The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-10-19
THE VICTIMS.
further Particulars OF the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Accident-Paftial List of the

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Railroad Accident-Partial List of the
| Victims.
WILKEsBARRE. Pa, Oct 11-Many per.
sons, after waiting during the long weary
hours from ten O'Clock last night took the
southbound train which passed here at $3.50
this morning and went to the scene Of the
| railroad disaster. 1t was there learned
that the third section of the excursion
train had stood on the track q few hun-
, bred yards from Mud pm waiting
cor sections ahead to get out Of
tia way. A fagman, some say, had
| beer sent back with lantern to guard
the train from the rear. Suddenly the
passengers on the rear platform saw q
train approaching at high rate of speed.
Several of these passengers who saw the
danger jumped and escaped. In Tn in
slant the fash of headlight illuminated
the interior of the Inflated car: there Yves
frightful crash and the engine plunged
her full length into the crowded mass of
humanity.
The shock drove the rear car through
the next one for two-thirds of its length,
and the second car was forced into the
third Not single person escaped from
the rear car. The second was crowded
with MANNED and bleeding bodies and the
third car had but few passengers who es.
capped.
The shattered engine was pouring forth
streams of scalding steam and water,
which hid the fullest measure of the hor-
rible scsne. while its Kissing sound
drowned the shrieks and groans of those
imprisoned in the wreck. CHASTITY white
faces peered into the windows TO be greet
ad by faces far more CHASTITY. Some Of the
dead pinioned in their seats erect as in
life. staring open-eyed as il aware of the
horrible sudderness of their death.
The most reliable estimates at present
obtainable of the number killed is fiftv-
five with forty wounded. The killed. as
far as can be learned, are: Mary Ellen
Girten. Hyde Park; Kate Feathers;one.
Pleasant Valley: Andrew Cor Barney)
Meighan and two daughters, Pleasant
Valley: Thomas Reddy, Pleasant Valley:
John N. Coleman and two sons, Scranton:
Owen Kilkulin. Scranton: Mike Tyrreil,
Dodgetown; Allie Reilly, Bellevue;
Mrs. Melvin, HYDE Park; Mrs.
Callahan, Hyde Park; Mary Common,
Hyde Park: NJ. Gibson. HYDE Park: VIII
lie Noon, Hyde Park: Richard Powell,
HYDE Park; F. Mulherrin. Pleasant VAL
lev, haTTE BuIEs. bctltNue. Ml1le hOa0.
Dodgetown: J. s. Whalen, Pleasant VAL
lev; Lizzie Featherstone, Pleasant Valley;
Patrick Welch. Pleasant Valley: James
Kline, Providence: Mary Ann (Ellen)
Durkee, Scranton: John WEIGH. Miners
Mills: John Rogau, Winton; Anthony Null
ligan. Oliphent; Patrick Dolan, Provi-
dence: Nike Dolan, Providence: Frank
and Harry jackson, Pleasant Valley;
IL. Ill
Conaboy, Minooka: Ratchford 4. Hoy.
Minooka: Mrs. I. B. Brehonv, Pleasant
Valley; John Mckeehan. Pleasant Valley;
Willie Kelly, Pleasant Valley; Ben
O'Brien, Pleasant Valley; Mrs. Andrews
and two sons, Pleasant Valley: Oscar
Gibbons, Pleasant Valley: Mary Ann
Cannon. Hyde Park: Michael Moffit Belle
vue; Kate Kennedy. Hyde Park: Annie
Hart, HYDE Park: F. Mulherrin, Minooka.
The injured as far as could be ascer-
tanned are: William Cloherty, Dodge
town; John Cane, Dodgetown; Anthony
O'Hara. Bellevue Tim Dubigg,
Dodgetown: Willie Connor. Dodge
town; Thomas Troy, Oliphant; Martin
Walsh, Oliphant: John McAndrer.
Walter Common. Tavlorville: Harry Cook.
Taylorville: Sarah Molouey, Taylorville;
William Moloney, Taylorville: John Nc
Laughlin, Taylorville: A. Lyndon, Jr..
Taylorville; A. Lyndon, ST.. Taylorvills;
P. Murray, Taylorville; Thomas Clark,
Old Forge: James Harmon, Old Forge:
Joseph Staple, Pleasant Valley; Ignat
Pandosky.
THE ENGINEER TO BLAME
EAsToS, Pa. Oct. IAN official of the
Lehigh Valley railroad has told the story
of the wreck as follows: "Eightv-seyen
carloads Of people attended the parade.
There were eight sections of the train with
orders to run ten miles apart. The dan
ger signal was displayed at Mud Run and
the rear brakeman was sent back as an
additional protection. Section No. laid
a short distance beyond the station. No.
s came laundering along and the brake
man gave the engineer the signal to stop.
He failed to heed it and dashed by the
signal. The train plunged on, disregard
ing the signal at the station, aud disaster
followed"