Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 299, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 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 i 19 hours and a portion of the time clinging to a rough box i which contained the casket of , an American soldier who , had ' died at sea was the experience of Frank Sz Kepple of Advance, near here, following' the sinking of the steamer President Lincoln, according to a letter from Kepple, to his folks here.