The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-10-17

which lay the injured people. One would say,
Oh, INT that iron and take me out or for
Gods sake, help mep Another would ex-
claim. My leg is fast; cut off my leg; get an
AK and cut II off, Still others begged for
help in various ways, and with the most pite-
Gus appeals. Every few minutes one of the
poor victims would die. Some were being
scalded by the escaping steam, some were
crushed to death, some dying slowly of their
awful injuries. To look on and 10 be power
less 10 render aid was enough to drive q man
crazy. l hope l may never witness such q
scene again.
THE bodies Of the dead were removed to
White Haven, where undertakes cared for
them as best they could, preparatory to re-
moval 10 this city"
At $50 this evening the funeral train arrived
in Wilkesbarre bearing iifty-seyen dead bodies.
They had been partially prepared for burial,
and lay upon boards placed upon the backs of
the seats in three passenger coaches. Ii was
an awful sight To look through the long
coaches at the bodies, each covered with a
white cloth; here the form of boy of twelve
years, and beside il a stalwart man. As the
train drew up to the depot dozen policemen
were required to keep back the frantic crowd
OF friends and relatives who had come from
Scranton and Pleasant Valley 10 meet their
dead. A special coach had been provided tor
these friends, but they insisted on entering the
cars containing the dead and we're only
stopped by force and the efforts of five priests
who were the train. One body
removed from the cars at Wilkesbarre. The
train then continued on its way up the Della
ware 4 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, 1t
being alleged that no one had the keys. Sew
eral who were in search of missing friends be-
came desperate and broke down the doors, and
began frantic search for their loved ones.
Clothes were torn from the mangled and scald-
Cd osl linz he of
Aloysus' men, cadets and other members OF So
cieties. Those who knew their relatives were
on board also focked into the cars, and began
arranging the attire and coverings of the
corpses. Many were distorted and in horrible
attitudes, and friends cndeavered to lessen
their frighful appearance.
At Miners Mills the train stopped to leave
the body of James Flynn. No lights could be
obtained, and much of the work done in
partial darkness. 1t was as the train drew up
at Pleasant Valley that the most heart-rending
scenes were enacted. Ropes had been stretched
about the depot, and guards kept the immense
throng back. The shrieks and screams OF
stricken friends and relatives were pitiful in
the extreme. The first body carried out
that of Oscar Gibbons fifteen 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 the
women and the hoarse shouts and imprecations
of the men made a terrible scene. When all
were out the train again pulled out to bear the
remaining dead to Scranton, Minoka, and
points beyond.