Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-12

there 20 be transferred. One desperate
man hearing this sprang forward and
with awful imprecation declared that his
family were on the train and that any
attempt to keep him from them would
cost life. II was learned little later
that no wounded we're on board. "A the
train drew up il Was found to contain
many from Pleasant and Minok Valley
who bad left dead friends behind. AS
they alighted and met acquaintance
Their shrieks and walls were pitiful 10
hear. One young woman moaned that
her father aud sister we're dead, another
a brother, and 80 it went.
WILD WITH EXCITEMENT.
The crowd became wild with excite
ment. Gradually the facts narrated above
we're CLEANED from the more composed.
4 sad Incident WAS the presence on the
platform OF Michael Nbalen, of Pleasant
Valley. Up and down he wandered,
questioning each as 30 two boys aged re-
spectively twelve and fourteen years.
Finally zone the passengers remembered
that one Of the boys was hurt The strong
man groaned. The informant hurried
away and told reporter that he thought
both boys we're dead. The report get
ting abroad IN Scranton, a number OF
persons who had friends Oh the train
hired special train on which they came
down 10 this city. They we're DESTROYS
/ Of going on 10 the scene OF the wreck, but
were refused permission by the company.
/ they were highly indignant al the treat
ment received. A special tram Of three
| GERS IN charge OF J)r. ". Trimmer, OF
White Haven, arrived here At 3 o'clock
/ this morning from the wreck with twenty
/ four injured persons. They were placed
/ in care Of DR.. W. q. Weaver, Of this
city. who accompanied them 70 the city
| hospital. DR.. Trimmer reports that
many Of the injured are badly burned by
gas coming from the engine-stack. The
killed rs far as learned number forty
nine.
Niue additional names are given out
OF the bodies from last nights wreck
which have been identified. Two OF the
injured brought here died to-day in tho
| hospital, and five or six more are likely
10 die. The list Of identified dead now
foots up sixty-One. The number Of in
| jured il surprisingly small in proportion
/ 10 the total casualties many moro peo-
pie being reported killed than injured.
There still remain number OF unidentl-
fed bodies.
At G:30 this evening funeral train ar
rived in Wilkcsbarre bearing fifty-seven
dead bodies. They had been partially
prepared for burial, and lay upon boards
placed upon the backs Of the seats III
three passenger coaches. 1t was an awful
sight indeed to look through the long
coaches Mt the bodies each covered with
n white cloth here the form OF boy OF
twelve years and beside it stalwart man.
A. the train drew up 10 the Wilkesbarre
depot it took dozen policemen TO keep
back the frantic crowd OF friends
ami relatives who had come from
Scranton and Pleasant Valley to
meet their dead. A special coach had
been prepared for these friends, but
they insisted on entering the cars con-
tanning the dead, and were only stopped
by force and the efforts Of five priests
who were on the tram. One body was
removed from the cars at Wllkesbarre.
The train then continued on its way up
the Delaware and Hudson road TO
Minors Mill and Scranton. The people
ina the special coach again began 10 cla-
NOR for permission to enter the coaches,
but were again refused, 1t being alleged
that no one had II key. Several who were
in search Of missing friends became des-
porate, aud soon broke down the car
doors and began frantic search for their
loved ones. Clothes we're torn from
manged and scalded bodies. revealing
The gay uniforms OF the ST. Aloyslus
men. cadets, and other members OF so
ciches. Those who knew their relatives
were on board also flocked into the cars
and BEGAN rearranging the attire or
coverings of the corpses. Many were
distorted aud IN horrible attitudes, aud
friends endeayored 10 lessen their fright
ul appearance st Miners Mill the
train stopped to leave one body. No
lights cOud be obtained, and much OF
the work was done in partial darkness.
II WAS as the train drew up at Pleasant
Valley that the most heart-rendingscenes
were enacted. Ropes had been stretched
about the depot, and guards kept the
immense throng back. The shrieks and
screams of stricken friends and relatives
were ptiiu in tho extreme. The first
body carried out was that OF n thirteen
year-Old boy. borne IN the arms OF his
stalwart brother then one after another
furtv.six white-shected bodies were car
red out and given into the charge Of
friends.
The shrieks and cries of women and
the hoarse shouts and imprccaJlons OF
the men made terrible scene. When all
were ont the train again pulled ont to
bear the remaining dead TO Scranton,
Nnooka, and points beyond There
are ten bodies still unidentified.
1t is impossible 10 tell tie number Of
wounded. Twenty-Five were brought
here TO the hospital. and numbers Of
others slightly injured have gone to
their homes or are being cared for else
where.
The story of the disaster on the Lee
high Valley. at Mud Run, as told 10y an
official. Is as follows Eighty-seyon
car loads of people attended the parade
al Ha2loton from Wilkesbarre, Scranton,
Carbondale, and other places. There
were eight sections OF the Tram. ana
these followed Passenger Train No. II,
with orders to run ten minutes
apart These orders were also de-
iyered to the telegraph operators
at all signal stations The seventh sec
ton came To Mud Run ahead Of time
and was stopped until ten minutes ex-
pired. The danger signal was displayed
al thestation and the rear brakemen were
sent back as an additional precaution.
section No. laid a short distance be-
yond the station. No came thunder
inx along and the brakeman gave the
engineer the signal TO stop. He failed
70 heed 1t and dashed by the signal.
The tram plunged on, disreearding the
sigual at the station. and the awful disas-
ter followed. The last train was filed
with people from Carbonate. Three
cars we're telescoped. The distance from
tine end of the wrecked section OF
the train to the spot where the
brakeman stood giving the signal to