Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1918 — Coffins Sent to Washington. [ARTICLE]

Coffins Sent to Washington.

Evanville, Oct. 18.—A carload of coffins was sent by express from Evansville to Washington, D. C., for the burial of victims of influenza. Edward Burtls, president of the Evansville Coflin company, received an order from the war industries board with the statement that an express car was being sent here for the shipment. The number of coflins sent depended on the size of the car and was in the neighborhood of 100. A Richmond coffin manufacturer received an order from the government for 125 caskets, to be shipped by express to Washington, D. C. The coffins were not in stock and a special force of workmen began making them at the rate of one every four minutes. The entire order was shipped in a special express car the same evening to reach Washington at noon the following day.