Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-12
HE DEATH LIST.
ufther Particulars Of The Collision of
Two Sections Of an Excursion Train
on the Lehigh Valley Road.
kbsus Sky People Killed snd ss MsUy
Eore H0ubdcd-GErss Gsscats
tieaghtd Through.
Thrilling Scenes Witnessed White Remov-
Ing the maEglsd and scsl1ea Victims.
Thousands CT AExiouz Relatives,

Thousands CT AExlouz Relatives,
THE LEHIGH yALLEY CATASTROPHE,
WnKEs BARRE, Pa, Oct. 1.-The de-
tails OF tie terrible accident on the LIE.
high Valley road last night confirms inc
first report. The big excursion trains
left Hazieton 81 O'Clock ne.r Mud Ran,
small station on tie other side OF
Whitehsven. TIE second section ran
TITO the first section. The enGira of the
FIRST section Tas derailed and before G
signal could be thrown cut, the second
aectioE with lis large number OF passen-
gers, ran into it. TIE engineer Jumped
OF just before they struck. The fireman
Was seriously Injured.
Aooua sixty people were killed, and as
many wounded.
Twenty FIVE B3DIEs
have been taken from the wreck. The
raiiro2d CfticiSl5 We're mute. They knew
nothipg. Gradually the stories took
terrible form. II leaked out that
Superintendent Mitchell and others
had gone down the rosd
on special engine. Many well known
citizens were seen at the depot vripglps
their hands, thtl- 7sces fearful and pale
with dread. Women thIoDged the Dc pot
WITH tefror-s.riCken COupIeneuces, Sob
ping, crying, CT silent and q trembling
WIN dreadful uLcerteintY. Still the rail
way ofh;iais preserved their terribly cruel
silence, declaring they knew nothing. A
New jersey Central train finally brought
the news thai eigh'y were killed, and the
excitement grew intense. All the White
haven physicians had gone to the scene.
mere we're seventy-eight CARS from
Wllksbirre to HAzi, N, the number OF
passengers bling about $500 The sec
lions were all crowded to sui lcation,
tltnishing conditions for terri Ole loss Ct
In CASE OF WRECK.
At $3.50 &. m. the re-
port was In circulation that
had been made for the re.
ceipt OF large number Of wounded at
tae hospital. Tie rumor wss soon COL
hrmed. The officials were expecting
tHenty- five OF the victims in. Win sucn
3 llst OF wounded coming IN this drec
ton the public pulse stood still over the
norr1o.e possibilities, and thousand
Ialnting nesr;s qulvefed il dread az the
scene 1f the disaster. 1t wes learned |
hat the third section Of the excursion |
rain stood on the track a few hundred |
7srds from Mud Ran waiting for the sec
lions shesd 20 get out 81 the way. A |
1,gman, some ssy, had been sen: back |
With 6 lantern 20 guard the train from
ne rear. Suddenly the passengers on
he rear platform ssW train approach.
ng az
HIGH RATE OF sPERD
several CT those passengers who
hW the danger Jumped ard es.
spad. In an instant the fash
u The headlight il!um il sted tie interior
Il the ili"isted rear car. There was a
r'gnsful crash hnd the engiaa plugged
Ter flil leng.n INTO the crowded nsss Of
humanity. The shock drove the resr car
trough the mex Tor two thirds OF its
=ngth snd the second csr was forced into
he third. Not single person escaped
rom the rear car. The eecond wss
rowded with mutilated end bleeding
odies, and the third Car had blu. few
assengers who escaped. The terror
trlcken passengers OF both trsins inside
heir way to the telscoped engine
nd cars. The shattered engine was
curing forth
rRKAMs OF scALDING STEAM AND WATER
mich hid from their eyes the
Hest measure Of the horrible
Gene while Its kissing
ound deadened the shrieks and grosns ,
those imprisoned in tina wreck. Ghsss.
white faces peered Into the windows to !
e greeted by faces far more CHASTITY.
ome of the dead sat pinioned In their
eats erect IS In life, staring oper-eyed as ,
sWsre Of the horrible surroundings. All
lie steam and smoke cleared aHey from ,
re rear car its awful sights were reveal ,
d. The timbers were crushed ana ,
renched, while On al sides were bodies :
sngled, burned and scslded by steam !
nd little remained In the car which bore i
AHUMAN sEMBLANcK.
A yourg lsdy vas found caught By the c
wer limbs. One Of her limbs was
lickly released, bat the other cou!d not .
freed, and an unfortunately misc ire ted | t
CIV OF az axe severed it from the body y
le teroicsllY bore her torture. She d
ss put on board one Of the trains and &
ven ell possible care, but shs could not /
rViVe her terrible III lries and died In II
e arms Of friends. Il
To free the bodies in the resr cars the a
simmer attached Locomotive to the "
'ec kad engine and started to pull Il q
IN The wreck. The fist mcvemen. of a
shattered wreck brought from the G.
,unded such awful cries OF diat-ess that d
surrounding friends ordered tae engi- d
er to desis. 81
ON PAIN OF HIS LIFE.
ey did not want to see the msEglsd
ms stiil further mutilated. V
After news was received at the hospi. | "
confirming the worst fears a,
scenes st the depot were in
A strong guard kep. the SC
,wd back whe q the tram approached, W
It was reported that it would go on A,
the hospital. A desperate man spr.ng n
ward. eld With an awful imprec.tion in
,lared that his family WAS on the train, n,
] any attempt to keep him from them hr
uld cost q life. ~
Is the train drew upi was found to ~
stain many from Pleasant Vslley and al
cooke who had Left dead friends be. m
d. As they slighted and met scqusint. e,
'es their shrleks and walls were pitifuI -
hear. One young woman moaned that