McCoy's Cedar Rapids City Directory, 1919, page 460
Kosina Joseph (Alice) lab r 305 I av W
Kosina Joseph (Mary) wks Douglas r 221 19th av W
_
The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Fri., May 23, 1919, page 1.
__Josef Kosina, Sr., 43 years of age, 231 nineteenth avenue west.
__Josef Kosina, Jr., son, 20 years of age, 230 nineteenth avenue west.
_
The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Wed., June 11, 1919, page 9, columns 2 & 3.
Unidentified Dead
Of Douglas Fire To
Be Buried This P.M.
__Bodies of sixteen men, unidentified victims in the Douglas company's plant explosion and fire May 22, will be buried in Linwood cemetery late today by the Douglas company. Each body or group of bones that represents a body, will be placed in a seperate casket and buried. There will be no service at the cemetery, but a memorial service will be held in the near future, commemorating those unidentified dead who lost their lives in the disaster.
__A monument will be erected over the graves in the lot of the Douglas company at the Linwood cemetery. It will bear an inscription, the names of the men and how they lost their lives.
__An accounting has been made now for every man who lost his life in the explosion, the final list of dead standing at forty-three, according to Coroner David L. King. The remains of two bodies were taken from the ruins of the plant yesterday, he said.
NOTE: Memorial services were held at 4 p.m., Sunday, June 21, 1919 at the cemetery.
Kosina Joseph (Alice) lab r 305 I av W
Kosina Joseph (Mary) wks Douglas r 221 19th av W
_
The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Fri., May 23, 1919, page 1.
__Josef Kosina, Sr., 43 years of age, 231 nineteenth avenue west.
__Josef Kosina, Jr., son, 20 years of age, 230 nineteenth avenue west.
_
The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Wed., June 11, 1919, page 9, columns 2 & 3.
Unidentified Dead
Of Douglas Fire To
Be Buried This P.M.
__Bodies of sixteen men, unidentified victims in the Douglas company's plant explosion and fire May 22, will be buried in Linwood cemetery late today by the Douglas company. Each body or group of bones that represents a body, will be placed in a seperate casket and buried. There will be no service at the cemetery, but a memorial service will be held in the near future, commemorating those unidentified dead who lost their lives in the disaster.
__A monument will be erected over the graves in the lot of the Douglas company at the Linwood cemetery. It will bear an inscription, the names of the men and how they lost their lives.
__An accounting has been made now for every man who lost his life in the explosion, the final list of dead standing at forty-three, according to Coroner David L. King. The remains of two bodies were taken from the ruins of the plant yesterday, he said.
NOTE: Memorial services were held at 4 p.m., Sunday, June 21, 1919 at the cemetery.
McCoy's Cedar Rapids City Directory, 1919, page 460
Kosina Joseph (Alice) lab r 305 I av W
Kosina Joseph (Mary) wks Douglas r 221 19th av W
_
The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Fri., May 23, 1919, page 1.
__Josef Kosina, Sr., 43 years of age, 231 nineteenth avenue west.
__Josef Kosina, Jr., son, 20 years of age, 230 nineteenth avenue west.
_
The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Wed., June 11, 1919, page 9, columns 2 & 3.
Unidentified Dead
Of Douglas Fire To
Be Buried This P.M.
__Bodies of sixteen men, unidentified victims in the Douglas company's plant explosion and fire May 22, will be buried in Linwood cemetery late today by the Douglas company. Each body or group of bones that represents a body, will be placed in a seperate casket and buried. There will be no service at the cemetery, but a memorial service will be held in the near future, commemorating those unidentified dead who lost their lives in the disaster.
__A monument will be erected over the graves in the lot of the Douglas company at the Linwood cemetery. It will bear an inscription, the names of the men and how they lost their lives.
__An accounting has been made now for every man who lost his life in the explosion, the final list of dead standing at forty-three, according to Coroner David L. King. The remains of two bodies were taken from the ruins of the plant yesterday, he said.
NOTE: Memorial services were held at 4 p.m., Sunday, June 21, 1919 at the cemetery.
Kosina Joseph (Alice) lab r 305 I av W
Kosina Joseph (Mary) wks Douglas r 221 19th av W
_
The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Fri., May 23, 1919, page 1.
__Josef Kosina, Sr., 43 years of age, 231 nineteenth avenue west.
__Josef Kosina, Jr., son, 20 years of age, 230 nineteenth avenue west.
_
The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Wed., June 11, 1919, page 9, columns 2 & 3.
Unidentified Dead
Of Douglas Fire To
Be Buried This P.M.
__Bodies of sixteen men, unidentified victims in the Douglas company's plant explosion and fire May 22, will be buried in Linwood cemetery late today by the Douglas company. Each body or group of bones that represents a body, will be placed in a seperate casket and buried. There will be no service at the cemetery, but a memorial service will be held in the near future, commemorating those unidentified dead who lost their lives in the disaster.
__A monument will be erected over the graves in the lot of the Douglas company at the Linwood cemetery. It will bear an inscription, the names of the men and how they lost their lives.
__An accounting has been made now for every man who lost his life in the explosion, the final list of dead standing at forty-three, according to Coroner David L. King. The remains of two bodies were taken from the ruins of the plant yesterday, he said.
NOTE: Memorial services were held at 4 p.m., Sunday, June 21, 1919 at the cemetery.
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