The New York herald., 1921-02-28
80 TO so KILLED
AND 200 HURT IN
INDIANA RALCRASH
New York Central Engine
Cuts Into Michigan Cen
tral Train Where Lines
Cross at Porter, Ind.
TOWERMAN ARRESTED
Left Switch Open, Is Charge
Two Engineers, but No
Passengers, on N. Y. c.
Train Among Dead.
WRECK CATCHES FIRE
Many Victims in Danger Of
WRECK CATCHES FIRE
Many Victims in Danger Of
Burning to Death Before
Rescuers Reach the Little
Town Near Gary.

CHICAGO, Feb. 2I.--A New York
Central express train cut nine car
train of the Michigan Central into
halves at Porter. Ind. tonight and at
least thirty persons were killed and
probably 200 injured.
Twenty-six bodies had been removed
from the wreckage at 10 O'Clock, and
railroad officials said then that the
death list might exceed forty-fiye.
Some estimates put it as high as fifty
All Of the victims except two mem
bers Of the New York Central engine
crew were occupants Of the wooden
day coach Of the Michigan Central
train, and were mostly residents of
Illinois, Indiana and, Michigan points.
The list Of identified dead follows:
JOHNSON. CLAUDE, engineer Of
the New York Central train.
DELAND. CARL, fireman Of the
New York Central train. Both were
from Elkhart, Ind.
KRAMER, MRS. BARNEY, Mich
igan City. Ind
KRAMER, MRS. HARRY. Michi-
gan City.
IdenttAed Dead In Morgue.
The bodies talSan to the Chester
ton. Ind, morgue were identified as
follows:
JOHNSON. CLAUDE. of Elkhart.
Ind, engineer of New York Central
train.
DELAND. GEORGE. of Elkhart,
fireman of New York Central train.
KRAMER. MRS. BARNEY. Michi-
gan city. Ind.
ENGLER, w. c., Detroit, aged so:
identified by railroad pass.
SEE, MRS. RALPH. Michigan
City, and her eight-year-old daughter.
KELLER, --, former Superin-
tendent of Schools Of Michigan City.
CAIN, PETER, Regina, Saskatche-
wan.
CAMPBELL, L. j., aged IS; adj
dress not learned.
CAvANAUGH, MRS. PEARL.
Michigan City.
SCHwIER. MRS. FREDERICK.
Michigan City.
VAN RIPPER, MR.. AND MRS. AID
OLSON E., Michigan City.
Meet where Rails Intersect.
The Michigan Central train, known
as the Canadian, was bound for To-
ronto, and the New York Central
train. known as the Interstate Ex-
press, was en- route to Chicago from
Boston. The Michigan Central train
had left Chicago just after O'Clock
and had got to Porter, fifty miles
away. at about o'clock. The tracks
of the two railroads intersect there at
a sharp angle.
The Michigan Central started across
the intersection and was derniied
when the other train came along and
ploughed through the combination
wooden baggage and passenger car.
The car became a charnel of death
and not an occupant escaped death or
injury. Wrcckage OF the coaches was
strewn along the tracks for almost two
hundred yards and scores OF persons
in the diners OF each train at the
time suffered injury.
When the crash came both engines
plunged down an embankment and
the two enginemen OF the New York
Central train were killed.
The suffering of the victims was
pathetic. No physician was h Porter
when he wreck occurred. For more
than an hour the injured were unat
tended except for the crude aid OF the
village rescuers. In several instances
the flesh Of the victims. scorched by
fire. parted from the bones when thcy
we're raised on strctchers
wrecksge Catches Fire.
Scores OF the injured passengers.
pinned in the wrcckagc OF the steel
coaches, were burned by q fire which
was finally cxtinguished by the fre
department OF the town. The all steel
Pullmans were badly smashed. i'm
prisoning many OF the occupants who
had been buffeted about.
The towcrman Of the Michigan Cen
trail at Porter has been arrested and
search is being made for the engineer
of the Canadian, who disappeared inn
mediately after the wreck and was
last seen running across the fields In
the direction OF Gary. Blame fcr tho