The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1888-10-18
THE DEATH LIST NOW s..
FATALITIES ATTENDING THE
MUD RUN DISASTER.
How Happy Picnic Party Rushed Into
the Jaws Of Death--Arrival of the
Funeral Train.

Funeral Train.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Oct IL. 80 In the
Mud Run disaster on the Lehieh Valley
road ffty-five persons were killed on the
spot, about forty five seriously hurt, and Of
these several have since died. Many other
persons will undoubtedly succumb to their
injuries.
JOY TURNED TO. ANGUISH.
Happy People in an Instant Killed or
Mangled in the Wreck.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Oct 12-Wednes-
day was glad day at Hazelton- such a one
as the busy borough on the mountain had
never known before. Twenty thousand pee
pie had assembled to do honor to the mem
DRY OF the temperance apostle, Father Mat
thew. The town was brilliant with decora-
lions; the streets were Jhronged with patri-
otto Irishmen with their wives and children.
bands OF music filed the thoroughfares with
music, and banners and bright regalia adj
ded brilliancy to the glittering pageant.
Seven special trains from Lackawanna
county and six from this region rolled into
the Hazelton depot, freighted with light
hearted humanity, and other specials
swelled the aggregation to 81 cars. Be-
sides these, the regulars were bringing in
people from all directions, and it is safe to
say that never before has the Lehigh VAL
ley road handled such passenger traffic as
it did on that day.
The festivities of the day tnded the null
tltude boarded the trains for the Journey
homeward with no thought of danger. Two
sections came through safely, the third was
nearing home, the fourth, composed of Jer-
sey Central cars and freighted mostly with
Lackawana people, stopped at Mud Run, a
station between Penn Haven Junction and
White Haven, for water. The fifth was
following close behind. Passengers on it
watched the lights of the one ahead as they
flew through the darkness, and as they
finally saw the third section standing aIlittle
way ahead at the run they wondered why
their train did not slacken Its speed.
AS it dashed along at full speed Fireman
Hughey Gallagher Of the fourth section di-
rected the attention of his engineer, Harry
Cook, to the signal lantern of the third and
jumped from the cab. The engineer fol-
lowed him, and an instant later the crash
came.
The flying engine plowed nearly through
the rear car, scalding, jamming, and killing
the unfortunate occupants. The car was
damned into the next ahead of it and that
into the third, the three cars being total
wreck. The lights were extinguished and
darkness added terror to the scene, while
shrieks Of the injured and groans of the
dying were heard on every side
After the first shock was ovo,. those who
were able began the work of rescue. An
effort to withdraw the engine from the car
into which it plunged added to the suffer-
ing of the injured and dying, and in re-
spouse to their cries the effort was relin-
pushed.
There the monster stood actually cooking
the unfortunates with its escaping steam.
The Work of Rescue.
Rescuers at once set to work. A girl
pinioned in such way that she could only
be released by the loss of leg was found.
A blow of the AK severed the member and
she was Free There was a man with one
arm pinioned in the wreck, the other clasp
ing prattling babe. Here again was
young lady damned between two seats in
the agony of death, while her father was
dying upon the smoke stack of the Kissing
engine.
Physicians were summoned from White
Haven and they responded promptly Sew
enteen of the seriously injured were brought
to the hospital in this city, as were many
more whose injuries were so slight that they
were subsequently sent home.
AS soon as the news of the accident
reached this city the.wildest excitement pre-
vailed. The depot was thronged with
friends and relatives of those on the ill
fated train, all seeking information of their
loved ones, but little was received and all
had to wait for some one coming from the
wreck. AS the hours advanced, the sus-
pense grew more and more agonizing and
the scene was most narrowing. A large
number of the relatives of the dead and
many who feared that friends were on the
Inflated train crowded the streets of Wilkes
barre from early morning. An immense
throng surrounded the Valley depot and
surged backward and forward in their
anxiety to obtain the latest particulars of
the sad affair.
i Heartrending Scenes.
The scenes at the Lehigh Valley depot this
morning were heartrending. Hundreds Of
men, women and children thronged the
platform and waiting rooms, all talking
about the awful disaster. Each person was
sure that some relative or friend was among
the dead or injured.
Superintendent Mitchell, who was at the
scene of the disaster doing his best to get
the dead out of the wreck, telegraphed at
40 o'clock that it was difficult task to
Identify the dead owing to the absence Of
friends. ALI day long his office was be-
setged by anxious inquirers. Many men
came in with the tears trickling down their
faces, and their questions were put between
heart broken sobs. In each instance these
stated they had sons on the ill-starred train
and believed them to be numbered among
the dead.
AS the morning hours advanced the
crowds at the Lehigh Valley depot aug
mented until fully a thousand people moved
in and out of the building. The company
posted bulletin of the dead in a con-
spicuous place as rapidly as dispatches were
received, and when the first bulletin was
displayed containing the names of the four
who had been identified the manifestations
of grief were seen in all quarters. Eagerly
the great crowd waited for further intelli-
gence. To the anxious throngs the news APP
peared to come too slow, but this was all
owing to the difficulty of Identification
How 1t Happened.
Mr.. Essor, who was at Superintendent
Mitchell's office, said the road carried 5, sos
passengers on the excursion. There were
eighty-seven coaches in all, and the train