Evening star., 1921-02-28
AZ BODIES TAKEN
FROM DEBRIS Of
WRECKED TRAINS
Missed Block Signals Be-
Iieved Responsible for
Deadly Indiana Crash.
ENGINEER WHO ESCAPED
DEATH SOUGHT BY POLICE

MoSt OF faSSenSeTs III CoinoiA" 'Ao'A
Coach Killed When Train Hits
It Going Sixty Miles an Hour.
BY the Associated Press.
PORTER. Ind, February 2S.-Forty-
two bodies had been collected early
this forenoon from the wreck last
night when the Canadian and the
Interstate Limited on the Michigan
Central and the New York Central
lines. respectively, crashed at cross
ing. 1t was diamond-shaped crossing,
permitting the New York Central
train. which struck as the other
sprawled, derailed, across he intersec-
ton. to rake two Michigan Central
cars instead of cutting them at right
angles.
The Michi gan Central train had
missed block signals said to be set
against it and had been derailed by
a derail that officials said was auto
matically set against it along with
the signals. 1t plunged ahead on the
New York Central right of way. with
two day coaches at the point of inter-
section.
At nearly sixty miles an hour the
New York Central train came on, the
glare of it's headlight warning many
of the doomed passengers. who leaped
fl ON their seats One or two reached
the doors. but not one escaped the
crash.
The New York Central mogul loco
motive was stripped as it hit. wreck
age flying up above the telegraph
wires, with a cloud Of dust Bodies of
several passengers were carried with
the locomotive and buried beneath it.
All the dead were in the two Michi-
gan Central coaches. which carried
of fifty persons bound for Quebec,
Montreal, and Toronto were aboard
the eastbound Canadian. Their cars
were not much damaged. The New
York Central train was bound for
Chicago.
Of the New York Central was cleared
OF wreckage. but the Michigan Cen
trail was still blocked. The New York
Central tain struck the Michigan
Central day coaches at such sharp
snsas sns tRaat s Sreadth of two ae
coaches was embraced in it's path.
These were sheared almost from end
to end.
Railroad officials were, at a loss
to explain the phenomenon Of the
decapitation of so many of the VIC
instantly killed.
Death List Of Wreck.
The death list Of last nights rail-
road wreck here was today. nxed by
H. o. seipel, coroner OF Porter
county, at forty-two. The morgue
at Chesterton contained thirty-sfx
bodies. some Of them only frag-
mentary. four were still at the scene
of the wreck fifteen hours after the
accident. and two were at hospital
in Michigan City. Only sixteen had
been positively identified by relatives
or friends, as follows:
At. Chesterton morgue:
Howard Arney. an employe of
Walker Weeks, engineers Of Cieve-
land.
Mrs. Emma Bevier. Augusta. Mich.
Mrs. Florence See. 622 Franklin
street, Michigan City, Ind.
Pearl May Cavanaugh. eight years
old. adopted daughter Of Mrs. See.
Mrs. Lillian Baehr. wife of G. r.
Baehr. Michigan City, Ind.
Arthur e. Eckman. two years old,
nephew of Mrs. Baehr.
Justin Collins. thirty-six. Black
friar street, London. Ont.
Gordon Campbell, Revelstoke, b. c.,
student at Coyne Trade and Engi-
neering School, Chicago.
Carl Deland, fireman Of New York
Central train, of ElkhArt. Ind.
w. G. Engler, travelling on pass
from Chicago to Detroit. -
Claude Johnson of Elkhart, Ind,
engineer of the New York Central
train.
Mrs. Frederick Schwier and three
year-old son, Michigan City. Ind.
Peter Cain, 223s Toronto street.
paOipa G2ak
Mrs. Barnhart Kramer, aged sixty.
wife Of wealthy wholesale grocer of
Michigan City, Ind.
At Michigan City Hospital:
f. NJ. Giddings, identified from
watch, had railroad ticket from Kirby.
Wyo., to Augusta, Mich. Z
Twenty-Three stil Unidentified.
Unidentified dead were:
Woman at Michigan City Hospital.
supposed to be wife of f. NJ. Giddings.
Four bodies at wreck.
Twenty-three bodies at Chesterton
morgue.
Partial identifications. which the
coroner refused to accept as positive,
and other information from train
records and persons on the train, gave
the following list of missing:
to the Michigan Central division
superintendent at Jackson, Mich.
T. J. Campbell, eighteen, address un-
known. but supposed to be brother Of
Miss Campbell.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Mueller. Michigan
City, Ind.
McCray and wife. Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. E. Van Ripper, Michi-
gan City. Ind.
Wooler. Detroit. Mich.
Mrs. Justin Collins, London, Ont.
Cher husband was listed among the
positive identifications).
Frank Doyle, Michigan City, Ind,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Goldstein Detroit
Fred Leggett, Niles. Mich.
Mrs. George Baker. Michigan City.
Ind.
L. w. Keeler. former superintendent
of schools at Michigan City. Ind.
A. Matthews, Muscoda, Wis.
The seriously injured included the
following:
Abraham Rosenthal. twenty-six. Chi
cago High School teacher, at Michigan n
City, fractured skull; probably will re-
cover.
bruised and shocked: will recover.
Eugene Collision, twenty, DanyilIe
ILL.,. shocked and bruised; will recover.
Pan Beionga, address unknown, con.
dition serious.
{. A. Bevier. Augusta. Mich, condi.
ton serious; wife killed.
Many of Dead Decapitated.
All except the two baggage and
mail cars of the New York Central
train remained upright, although bits
Of the wooden coaches of the Mich
igan Central train were scattered for
fifty yards. Passengers in the four
coaches of the Michigan Central
trains behind the death cars were
unhurt, except for the shake up, and
all of the passengers on the New
York Central escaped, climbing down
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