Daily Herald (Newspaper) - October 12, 1888, Santa Fe, New Mexico I THE DAILY SANTA NEW OCTOBER 12. 1888. 6g. LATEST BY Awful Oct. reached here last night of a terrible accident which occurred on the Lehigh Valley railroad at Mud Run the first station above Haven which is beyond all question the most awful disaster that ever happened in this portion of the There is no doubt that the number of killed will reach nearly and injured nearly double the The trains were excursion trains returning from a celebration at the annual parade of the Catholic temperance societies of Scranton thousands of people went down to Hazelton from the towns of Luzerne and Lackawanna Seven trains with cars filled to the doors passed through White Haven yesterday taking the old route by the On the return the first train left Hazelton about 5 p. the others following as rapidly as deemed The first three sections eame through without the disaster happening to the fourth and fifth For some reason not explained the fourth section was standing on the track the little station of Mud five miles below White Haven when the fifth section shot around the curve close behind and crashed into it. Cars were smashed and broken and hurled of the The road lies close beside the Lehigh a steep sixty feet running down to the Several cars rolled down this and crushed against the cutting on the other The first word of the dreadful accident at Mud Run on the Lehigh Valley road was received at 10 o'clock last There were nearly 6,000 people from Luzerne and Lackawanna in the excursion at There were seventy-eight cars from the number of passengers being about 5,500. The sections were all crowded to furnishing conditions for to the depot wringing their hands in The railroad officials could or would not give any Throughout the night the depot was thronged by hundreds of persons suffering untold agony over the At 3:30 a. a rumor was put in circulation that arrangements were made for the receipt of a large number 01'' while its hissing sound deadened the shrieks and groans of those imprisoned in the Ghastly white faces peered into the windows to be greeted by faces far more Some of the dead sat pinioned in their erect as if in staring open eyed as if aware of the As the steam and smoke cleared away from the rear awful sights were Timbers were crushed and while on all sides hung mangled bodies and limbs The Mrs. Abe and I Mrs. T. B John Willie Ben Mrs. and two car Pleasant Mary Ann Hyde Mihael S Kate I Hyde Annie Patrick Mrs. P. William I Patrick James Mamie all of Pleasant James Flynn of Miners I Annie Loftus Two of the wounded at the hospital here few bodies not were burned j died h- and or eight and scalded by steam and little re- | wiu die of the dead will be brought to White At the The rumor was soon The officials were expecting With such a list of wounded coming in this direction the public pulse stood still over the horrible and thousands of fainting hearts quivered in Many after waiting during the long weary from ten to three in the took the south bound train which passed here at 4:10 and went to the scene of the There it was learned that the third section of the train had stood on the track a few hundred yards from Mud waiting for the section ahead to get out of the The some had been sent back with a lantern to guard the train from the suddenly the passengers on the rear platform saw the train approaching at a high rate of Several jumped and In an instant the flash of the head light illuminated the interior of the ill-fated rear there was a and the engine plunged length into the crowded mass of The shock drove the rear car through the next one two-thirds of its and the second car was forced into the not a single person escaped from the rear The second was crowded with maimed and bleeding and the third car had but few passengers who The uninjured of both trains made their way out of the cars and on going to the telescoped engine and cars found the shattered engine pouring forth streams of scalding steam and water which hid from their eyes the fullest measure ot the in the rear car which bore human When the shock of the first crash had in a measure tne uninjured began to see what could be done for their unfortunate The few light tools on the train proved but feeble instruments The St. Francis Pioneer who were on the plied with zeal their broad these were meant for holiday and were but little adapted to work and were Soon Rendered In the meantime the windows of the cars were smashed and brave men entered and released those least hurt or least John of was hanging to the roof by one his brought friends who stood upon the wreckage and held his weight upon their backs until he was A young lady was found caught by her lower one limb was but the other one could not be and unfortunately a misdirected blow of an axe Severed It From the She heroically bore her torture but could not survive the shock soon ' To free the bodies ' in the rear the men attached a locomotive to the wrecked engine and started to pull it from the The first move of the shattered the wounded such awful cries of distress that surrounding friends ordered the engineer to desist on pain of his They did not wish to see the mangled forms Still More The few houses about the spot I were thrown open to the j and bonfires were lighted to aid the work of It is not probable that the work will be completed before Passengers on the rear train state that they saw the train ahead when far down the They sprang from their seats and stared in wonder and surprise that the train did not slack Suddenly their engineer and fireman were seen to then came the The Harry the sustained slight The fireman saw a red light and informed fhe and then Passengers gave many different accounts of the probable cause of the some attributing it to negligence of the flagman in not going back with a red A train from the scene of the accident arrived at Wilkesbarre this ven this where they will be placed in caskets and forwarded to their There are still a number of dead Base Oct. 11.-Philadelphia, 8, 3. 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Market strong for best dressed beef and shipping grass range steers slow and to 10 cents good Texas cows about natives weak to 5 cents stock Good to choice corn common to grass range bringing a number of those stockers and who went down to make inquiries ' 3.40; and from them the foregoing facts 1,300; ' Strong and Good to choice muttons common to Booi and Commercial Printing -All kinds of- were gleaned Scenes about the depot are ol the most distressing A special train three of cars arrived here at 6 o'clock this morning from the wreck with twenty-four ' They were placed in the city Many of the injured are badly | burned by sparks from the The as far as can be j learned are Machi Elen Hyde Miss Kate Pleasant Andrew or Meighan and two Pleasant Thomas Pleasant John M. Coleman and two Owen Mike Tyrell Alice Mrs. Mrs. Mary M. Will Richard Hyde Pleasant Harry Minte J. S. 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