Horace O. Welch

The records indicate that Mr. Welch returned to his station on December 14, 1934 when he relieved other keepers at that station. The fact that Mr. Welch was missing was discovered on December 17th when other employees of the station returned. Mr. Welch's body was recovered on December 28, 1934, by the United States Coast Guard, floating in Matagorda Bay near Pass Cavallo. This case was referred on January 4, 1935, to the United States Employees' Compensation Commission in connection with the allegation that his death was accidental in the discharge of official duties, that Commission having jurisdiction over the award of compensation on account of Mr. Welch's death.