James Padrta (Paderta)

STATUS: 
Victim
AGE: 
23
MARITAL STATUS: 
Single
ETHNICITY: 
Bohemian
GENDER: 
M
CEMETERY: 
Bohemian National

...had just recovered from pneumonia...

James Padrta was a Chicago cab driver. He had just recovered from a bout of pneumonia and had worked only a month when the Eastland Disaster claimed his life. He left behind at home his mother and a younger brother.

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