Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-10-20
Over Sixty Persons Killed and
and the Number Injured
Not Yet Known.
The He0rtren0iDg snu Never To Bt
Forgotten Scenes az the
Place OF the Wreck.

W~sLKEsBARRG, Pa, Oct, II News Of
y ;yrrihie disaster on the L.chigh Valley
railroad, near Mud Run, TO a train which
was a scction Of The excursion train re-
turning from llazlcton. was received
about 10 CLOCK fast night. Nearly Il 900
Luzerpc and Lackawanna people had
gone there and 40 II knew who had re.
turned. Ar cfIorts Of tic crsrcd people
10 get amy Information IF t2c raiiroaG
officials rcSrrding the wreck were fruit
less, a. the officials declared that hey
knew potlS9g. No dispatches could be
gotten over thc wires. Eva-y means was
taken 10 get Information. but ail 20 no
purpose. The New JerssE Central train
finally Brought news 10 the effect tina,
eighty we're killed, e3d The excite
mcut grew intense There were
seventv-e ght cars itpm this town
10 Hm"tltGn. the number Of pas
seugcrs bciuv about !. %. Throughout
the niwi + the depot WIS t%hronged by hun
dreds e. people suntn NJ untold "a
over up ecrtairtY. Thc throng VAS load
in It's ~IepunciAticD q. the coinpanS SOr
refusipr al informs:t 0n and causisIg
needless suffering. MEny persons waited
to 20 t. the scene of tAe disaster and rn-
deayo.ed to charter a locomotive, Npt
werctDnhie 10 DO ee. Many persons, of
Ter waiting from - O'Clock 10 > IN
the ~p9"njue, Iook u train wfilch psssec
here tt BIO auN went 10 the sccue OF
the disaster. Thor they learned iEa.
co.. L,nlr.t IN, IRON, Ma pi,r
WYNN. o., =, ns ,h"o5 10 n., n't
w. "a r,r~,., L.5 ~, ..r.
HaaI nt,t . Int, "a on,ar6 ,hn frcin
= 49,, Ll.,ir Ma ,nca.or,,-
a ,hn .snr nry.s,rn saw :, tai, ~.
~. ~, r,,o ~ guo,3 -,
p.a" - ho'o NO., .,.nr. Who ..x uo
Iar..r ;n,,r.t aa5 ,s,anad In ~, h..
s,a, th,,. us r,sh ana the
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hN"FNh Fi~N"H"1 "N f''i' "''"' '''''
TIN CRowpEu@;hss or uuMANl1'I
She drove the rca, car through the noyt
onotwothirds its length and the second
ear was forced igto ,he third. Not q
sjns,e person sca,cd from the rear csy.
The second was crowded with ileiu ed
and bleeding bodies an1 the thirG car had
but Ccw Nho e.cD ed. The shattered en-
zinc was pouring forth streams OF seed
jnr.t.aam ana water. which bid ff&m ,ac
ewes of toe uuin as-pd passengers tae fvll.
es, nlra.u-e OF the horrible scene. while
its nissing sound Gcadened tue ehrih<s
aud groans o. &C. sc impt!"onct IN The
~, con nr.c, ao Ia I;r. Ma. e.eon,
o,d ao~,La o1,s..d ow,y t,on ,ho~4ar
nar i,s a<yfnI s;cr,., u"ro ;ovooI.J IT..
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nn ~, a;Ioo t,.,~ maroL.s bnG;as ~
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mnnclaa ,..rn 1911 a,l sc.l1aI hy.tbn
nna. , mo'n- AID f.w onainoa,s
"nN ~" I~ '' annnsIa"as
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~ .ta ,,nha h'.It 49,
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~, - rIia p;oroor oo-n who
-, ,Ln ,ro;, rlied Win la,) Tho
i"ron,~r, wt:ch wn~a MONT, fnr hn,idpv
ao"aaa 49, howorar ny,
49," ~ = ngnr or1 CORA onnr
: r., no maon,i,,o ,ha
nInaa ."T No cooahoe we,o smoshnd IN
" ~Dl .al roinnaad naa
,r nnon,tnd a vounr Iodv was
nultn =, ~, 49, ;mna' cna
81" ns ,,,;,Li, ralaoeo3 ,nt
y, o",td not 10 rr19od ond rrnr'
NV n;,airDctnd Itnuy re
'""''''
sENE"Ap II fi'oM MEX h"bf'
She was taken on board one of the trains
and yjyen al possible care. but she csnld
no, survive her terrible g~liurics ana dicd
in She srrs Of friends oa the car.
10 fr.c the bodies in IL rear car the
trainmcn attached n locomotive to toe
wrecked engine and started TO pull II
from mo "feCh ile hIS' ",o',nient vi
u e, 80 o,;aa -, ,1n 49,
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i ~ ae ~ I;fo r. d;I ~
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Mnm' w "u y nv n'i1@'vu i"m's y.
lal'nel 'nut.'',.n, - 49, a, w.
:na siD, honssaa ysar. Ilnh,aJ :" oII tho
ny alI ~ n"1;nf <" NsN''u "'