St. Paul daily globe., 1888-10-12
HAzLETON'S HORROR.
Fifty-Seven Bodies Taken Out
of the Lehigh Valley
Wreck.
a Scene at Mud River That
Made Strong Hearts
Quail.
The Horrors of the Disaster
Cannot Be Expressed
in Words.
It Is Impossible to Tell the
Number Of the
Wounded.

WHKESB ARE, Pa, Oct. 11.-YeSter-
day was glad day at HazletOn, such an
one as the busy borough on the mount
ain had never known before. Twenty
thousand people had assembled to do
honor to the memory of the beloved
saint, that noble temperance apostle,
Father TheObald Mathew. The town
was brilliant with decorations; the
streets thrOnged with patriotic Irish
men. with their wives and children.
Bands of music filled the thOrOughfareS
with sweet sounds, gOlden-framed ban
ners and bright regalia added brilliancy
to the glittering pageant Father
Matthew's day of 1888 was
the grandest in the history of
the Scranton diocese. Seven special
trains from Lackawanna county and
six from this region rolled into the
Hazleton depot freighted with light
hearted humanity. and other specials
swelled the aggregation to 81 cars. Be
sides these, the regulars were bringing
in thousands of people from all direc-
tionS, and it is safe to say that never
before in its history has the Lehigh
Valley road handled such a passenger
traffic as it did yesterday. The feStiv
itieS OF the day are ended. The multi
tUde, Joyous with the grandeur and sue
cess of the occasion, are boarding the
trains for their journey hOmeWard.
There is
No THOUGHT OF DANGER,
for they think not of the sad fate that
awaited many of them-the impending
disaster that. ere three hours shall have
i of hTrr
the Lehigh to the LackaWanna, shrOud-
ing the three valleys in a cloud of
gloom, and making hundreds of happy
homes the abOdes of untold agony. Two
sections came through safely. The
third is nearing home. The fourth,
composed of Jersey Central cars and
freighted mostly with Lackawanna
people, stops at Mud Run. station be-
tween Penn Haven Junction and White
Haven, for water. The fifth is follow
ing close behind. Passengers on it
watch the lights Of the one
ahead as they fly through the
they finally see the third section stand
ing little way ahead of them at the
Run. they wonder why their train does
not slacken its speed. As it dasheS
along at full speed, Fireman Hughey
Gallagher, of the fourth, directs the at
tentiOn of his engineer. Harry Cook, to
the signal lantern of the third, and
Jumps from the cab. The engineer fol-
lows him. An instant later the crash
comes. The fretting, fuming, putting
engine ploughS its heated body through
nearly the entire length of the rear car,
Scalding, jamming and killing the un-
fortunate occupants. This cariS jammed
into the next ahead of it. and that into
the third, the three cars being a total
wreck The lights are eXtinguiShed and
darkness adds terror to the scene. The
shrieks of the injured and grOans of
the dying are heard on every side, and
THE STRONGEST HEARTS QUAIL.
After the first shock is over those
who are able to do so begin the work of
rescuing. An effort to withdraw the
engine from the car into which it has
plunged adds to the suffering of the in
iured and dying, and in response to
their cries the effort is relinQuiShed.
There the monster stands amid the un-
fortunates, actually cooking them with
its escaping steam. The reScuerS are
busy with hands and axes. There is
found a girl piniOned in such a way
that she can only be released by the
loss of a leg. A blow of the axe sewers
the member and she is free. There is a
man. an arm piniOned in the wreck, the
babe: here again is young lady,
jammed between two seats, in the
GgOny of death, while her father
is dying upon the SmOkeStack of the
snOrling engine. Physicians were sum-
moned from White Haven and respond
ed promptly, rendering such service as
was possible under the circumstances.
Seventeen of the seriously injured were
brought to the hospital in this city, as
so slight that they were subsequently,
sent home. As soon as the news of the
accident reached this city the widest
excitement prevailed. The depot was
thrOnged with friends and relatives of
those on the Inflated train, all seeking
information of their loved ones, but
little was received, and all had to wait
for some one coming from the wreck.
AS the hours advanced the suspense
grew
MORE AND MORE AGONIZING,
and the scene was most narrowing. A
large number OF the relatives of the
dead, and many who feared that friends
were on the ill-fated train. crowded the
streets of WilkeSbarTe, from early
morning. An immense thrOng sur
rounded the Valley depot and Surged
backward and forward in their anxiety
to obtain the latest particulars of the
sad affair. Among the first reports was
one to the effect that Rev. Patrick Ne
Manus. of Green Ridge, had been killed,
Father McManuS is, however, safe. He
was on the train, but in one of the for
ward cars, and escaped injury. An
other report states that Father
DOnOhue, the colored pastor of st. Vim
cents church at Plymouth, had been
killed, but this also is untrue. Father
DOnOhue was on the section ahead of
the one that was run into, and reached
his home in safety, as did all of his par
ishioners. The scenes at the Lehigh
Valley depot this morning beggar all
description. Hundreds of men, women
and children thronged the platform and
waiting rooms, the sole topic of cOnver
sation being the awful disaster of last
night, and people were divided into
groups, each one of which was sure that
some relative or friend was among the
lead or injured. In the absence of Off
cial information from the wreck, of
course nothing definite could be ascer-
aimed, but this did not prevent the
Widest indulgence in the most painful