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George W. Jost

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

STATUS: 
Victim
DATE OF Birth:
City of Birth:
Year OF DEATH:
1915
City of Death:
Chicago,
 IL,
  Cook County,
 United States
GENDER:
M
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
MAIDEN NAME:
ETHNICITY:
German
KNOWN ADDRESS:
RELATED TO:

At the time of the tragedy.

AGE:
17
MARITAL STATUS:
Single
ROLE:
passenger

other information

CEMETERY:
Waldheim
OTHER NOTES:

...went below deck to listen to music...

George W. Jost left home early in the morning with a friend to enjoy the Western Electric picnic. After he and his friend boarded the Eastland, George, a violinist, went below deck to listen to the music. George was trapped below deck when the Eastland capsized and perished. His friend, however, did survive.

George's father, Henry, made several trips to the temporary morgue at the Armory building before finally finding and identifying his son's body.

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