Evening journal., 1888-10-12
MUDRUN DISASTER
Ii is Even Worse Than First
Reported.
FULLY 100 LIVES LOST.
Evidently the Result Of An En-
gineer's Carelessness.
VICTIMS CRUSHED AND sCALDED.


WuKEsBARRE, Pa, Oct la.-The fright
full collision on the Iehigh Valley railroad at
Mud Run proves TO be even more disastrous
than was at FIRST supposed. Tho burned and
mangled remains of sixty persons have al
ready been sorted ut from the debris, and
many are missing who il is feared were
burned 10 ashes At the hospital here IN
Nilksharre are forty persons brought in by
relief trains, eighteen Of them seriously in.
jured, ten Of them certainly fatally la the
railway station at Mud Run woman lies al
the point of death too weak to be removed.
This resume do,s not include all the fatali-
ties, for many of the injured were taken
home by their friends The number OF deaths
will probably not fall short of 100
The following IS the list Of the dead SO far
as the bodies have been identifed
Annie LOTUS. Oliphant, "a years
Patrick Brehoney, Pleasant Valley, H. years
Patrick cnrren, Pleasant Valley, IA years.
William Early, Pleasant Valley, l2 years
Barney Meehan, Pleasant Valley, 40 years
Frank NJ. Coleman, Pleasant Valley Ss
yenrs
Patrick Coleman, Pleasant vallev, 90 years.
Michael Coleman and son John, Pleasant
Valley, II years
Annie Atkison, Pleasant Valley. IA years.
William Kelly, Pleasant Valley, 32 years
Thomas Ruddy Pleasant Valley, rs years
Maggie fart, Pleasant Valley, 80 years.
Mrs. Patrick Farrell, Pleasant Valley, 80
years
Benjamin o'Brian, Pleasant Valley, ls
years
Katie Featherstone, Pleasant Valley, Il
years.
Lewis Brown. Pleasant Valley, IA years.
ta1n hF.a Ard
years.
James jackson, son OF f. jackson, Pleasant
Valley, II years
James Jackson, son Of Il. Jackson, Pleasant
Valley, ~ years
John Regnn, Jessup's 85 years.
Annie Curran, Mmooka
Richard Horriec and wife, Minooka.
A. Mulhern, Minooka.
Peter Milligan, Olphant
Cornelius McCue, Miners Mills.
4 John McHale, Miners Mills
Edward O'Mnlley, Green Ridge
James Hart, Green Ridge
Michael McAndres, Pleasant Valley
- Finnegan, Providence
Abraham Doran, Pleasant Valley.
! John O'IIean, Luzerne Borough.
/ john McCrowe, Providence
| Thomas Teole, Mnooka.
James Connaboy, Mnooka.
james Flynn, Miners Mills, r.
/ William Cussick, Old Forge
Nora Quinlan, Scranton.
Katie Quinn, Scranton
Among the injured are the following;
Mike Welsh. Mtno ka, aged 20, burned
ahout face and hands
James Jennings Minooka, aged Is, sprained
back
Potter ra,-o,,,,,,rb ts,...,-sl. , -
4 crushed knee
John Ragan, Providence, lacerated wounds;
burned
James Harmon, Old Forge, aged is, leg
4 broken.
Susan Curry, Hyde Park, aged Is, burned
lbout face and throat
Mary Doran, Hyde Park, aged 20 burned
4 about the face and arms; serious
Kate kearney, Hyde Park. aged is, burned
about face, hands and arms will die.
Thomas Clark, fractured thigh and hands
burned
Michael Welch, Pleasant Valley. aged NJ
burned tace and hands
John Lynch, Providence aged o. burned
about arms, shoulder and back.
/ Thomas Moore, Bellvue, aged 26. burned
face, hands and back
John McKinne, Pleasant Valley, aged 30
burned ON arms and shoulders.
/ Andrew McGowen, Providence, aged Is
face and hands burned, and injured inter
nally.
John Pole, brakeman, leg badly broken
/ The Lehigh Valley railroad Transported
nearly 5000 people 70 Hazieton during the
day 20 witness the parade of ali the Catholic
societies Of the Scranton diocese. OF these 4
large proportion went from Scranton and
II mn d VII So.
was divided into several sections. AT 3
| o'clock IN the evening the excursionists began
\ to return 70 their homes, and soon after that
hour the FIST section Of the Scranton and
I Nilkesharre train was sent away. Other
1 sections followed at short intervals.
4 The section Of the train, consisting of nine
cars, halted at Mud Run, midway between
1 White Haven and Penn Haven Junction al
IT stood there the third section OF twelve cars
dashel into it at full speed. The last three
cars q the section which stood On the track
We're wrecked The locomotive plowel its
way clear through the last car. which was
crowded. and nearly every person in it was
killed The rear car was telescoped into the
car next TO it, and that one into the third.
II Is not likely that single person escaped
I from the rear ear The second was crowded
with MANNED and bleeding bodies, and the
thlu car hau nut Few passengers who es-
capped. The passengers throughout both
trains were terribly shaken aud bruised.
They swarmed upon the track and the full
horror Of the accident dawned upon them.
The shattered engine was pouring forth
streams Of scalding steam and water, which
hid from their eyes the fullest measure of the
horrible scene, while it's Kissing deadened the
shrieks and groans Of those involved in the
ruin Ghastly white faces peered into the
windows to be greeted by faces more ghastly.
As the steam and smoke cleared from the
rear car Its awful sights were revealed. The
timbers were wrenched into all shapes. while
on every part hung mangled bodies and
limbs. The few unmanged bodies were
burned and scalded by the steam, aud little
remained in the car which bore human se.n-
blance
When the shock Of the first crash had sub
sided the uninjured passengers began the
work Of relieving the unfortunates The few
light tools on the train were called into
renisition. hut nrovea feeble irs.~r'r1eata
/ ALe ~ .s-Gcls t40s-eer eorps. mAo wcre On