Daily Republican., 1888-10-11
AWFUL & II. DISASTER.


Jured-rwO Sections Of . LehiEh Ex-
OurSiOn Train In collision.
WIBKEsBARRE, Pa., Oct. IO.-A ape-
oisl train on the LahiRh Valley Rail-
road, carrying the Wllkesbarra dslega
tion home from Haz'etOU, fnom the
Father Matthew celebration, this even
ing, wAs wrecked above Penn Haven.
IL 10 reported that several cars are oom-
pletely wrecked and some forty or more
perso6s killed.
Lster-The rumoF Of n terrible scoi.
dent near Penn Haven Is coLflrmed.
The fifth division of the Father Mat.
thew excursion, returning from HRz g.
ton, was Wreob ed, and the cars piled IN
o sbApslesa mAHs, ore being stood uDon
Its end. All the cars we're GRO dad snd
the fatalities will run into awful figures
All physicians fl m White Haven aud
near By points are at the wrtok, as al o
all Lshigh Valley officials from this
oily.
TIE numtor Of killed Is vAriously rs.
ported from rs to 80 persons. Toe only
Information IL from pa7seDg3rs 90 the
Central Railroad trains, VINO report q
horrible condition of affairs, the gTosns
Of the wounded being heard across the
river, where the tracks OF the Csuiral
run. At the depot h,rS hundreds Of
people are gathered on the platform,
many weeping for the safety Of their
friends supposed to be on ths wrecked
train. NothinR further than this ia
IknoWn here.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, OSt. 10 -InformA,
ton reached this city tonight OF . ter
rible acc dent Whlon ooJurFed oU the
Lsnish Valley Railroad, ct Mud Bun,
the first station above Penn Haven. A
grand parade Of Catholic societies took
place at HAzleton today, aud . large
excursion was run from WilksBbArre
for the occasion, composed Of lodges
bands and sighGSeerB fIom WilkesbATre,
Nanticoke and other points along the
line.
The excursion train was run In two
seotioDs, aud, upon the return trip TO-
might, the rear section ran into the for
gAId section ut Mud Run, about
O'olook, with diaAatroIs results. SeverR
oars OF tbs forward se stiOn were tele
scoped and 40 peTe 1nB were killed out
right and about IN equal numoer in
jured, many Of them probaby y fatally
WLKESBARRK, Pa, Oct. 11.-rhi
accident on tne Lshigh Valley Road
at Mud Run, near Penn Haven, is be
yond all question the most awfui disAs
ter that ever happened In this porliol
Of the State.
Though no details can be leArne,
there is no doubt that the numb Der O
Q KILLED will reach nearly 80, and the in
jured GeArly double that um ber.
Q Thousands OF people went down +
: Haz eton from tho towns Of LuEsrn
: and LAokswAnng oouAtIes. Seven GFAin
: Nth the oars filed to the doors, passe'
u through While Haven this morning
n tAktng the old route by Penn Haven.
eI On the return, the first trGin lei
n Hazleton about S p. m the others foI
d lOWinR IS rapidly rs deemed safe
n The first three sections came throuR
Q without accident, the disaster happen
n ing to the fourth and a tth sections. Fo
n some reason not explained the fourt
: section Was standing on the track mes
a the little station Of Mud Run, ave mil,
K below White Haven, when the hfth set
,. ti0n dashed sroand . curve behind an
ie dashed into 1t. The cars we're smAlhe
!, and broken and hurled of the track.
2;I The road lies close beside ths Lehip
e river, . steep embAnkmsnt, sixty fe
3; high, running down 10 tae water. Sc
G, erAl Of the cars rolled down this, al
otOeIs we're crushed Agalnst the cutsil
on the Other side.
n. Ole train has been started from &
" wreck and iB expected 70 arrive he
,e about 4 O'Clock this morning.