Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-10-18

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still frfther plutilgted.
me lew houses about the spot were
thfowh open to the suffering and hon.
ntea were lighted 10 aid the wo,k az ~
liei; 1t Is not probable that the work
WIZ 90 completed before noon. pasaen
gers on the rear train state that thew saw
tram ahead when far down the road
they sprapg from their seats and started
IN wonder and surprise that their train
did not slacken up speed. suddenly
tner engineer and firoman were seen ~
lamp. Then came tho shock, The an.
Eineer, Harry Cook, and the fireman
nusn Galiagher, sustained slight iniur.
ies. The fireman subsequently, stated
thet he saw the red light, informed tbe
engineer and then jumped.
Inc passengers give many different No.
counts OF the probable cause OF the acct.
cent, come attributinR il TO the neclec,
Of the flagman in net going back with tba
red light. Others ray The fourtb sac
brake. $50 ~ 'i'-
After the news received at the hospital
confirming the worst fears, the scepes AZ
the depot were heart-rending indeed.
several hundred persons assembled a.
the report spread that tho train was an.
proaehing. Then rush was made for
the platform. A line of policemen and
railroad men was drawn no 10 keen hack
the crowd. II was then reported that Inc
wounded were on bonrd and were 10 he
taken on to Mill Greek, near the hoepitaI
there to be transferred. One desperate
man hearing this sprang forward and
with awful imprecations declared that his
FAMILY were on the train and that any nj.
Tempt to keep him from them would coat
o lifo. ND''
1t was learned little later that the
wounded were on board. As the train
drew up 1t was found to contain mnny
from Pleasant Valley and Minooka who
had left dead friends behind. Az tbev
ahRhted and met acqusintances their
sarieks and walls were pitiful to hear.
one yonng woman moaned that her father
and sister were dead. Another spoke OF
her brother, and go il went. The crowd
became wild with excitement. Gradually
the facts narrated above were CLEANED
from the more composed A sad incl.
dent was the presence on the platform OF
Michael Whalep OF Pleasant Valley. Up
and down he walked asking each one as
to his two boys, nged respectively ~ and
IA years. Finally one OF the passengers
remembered that one Of The boys was
hurt. The strong man groaned. The in.
formRnt hurried away, and told O re.
porter that no thought both boys were
dead.
The report getting abroad in Scranton
number OF persons who had friends on
tho train hired q special train, on which
they came down to this city. They were
DESTROYS OF getting on to tho scene Of the
wreck, but were refused permission by
the company. They were highly indie.
nant AZ the treatment received.
A special train Of three cars, in charge
of Dr.. Trimmer OF White Haven, arrived
here OF 5 O'Clock this morning from the
wreck with "a injured persona. They
were piaced In care OF DR.. W. G. Weaver
OF this city, who accompanied them to
the city hcupital. DR.. Thinner reports
that many Of the injured are badly
burned by gas coming from the engine
stack.
WmKEsBARRE, Pa, Oct. 13.-The in
forest in the Lshigh Valley railroad ex.
cursion train disaster shifted yesterday to
the forlorn little town Of Pleasant Valley,
10 miles from here. Wilkeabarre exeur-
stonists vera fortunate, not single resi-
dent OF the town having been killed.
Pleasant Valley, on the other hand, is
plunged into the deepest depths OF grief.
1t ia small mining place in o lovely
country, and the 1900 people arc poor,
fo- ktta hn.I .N& 4
and there is not labor for all each month
in the year. In all there are 36 dead in
Pleasant Valley, and that number of
deaths in one day in community of few
more than 300 families was enough to
turn the whole town into place OF
mourning.
Evidence as to the cause Of the col
lision was gathered yesterday in Wilkes.
barre and Mauch Chunk. Il is CONTRA
dictory in the extreme. Some one is
lying, and lying shrewdly aB we'll as
strongly. The men who are directly con,
cerned are Conductor Terry and Brake
man Hannigap Of the stationary train,
and Engineers Cook and Major OF the
moving train that smashed into the other.
There ought to have been red lights at
the rear Of the stationary train. Some of
the men soy the danger lights were there.
Others cay they were not. Then again
the men who ought to have seen them
say they could not see them in time.
Cook, the engineer, who SO far has been
most severely criticised, has been IA
years on the road, 10 years as fireman
and about four years as engineer. He
has been considered trustworthy. He
said yesterday that the blame could not
be attached 70 him. The engine he ran
was coupled in front OF Majors engine,
but Major WIS in command. His train
left Penn Haven Junction just 10 min
utes behiud the section which preceded |
them. They expected to make, as did
all other engineers on the excursion
trains, the time between the junction and
Mud Run, which is "a minutes for the
run Of about 10 miles, which would
bring them to Mud River OF s OF. He
knew, and the men in charge Of the train
ahead OF them must also have known,
that the time must be made to enable
them to get out OF the way of train No.
10. a regular express. which is due at
Penn Haven junction at 7.55, and OF Mud
Run at 8. 10, a run of II minutes.
THE DEATH list.
The death list was revised yesterday
and shows 60 names. II is as follows;
From Pleasant Valley Bernard Meehan,
Mrs. Patrick Breehoney, James Bree-
honey, CHARLES Geitz, Mrs. Farley, Janes