The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-03
PROMINENT PERSONS
AMONG THE VICTIMS
Many Fiatbush Families Are
BereaUed BY Wreck.


wreck was Edward Erskine Porter OF
3o7 Cation avenue. Flatbush, son of
David Porter, a real estate broker. He
was rs years old and was employed in
the bond department Of Harris, Forbes
& Co. At williams College. from
which he was graduated in 1915, he was
president OF the Glec Club and OF Cap
and Bells, the college dramatic organi-
cation a member OF the honorary soci-
etles in his Junior and senior years
captain of the debating team. soloist in
the chapel choir and one Of the editors
OF the Purple Cor. the college paper.
Mr.. Porter was married TO Miss Eloise
BenneftH' Knox or Savannah, Ga. on
November 81. 1917. He became the
father OF baby daughter about three
weeks ago. His body was identified at
the morgue by his father. who COLA eed
when he recognized the features OF his
dead son. Mr.. Porter was in the first
car OF the wrecked train.
Frank j. Lowering, also killed. was
SO years old and lived at 1925 East
Fifteenth street. He was office man.
ager of the p. J. Carlin Construction
Company OF Manhattan and a member
CT the Elks and st. Sinon's Episcopal
Church. His father. Frank ]. Lowering.
was an officers in the navy during the
civil war. He is survived by his wife, a
sister. four daughters and a son. Cor
poral Otto s. Lowering. who is with the
Photographic division OF the Signal
Corps in France.
Margaret Sullivan, 10 years old OF
ci45 Bedford avenue. was the daughter
of p. J. Sullivan. a Democratic pol!ti-
clan OF Brooklyn, who identified his
daughters body at the morgue.
Teacher Dead, Sister Hurt.
Miss Grace Murphy Of 1927 Homecrest
avenue, one OF the dead, was an assist
ant principal In a public school. She was
on the train with her sister, Yeowoman
Vera Murphy. who is now in Kings
County Hospital badly injured. Another
sister, Miss Lillian Murphy, a teacher.
is seriously Ill with influenza. A brother
Is on a submarine chaser in European
waters.
Another man killed was Charles c.
Thorn. 81 years old. OF 2023 Cation ave
nue.. a salesman for the Standard Card
and Paper Company. who is survived b.;
his wife. n daughter. a son, a brother
and two sisters.
W. f. Stephens Of SO Rugby road,
hAAttu III lHc WTtCh. WAS a
and an active religious worker. He was
the originator of the boardwalk prayer
meeting and evangelistic services held
on Sunday afternoons at Brighton Beach.
He was lecturer on Scriptural topics
and member OF the Lafayette Avenue
Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn. His
wife. five sons and one daughter survive
him.
Through money belt containing $3.50
in bills and s2e0 worth of Liberty bonds
the body OF Abraham Malamud, ~ years
old. OF 602 East Sixteenth street. Brook
Ign. was identified by his daughter.
Two sisters. Mrs. ]. f. Cooper and
Mrs. p. G. Townsend. persisted in the
wreck. They had recently come here
from their homes in Michigan TO visit
Mrs. Cooper's daughter. Mrs. Harry A.
Hughes of l716 Cation avenue. who is III.
Mrs. Cooper's son. a corporal in the
American Expeditionary Forces is in a
hospital in England recovering from a
wound by a machine gun bullet.
Harry Weeds Fate in Doubt.
One of the badly mutilated bodies at
the morgue Is believed to be that OF
Harry w. Weed OF 1912 Avenue II, d.
rector of employment for the Liggett-
R!ker -Hegeman Drug Company. He was
Mason. deacon of the Baptist Church
of the Redeemer. F'latbush, and preslden,
Of the mems Bible class and a former
superintendent of the Sunday school con-
nected with that church. He was 80
years old. and leaves a wife, two daugh-
ters and son, who is a student at the
Naval Aviation School at Dunwoody
Minneapolis.
The body OF F. c. Ten Brock. chief
engineer for the West Virginia Pulp and
Paper Company. has been positively
identified. He lived at 142I Gienmore
road, was 46 years old, and is survived
by his W life, Mrs. Anna Ten Brock. and
four children, one OF whom, William Ten
Brock, Is In the naval aviation service
and is on his way to France. Mrs. Ten
Brock Is Frustrated over the tragedy,
George w. Holiness another victim OF
the wreck, was 35 years old and lived
at 661 Westminster road, Flatbush. He
was the son of Mr.. and Mrs Fred
Holmes and was connected with the
jewelry firm of f. W. Holmes & Son.
He was member of the Knickerbocker
Field Club. His wife. Mrs. Ethel Car
Isle Holiness his parents. two brothers
and four sisters survive him.
Harry Peter Gillen. among the dead,
was 25 years old, lived at 1894 East
Thirteenth street. Flatbush, and was
employed by the Booth Steamship Com
pany at IT Battery place. Manhattan.
He IL survived by his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs John II. Gillen; two sisters and a
brother, who Is in the army in France.
Glover Perrin Prout, 3S years old. of
dead. worked for the engineering firm
OF Collins & Ripley. lie Is survived by
his wife.
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