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Nh th4aF cars through the wreck
Hest Il thsidsntif,ed dead and the
l ser1oaaty injured were from Indiana
:, and southwestern Michigan.
Fbr no reason that railroad officials
could assign, almost all Of the dead
taken to the little morguc at Chester
ton, across the tracks from Porter,
received their fatal wounds in the
{ head Some were decapitated. ac-
counting for the failure To identity
nipa of the twenty-five which had
been taken there up to s o'clock.
The first group of those critically
injured we're rushed in an ambulance
to Michigan City. Ind. and two OF
them died on the way. Railroad of
day. that all Of the. others injured
would recover. Hospitals and pri-
vatsi homes at Michigan City and
Gar5 received the injured.
Preliminary investigation and the
handlingi of the identifications at the,
Chestertdn morgue We're taken over
early today by Coroner Seipel OF val
paraiso, lind, assisted by DiVlslon
Supts. Mckee, Wright ana MarhaS VI
the e:Michgan Central.
eonf1.ien in Names.
Records Of the Michigan Central
train disclosed a large number OF rail-
road employees, travelling on passes
scheduled to go On the wrecked train,
but, thew; could not be located, in the
kChesterton morgue. Efforts Oh VOL
vunteer doctors and nurses from Mich
igan City and Gary to rush the in
jured to- hospitals led to confusion
in the check of railroad officials upon
the list of casualties, but it was pe-
lieved the total would not exceed
thirty-five.
train, while fatal to passengers in
the two death cars, saved the passen-
gers in tthe. rear coaches of both
trains from worse than a severe
Bodies. of Engineer. Claude John
l SON of Elkhart. Ind. and Fireman
tGeorge Deland Of Elkhart. engine
crew on the New York Central train,
were recovered early today from
beneath, the tangled mass OF
iron to which their engine was re-
dueed by the impact
Engineer NJ. F. Long of Jackson:
Mich, and Fireman George BLOCK OF
Michigan City, Ind, were able to save
themselves. their engine being 1ar
beyond the point of the collision.
T was not to blame" Towerman
Cook told an Associated Press repre-
sentative his" home in -ChesteHon
early today. Il threw the. distant
block against the Michigan Central
train. 1 threw the block two miles
back from the crossing. 1 do not
know why they failed to catch the
signal
state to Make Inquiry.
Representatives of the Indiana
railroad connmi ssion We're expected
on the scene early today. to start the
states angle of the investigation
An;official statement issued from the
office of the chief dispatcher OF the
Michigan Central at Chicago also de-
clared the Michigan Central engine
crew apparently failed to observe
that the crossing signalt-was set
against them.
Because of the darkness, the shock
of the catastrophe and the frenxied
efforts of volunteers many names
were at first given out by railroad
officials as among the deaa Nno
aboard. sr..
:; Not Many Injured.
Railroad officials had ne~deanite es-
innate early. today of 1he. total IN
jured. = .
1ieved. made it doubtful it more than
a score had been seriously injured
according to railroad officials. as oply
the passengers in the two coaches re
ceived the shock of the flying new
York Central train.
train burst through. The, WOODEN
coaches with such force that II
wHtiied hsN~ AROUND. far down the
track, aid The small Hszs Whienii
started in the wreckage was quickly
subdued. - y.
Within a short time lights In the !,
upright coaches of both trains were
turned ON again from an emergency
connection and any 'sembiance OF
panic among the uninjured was al
iayed, while the unhurt ninistered 70
those hurled. from their seats put
stiIl living. e
Al o'caock today parts of what
seemed to be at least three bodies
vere taken from the debris: RAN !
road officials and Coroner selpeL 81