Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-03-09
81 BODIES FOUND
IN INDIANA WRECK
Many So MutiIated Identification
Was Difficult.
81 HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED
Indiana Railway Commissioners Start
Investigation az Scene Of cstas-
trophe. While Michigan cS,itral
Opens Probe at Niles, Mich.

Porter, Ind, March 1.-Thirty-seven
bodies OF victims OF the wreck here
were taken 10 the Chesterton morgue.
Many Of the bodies were so mutilated
Identification was said 10 be impoS.
sible. one batch OF human remnants
aud clothing jumbled together In
basket was officially labeled zone
body"
Long and Block. engineer and fire.
man OF the Michigan Central train the
principal witnesses In any investi-
cation, we're taken TO Niles In a
special train from Michigan City. OF.
ficials OF the railroad were reported
hurrying 10 Niles from all parts Of
the country.
The New York Central train ha 1
been travelling toward Chicago through
the darkness at 80 miles an hour
when Il reached the crossing. Stimuli
taneOusly the Michigan Central train.
which had missed a block signal and
struck a derail near Porter on its east
bound journey, was humping over the
ties 20 a stop across the right OF way
Of the Interstate limited.
The wooden day coach OF the Mich.
gan Central train was squarely IN
the path OF the oncomlng locomotive
The electric headlight warned the &C.
Cupants OF the coach OF their danger
too late. They started from their
seats. Some leaped TO the doors. Bgt
none escaped
Two Michigan Central coaches were
hurled westward from the rails more
than fifty feet. Three other cars OF
the Canadian limited were turned
over IN their sides Both tracks were
strewn with scraps Of iron and wool
and the bodies Of the victims.
The darkness and the immenss
amount OF wreckage spread across the
junction made rescue work almost Inn
possible until dynamite had arrived
and the mass of debris could be
lO0sened.
Indiana Authorities investigate.
Investigation by the Indiana public
railway commissioners SHOWS both
railroads equipped with block sys-
TEN az signals The Michigan Cen
trails first signal Is Also Ieet from the
crossing. The New York Central sig
mails are approximately the same dis
lance
There also Is a buzzer system, on
the Michigan Central the alarm being
5000 feet from the crossing and on
the New York Central 1000.
The first train 10 enter the buzzer
system Is automatically registered IN
the crossing tower aud the signals set
by hand against trains on the other
road.
The New York Central train came
into the block nearly a minute before
the Michigan Central train and the
towerman gave the New York Central
crew the right of way.
A freight train and engine stood on
the sidetrack. Smoke from this en-
CINE is believed 10 have blocked out
the home signal. which was set against
the Michigan Central
Revised List Of Identified Dead.
Howard Arney. Cleveland. o.: Fan
ME r. Ballou. Wheaton. H.; Mrs. Lii
liam Baehr, Michigan City. wife OF ].
w. Baehr: Mrs. George Baker. Michi-
gan City: Mrs. Emma BE er. Angus
IN. Mich; Peter Cain. Regina, Sas-
katchewan: Gordon Campbell. Revel-
stroke, b. e; 4. J. Campbell. eighteen:
Pearl Cavanaugh. nine. Michigan City.
nIecs 81 Mrs. See: Justin Collins. Lon
don. ont. Mrs. Justin Collins. Lon
don. ont. Kari Deland. Elkhart. Ind.
fireman New York Central train; Ar
thur e. Eckman. two. nephew OF Mrs.
Baehr: c. ". Engler. Detroit, Michi-
gan Central accountant. Mrs. Richard
Eva. Identified first as June Camp
bell: T. NJ Giddings Kirby. Wye.
c. n. Goldstein. Detroit. Mrs. {. a.
Goldstein. Detroit: woman believed To
he Mrs. Giddlngs: Louis Heck. Jack
son. Mich: Claude Johnson. Elkhart.
Ind. engineer New York Central train;
Mrs. Barnhart Kramer. Michigan City:
Fred Leggett. Niles. Mich: Samuel
Livingston. Chicago; - McCray.
Chicago: Mrs. Sarah Moss. Montreal:
Esther Louise Miller. address I'M
known: A. Matthews. Muskoda. Wis;
Mrs. - McCray. Chicago; J. l.. Null
Ter. Elkharf. Ind: Mrs. J. l.. Muller.
Elkhart. Ind: Mrs. Fred Schwier.
Michigan City: - Schwier. three.
infant % Mrs. Schwier: Mrs. Ralph
See. Michigan City; Addison Van
Riper. Michigan City: Mrs. Addison
Van Ripper. Michigan City; - Wool
er. Detroit.