked, will recover.

EUGENE COLLISON, (Illegible), not badly injured, but suffering from shock; will recover.

The Columbus Ledger, Columbus, GA 28 Feb 1921

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May Never Know Number.

Coroner Seipel said it might never be known how many were killed because of the way in which some of the bodies were mangled.

The Coroner said he did not think more dead would be found under the wreckage, but that this was possible. The morgue was closed for the night at 9 p. m., and no further identifications will be made until tomorrow.

Seven or eight bodies may never be identified. The wreck left them in such conditions they could not be recognized.

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