The Red Cloud chief., 1888-10-19
A PAIR OF HORRORS.
Appalling Accident on tho Lshish
Valley Railroad
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wrHrsssRRs, Pa, Oct IA special
train N the lrhigh Valley railroad. car.
rying q WiihesbNrre dcieg stio hsIm. frota
Harl-ton from the Father Mathew c-le.
tra,,on last evening, was wrecked atovs
Penn Haven and Il Vas reported this, sev.
crai cars were completely wrecked aOd.
some forty or more persons Killed.
The rumor u the terrible accident vac
soon confirmed. The nth division Of the
Father Mathew excursion returning from
HaK eton WAS wrecked and the cars piled
up In 4 shapele.s msss, one being stood
upon Ia nd. All the ears Uerr crowded
and the fatalities will run into a~f ul ns-
ures. All the physicians FROM Wits
Haven and nearby points are at the " r-ck.
as also all lehigh Valley officials frosn
his city. The number ALLIED IL snriousiv
reported from twenty-five a. eighty per.
sons.
The only information received here UP
10 midnight was from passengers on tho
Central railroad trains, who reported .
horrible condition of sSsirs, the groans 81
tho wounded being heard across the river
Wher- the tracks % the Central run. A,
the depot here hundreds OF people gathered
ON tho platform. many weeping Tor tn.
safety Of their friends SUPPOSED TO be on
The ~recksd train.
The accident ON the Lehigh Valley road
d Mud Hun near Penn Haven 10 beyond
oil question the most awful disaster that
svcr happened In thi. portion of the state.
Though M details can t- learned there 10
no doubt that the number OF KILLED. will
each nearly eighty and the injured near.
fy double that number.
The trains acre excursion trains return
Ing from the celebration a. Hs,l-,on "
the annualp arad. ~ the Catholic t-.nper-
ancc societies of the Scranton diocese.
Thousands Of people went 90 Haxlcton
from tn. towns Of l.ux"rn. and l.ackawan.
ma Counties. Seven trains, With tn. ears
fiiled 20 the doors, passed through Whit.
Maven yesterday morning. taking the old
route by Penn Haven. On the return thu
first train left Hnrlston about ave =. M.
the others following as rapidly ns VA,
deemed best. Tn. first three sections cam.
through without accidynt. the disaster
happening 10 the fourth aud nth sections.
For some req son not explained the fourth
section was standing on the track five
miles below when the following section
swept around the curve and crashed into
IL. The cars were smashed and broken
and hurled Oh the track. The road lies
49, SW"' wy ~' s''V wv
bankmsnt sixty feet high running down Ia
che water. several OF the rare rolled down
thisa aud others were crushed against ths
cutting ON the Other side.
VIA M~AxLEroS.
HAxiEroS, Pa. OFT. 1.-THE big excur-
sion train. loaded with human freight
from the upper end of tn. couisy and
Scranton left here At six o'clock In three
sections. Near Mud Run. . small station
ON the other side Of White Haven. the Sec
ond section ran into the first section.
The engine u tho first section MAS
disabled and before q signal
could he thrown out the secosd section
with its large n1mber Of passengers ran
into IL. The engineer jumped Oh lust ns
they struck. The fireman was seriously
injured. About sixty people were killed
aud as many wounded. Twenty.hv " bod
les have been taken from the wreck. News
10 hard o. get ~ there is no telegraph sta
ton nj Mud Hum.