Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1918 — IN WATER 19 HOURS IS SAVED BY COFFIN [ARTICLE]

IN WATER 19 HOURS IS SAVED BY COFFIN

Indiana, Pa. —In the water for 19 hours and a portion of the time clinging to a rough box which contained the casket of an American soldier who died at sea was the experience of Frank S. Kepple of Advance, near here, following the sinking of the steamer President Lincoln, according to-a letter from Kepple to his folks here.