Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-28
AZ DEAD IN CRASH
OF FAST TRAINS At
RAIL WAY CROSSING
New York Central Passenger Hits
DeraiIed Michigan Central
Filler at Porter, indiana.
| MANY MANGLED IN WRECK
ny Annotated Press to Every Evening


Porter. Ind. Feb. 2s. Forty-two bod
ies had been collected early this forenoon
from the wreck last night when tn"
Canadian and the Interstate Limited
on the Michigan Central and tho %ew
York Central Lines. respectively.
crashed at n crossing It was n da-
mond-shapcd crossing, permitting the
New York train which struck az the
other sprawled derailed. across the in
tersection 10 rake two Michigan Cen
tral ears instead Of cutting them Al
right angles
Porter. Ind. Fch. 2s Tho death
list of Inst nights railroad wreck here
was today hxcd ~ II .. scipel. Coroner
of Portsr county a. -. The rnoreae
at Ghesterton contained 36 bodies. some
Of them only frngmentarg. four 9-cfe
still under the wrcckaRc fifteen hours
after the accident. and two were ~
hospital In Michigan city. only six
teen had been positively identified ~
relatives or friends as follows.
At Chesterton mnrgue
Howard Arney. IN employ" If WALK
er and Weeks engineers ~ Cteeria nj.
ohio
Mrs Emma Bcvier. Augusta Meh.
Mr. Florenee Soc. Michigan City.
ind
pearl May Caeanauah year- pa.
adopted daughter ~ MIR Soc
Mrs LiIlian Ea"hr. Michigan city.
Ind
Justin Collins. London. C,nt
Gordon Campbell. ReYeIstoko. r O..
student 1T Cnyne Trade ard Engineer
ing school. Chicago
Carl Delaud fireman on New York
central tfain. II l1ikhart. Ind
u O Englcr. traeeHlug on PASS
FROM Chicago ~ Detroit
eiaud Johnson. E1khsrf Ind Eng
neer II n. %es Yara centrai train
I,eter min &, gina sask
.rs B"rnhfrf kramer. eyed 81.
NJ higan oafs ina
- Michigan city Hospital
i Il Ciiddings. identified from watch,
had railroad tI.ket from Kirby. W.
oming g Augusta. Nirh-
Airs E'rederlek gehaler and three
ycar-old son. Michigan City. Ind
Unidentified dead
woman al Michigan City hospital
supposed to he wife of r II. Giddings
-Four bodies under wreckage
Twenty three bodies al Chesferton
morgue.
Partial ldenti6cations which the cor
oner refused . accept a. positive and
other information from train records
and persons on the train gave he fol
lowing list of missing
Miss June Campbell. stenographer u
the Michigan Central division superin-
tendent al Jackson. Mich.
T. J. Campbell. Is. address unknown
but supposed 70 be brother Of Miss
Campbell
ir. and Mrs. J. L Mueller Michigar
ely. Ind.
--Mccray and aife. chicago
Mr.. and Mrs NJ L. Van Ripper Mich
igan City.
Wooler Detroit
Mrs. Justin Collins. London Ont
her husband Was listed among IN
positive identified tiunsl.
Mr. and Mrs. c. II. GoldsteIn. Detro..
Fred Iesgett Miles Michigan.
Mrs George Baker. Michigan City.
L. W. Keller. former superintendent
Of schools at Michigan City
\. Matthews, Muscoda. Wis.
The seriously injured included the fol
lowing
Abraham Gosenbal. 26. Chicago. higl
/ school teacher at Michigan City. frac
! tured skun. probably Will recover
Carl NcBeth 81, Detroit badf
, bruised and shocked, VIII recover.
Eugene Collision. %, Danville, I'll
shocked and bruised. VIII recover.
Pan Belonga address unknown, con
q ditIon serious.
G \ Bevier. Augusta. Mich. condi
? ton serious. wife killed
Louis Hook. Jackson. Mich. salesma
3 for a Chicago tirm.
Porter. Ind. Feb. 2S.-Relief crew
early today had taken 33 bodies an
scores of injured from the wreckag
Of the Michigan Central and New Yor
! Central passenger trains. which crashe
last night at the Diamond crossing her,
, and at least six bodies were visib,
= entangled in the debris