The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-11
RAILWAY HORROR.
Scores Of People Killed by a
Collision.
EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED
Catholic Temperance Societies Re-
turning From Baxietoa. Pa. Over
wheimed by Disaster-A Plunge to
Death Over steep Emsankment-
More Than q Hundred Wounded
The Number of the Dead Not
known. but Very Large.

PoTrsyII1E. Pa, Oct. Ia.-InformsfIon
reached this city tonight Of a terrible acei
dent which occurred on the Lehfgh Valley
railroad AZ Mud Ran, the frst station above
Penn HayeE. grand parade OF Catholic
societies took place AZ Hazeiton to-day. and
q large excursion was run from wflkesbarre
for the OCCASION composed OF lodges, bands
and sighi-seers from wiikesbsrre. Sanii-
coke and other points along the line.
Thirty persons were killed outright. aud
greater number injured, Taany Of them
probably f2taiiy. The late hour 81 which
the accident occurred, The remote ana iso-
lated locality Of the scene, and the re
tieence OF the railroad people. combine to
render the obtainment Of details extremely
difscuif
wILKEsaAHRK. Pa, Oct i0-The aeci-
dent ON the Iehigh Valley railroad at Mud
kuns is beyond question the most awful
disaster that ever happened In this part OF
the state. The trains were excursion
trsins returning from celebration at
Hazelton, the annual parade Of the Cafh-
Ole temperance societies of Scranton do
eess- Thousands OF people went down TO
Hax<lfSn from the towns of luzerne and
Lackawanna counties. Seven trains, with
cars filed to the doors, passed through
Nbifebayen this morning, taking the old
route by the Pennsylvania On the return
the arst train left Hszelton at 5 p. m. and
the Others followed as rapidly as deemed
safe. The first three sections came through
without an accident the disaster
happening to the fourth and hfih seetioas.
For some reasen not explained, the fourth
section was standing ON tue track near the
little station Of Mud Run. FIVE miles below
White haven, when the fifth section shot
around a curve close behind aud crashed
fAf -.
ken aud hurled of the track The road lies
close behind the Lehigh river, a steep en-
bankment 80 feet high running down to
the water. Several OF the cars ruled down
this and Others were crushed against them
Up 10 this writing lI2;50, a. M no direct
communication has been established with
the scene OF the disaster and the railroad
officials here. II they know anything,
absolutely refuse to give Guy information
AT O'Clock this morning reports about
accident arc still very conflicting II Is
known, however, from dispatches received
q The depot, That the accident
reported aud that 80 people are killed
Nothing officially can he obtained from
the romraay's Office. which is closed to re-
porteFs ana others. One train has beea
started from the wreck. and II is expected
70 arrive here about y clock this morning.
Most Of the injured are said 10 be from
Y
Arrangements hsve been mace ~ admit
he injured TO wiikestarre hospital II
will be impossible to get details until the
nrst section OF the train cones, which viii
nos be until O'Clock or later. The train
Is carrying the wounded.
TRAIN FROM THE WRECK.
NILLKEsHAREE, oet. Ii-s.i5 a, m--The
train reached here al o'clock but II was
impossible 20 learn how msny we're Killed.
Among those reported dead are the fol-
lowing.
F. Mulhern. J. conaby. R. Powell and
wife. and a boy named Rafchf0gd. all of
Nip0oka. near Scranton; Mary Ellen cir
Anne Cannon aud Kate Kennedy.
Of Hyde Park; Mike Moaitt oi
Belleviile; John n. Coleman and Two Sons,
OF Scranton: Miss Kate Fsatherstone,
Barney Meigaa and two daughters, Thomas
Reddy. Nike Tyrell. Tom Dubiega, Allie
Reilly, Mrs Melvin, s.rs, Callahan, Mary
Connor. NJ. Gibson, Richard Powell. Harry
Burke and Mike Il. Mlnn of Laekawanna
county.
Ii is reported that % boys of the Father
Matthew cadets are also among the killed.
From 70 TO leo are reported injured. 1t il
impossible to get further particulars al This
hoar, as the greatest excitement prenails.
no FURTHER PARTICULARS TO BE HAD.
HAzELTeS, Pa, Oct. ll--i.29 a m.-The
hhtt news received mere mas tStu Oh
isiued from the telegraph operator at
Whiiehaven, hut il is impossible TO get any
correct list of names at this time, ewing tn
the confusion and excitement II was
section S of the excursion which ran
into section T. The latter had delayed
AZ Whitchasen SO as 70 he 10 minutes be
hind her pTecediug section. asgmsn
was pat out for protection, but the engi-
neer OF section No. did not ses his sig
mails. IL seems The bodies OF four children
were taken from under the eng ne imme-
diately after the wrcck and other cccn-
pauts OF cars bad 70 be cat cut Though
the roof and sides.