Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-12
THE RAILROAD HORROR.
Particulars of the Great Accident in
Pennsylvania.

Particulars of the Great Accident in
Pennsylvania.
iCopyrigt, 1883. by the California associated PressI
WILKEsBARRE (Pa.), October I1th-A bulletin
by the Lehigh Valley Railroad officials states
that nity-hve were killed and over forty injured
III the disaster at Mud Run last night Not one
escaped from the rear Car. The second was
crowded with MANNED and bleeding bodies
the third car had but few passengers who
escaped several were scalded to death while
fastened to their seats by the debris list OF
forty-seyen persons known to have been killed
is printed here. long list of the injured is also
secured
SAD INCIDENTS
One account indicates great carelessness a
brakeman was sent back to flag the on-coming
train, but the crash came before he had proceeds
far. Several who were on the rear platform
jumped off and escaped One young woman
spGang off, but, seeing two little boys who were
In her charge yet on the platform, climbed back
to rescue them and lost her life
10 Tree the bodies in the rear car, the train
men attached an engine to the wrecked train
ana started to pull out The first movement
brought from the wounded such cries of dis
tress that the attempt was abandoned.
Inc passengers on the rear train saw the train
ahead when far down the road, and they
sprang from their seats. expecting TO see their
train slacken. Suddenly the engineer and fire
| men jumped and then came the shock.
special train arrived bringing twenty-four
persons SO badly injured that they so to the hos
pital.
MoURNFUL DETAILS.
There were seventy eight cars in all from
Wilkesbarre and about $500 excursionists to
HaZleton, and all were crowded in to suffoca-
ton Upon news of the accident being re-
ceived, people flccked to the Wllkesbarre depot
in great distress for information from their
friends. The railroad men were reticent and
gave little or no information. All night long
the depot was crowded with ag7nized people-it
was night of horror and unutterable distress,
and the people denounced the railroad com
pany loudly for refusing information. Some
took the $40 A. NJ train and went to the scene
OF the wreck. There they learned that the
fourth section had plunged into the third the
locomotive plowing its way among the PEOPLE.
crushing them in the most horrible manner
Three cars telescoped. Many were parboiled
by the escaping steam, the hiss of which
drowned the shrieks of the wounded and dying
Some were pinioned to their seats, dead and
CHASTITY staring from the windows as if in real
life and under the moss horrible pain.
THE UNFoRTUNATEs.
The list of killed, as far as can now be ascer-
tanned, is:
Maeki Ellen Girton, of Hyde Park; Miss Kate
Featherstone. of Pleasant Valley; Andrew Tor
| Barney Meighan and two daughters, of Pleas
ant Valley; Thomas Redy, of Pleasant Valley;
John N: Coleman and two soas, of Scranton; o.
Kilkullin. of Scranton; Mike Tyrell, of Dodge
| town; Able Reilly, of Bellevue; Mrs Melvin, OF
Hyde Park; Mrs: Callahan, of Hyde Park; Mary
| Conner. of Hyde Park: Nj Gibson, of Hyde
Park; Willie Noon, of Hyde Park; L, Powell, OF
! Hyde Pars: Il. Mulhoyn, of Pleasant Valley:
! Harry Burke, of Bellevue; AIiate Roane OF
Dodg@town; J. S. Whalen, OF Pleasant Valley.
| Miss Lizzie Featherstone, of Pleasant Valley; P
Welsh OF Pleasant Valley; j. Kline, of Provi-
| dence; Mary lor ELEM Durkin, of Scranton; J.
Welsh Minsrs Mills; J. Rogan, of Winton; A.
| Mulligan, olyphant Patrick Dolan, Providence;
| Mike Dolan, Providence; Frank and Harry
| Jackson Pleasant Valley; Secretary Kelly,
| Pleasant Valley; John Conaboy, Minooka Ratch-
Pleasant Valley; John McMeehan. Pleasant
| Valley; Willie Kellie Pleasant Valley; Benz
| OBrien, Pleasant Valley Mrs McAndrews and
two sons peaan! valey Mary Ann Cannon
Kennedy, hyde Park; Annie Part, Hyde Park;
| F. Mulherrin, Minooka; Oscar Gibbons Pleasant
| Valley; Patrick Doran, Mrs p. Farrell, Lewis
Doran, VIM. Early. Patrick Curran, Jas Jack
| son, Mamie Atkenson, all of Pleasant Valley;
| Jas T. Lynn, Miners Mills; Anna Leftus, Oily
| phant.
| AWFUL SCENES
| Two OF the wounded died at the hospital The
! dead from the wreck were brought to White
, haven this afternoon. Those returning unin.
jured describe the scenes at the accident as aw-
| ful beyond description. John Lynch, of Wilkes
| barre, hung from the roof by one leg. Friends
| stood upon the wreckage and held his weight
| until he was released.
| young lady was caught by the lower limbs
| One leg was quickly released, but the other
could not be freed. Unfortunately a misdi
| rected blow of the ak severed it from the body
| She heroicaly bore her torture but soon died.
| THE FUNERAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SCENES
ICopyrisht, 1885, by the California Associated Press
! WILKEsBARRE pa, October 1ith.-At $50 this
| evening the funeral train arrived in Wilkes
| barre, bearing tifty-seven dead bodies They
had been partially prepared for burial, and lay
| upon boards, placed upon the backs Of seats in
| three passenger coaches As the train drew UT
| to the Wilkesbarre depot dozen policemen
! were required to keep back the frantic crowd OF
| friends and relatives, who had come from Scran.
| ton and Pleasant Valley 70 meet the dead A
| special coach had been provided for these
| friends, but they insisted on entering the cars
| containing the dead and were only stopped bv
force and the efforts of five priests, who were on
| the train. The bodies were removed from the
| cars at Wiikesbarre.
The train then continued on its way up the
Delaware and Hudson road to Miners Mills and
| Scranton. The people in the special coach again
began to clamor for permission to enter the
funeral cars, but were again refused it being al
| legged that no one had the key. Several who
| were in search of missing friends became des.
perae and soon broke down the car
doors and began frantic search for
from msngled and scalded bodies revealing the
gay uniforms of the st. Aloysus men and Ca
diets, and other members of the Society Those
| who knew their relatives were on board also
Hooked into the cars, and began rearranging
the attire of the covering OF the corpses. Many
were distorted and in horrible attitudes, and
friend endeavoIed to lessen their frghtful ap-
pearauce. At Miners Mills the train stopped to
leave the body OF James Flynn. NO lights could
| be obtained and much of the work was done in
I partial darkness.
1t was as the train drew up at Pleasant Valley
that the most hear rending scenes were enacted.
Ropes had been stretched about the depot and
guards kept the immense thr0ng back. The
| shrieks and screams of the stri ken friends and
relatives were pitiful in the extreme. The first
body carried out was that of Oscar Gibbons, 19
| years Of age, borne in the arms of his stalwart
brother. Then one after another forty-Six
white-sheeted bodies were carried out and
| given into the charge OF friends. The shrieks
and cries of women and hoarse shouts snd i'm
| precautions of men made a terrible scene When
all were out the train pulled out 10 bear the re-
manning dead to Scranton, Minooka and points
I beyond
THE NUMBER OF WOUNDED
1t is impossible to tell the number Of
| wounded Twenty five were brought here
| to the hospital and numbers OF Others