Personal Accounts, J through R
Paul, Louise Jahnke
...they were married just six weeks...
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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Janecek and family
...it was to be an exciting experience...
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Blanche Jelinek
...set out with their picnic baskets for the excursion and picnic...
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Iver Johnsen
...first diver on and last to leave...
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George W. Jost
...went below deck to listen to the music...
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Jenny Juranek
...was the pitcher for the Girl's Softball Team, the
W. E. Bloomer Girls...
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James C. Justin, Jr.
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Mabel Kennedy
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Ed Kleinfelder
...all hell broke loose...
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Harry Kleinfelder
...etched in his mind for the rest of his life...
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Mary Klemp
...were given blankets to dry themselves and keep themselves warm...
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Anna Koukl
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Elizabeth Krivanec
...planned to take her five children...
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Frances Krivanec
...returned home to find his family alive and intact...
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Erich W. C. Krueger
...was a piano player for the band...
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Joseph T. Kuhlman
...I found two women and a baby locked in a death grip...
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Frances Kubiak
...the four other girls all turned over death cards...
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Captain Joseph Lamoreaux
...had nightmares about the tragedy...
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Agnes Latowski
...slid off the side of the ship into the water...
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Nellie Latowski
...did not make it to safety...
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Walter Latowski
...appeared to have been bruised and crushed...
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Theodore Lawson
...were given blankets to dry themselves and keep themselves warm...
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Ray LeBeau
...began yelling about the perilous situation of the Eastland...
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Charles B. Leffert
...pulled a child out of the water...
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Marie Linhart
...Oh please, oh God, please help me...
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Arthur Loeb
...recovered 67 dead bodies...
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Walter Lucas
...scorched his collar as he ironed...
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E. Mary Manthey
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Charles Michael Marchewka
...only spoke once to his daughter about the tragedy...
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Mary Marecks
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Josephine Markowski
...she felt something awful was going to happen...
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Paul Marton, Sr.
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Paul Marton, Jr.
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Thomas Mathews
...was a stoker on the Graeme Stewart...
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Edna McCrory
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Mildred McCrory
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Irene McDonald
...they remained together clinging onto the railings...
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John B. McFarlane
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George Edward Michalec
...he grasped the hair of a boy...
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L. W. Miller
...he floated past with his head under water...
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Everett Mitchell
...frantically hurling chicken crates...
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Oliver A. Mitchell
...noticed that the Eastland was listing at an awful angle...
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Otto Muchna
...the poor horses were worn out due to the many trips to the cemeteries...
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Elizabeth Mueller
...decided to take the second boat...
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Hazel Myers
...able to escape with their lives...
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August Nelson
...trapped under a piano...
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Olaf Ness
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Anthony Neubauer
...had a perfect jack-knife...
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Carl Nork
...he helped two women to safety that morning...
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Malwin Nulle
...marked July 24th...with a skull and crossbones...
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Henry Oderman
...dove into the water and got one woman who was going down...
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Mrs. J. and Katherine O'Keefe
...wrapped in blankets...
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Pauline Olach
...was responsible for the loss...
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Agnes Olsen
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Martha Lena Ostrowske
...had seen her alive in the river...
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Joseph Peternell
...the two brothers had planned to attend the outing together...
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James and Jenny Peterson
...It was such a pitiful sight...
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Capt. Walter Petrosky
...rendered splendid service in rescuing those thrown into the water from the death ship...
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Martin Pisano
...boarded the Eastland...
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Salvatore Pisano
...would never get to know his father...
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Edwin K. Plamondon
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Anna Polivka
...were pall bearers for our friends...
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Josephine Polivka
...I remember hands reaching out from the water...
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Mae Polivka
...people were grabbing at us from below...
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Eleanor Victoria Pycz
...gaiety of the morning turned to momentary silence...
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Daniel Quinn
...ended up returning home...
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Minnie Quinn
...ended up returning home...
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Lauretta Quinn
...ended up returning home...
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Martha Quwas
...invited her fiancé to the picnic...
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Elizabeth Rakow
...grandmother and granddaughter both perished...
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William Raphael
...I saw two women come bobbing up...
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Charles O. Reinhard
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Clara Reisner
...the other passengers were pulling us down...
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Julius F. Reschke
...God has given me eleven years grace...
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