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Show TELEGRAPHIC FutrtI Railroad Accident. Scriuton, Pa., 2. TLe Republican, this morning, has the following particulars par-ticulars of the wrecking of a train lust night on the Lehigh Valley railroad. rail-road. The 6rBt intimation tho engineers en-gineers had of the accident was a violent rocking of the train. A minute later the first of the ptutseruer can mounted the forward truck on which it rested, and was precipitated down an embankment a distance of tifteen feet, together with three other coaches, all laden with passengers. The coupling broke, leaving the engine en-gine and one baggage car in safety on the track. The painful scenes which followed ba files description. A wail of anguish reut the air as tho passen gera dragged themselves from the debris ol the wreck. The four cars were smashed to pieces, and many passengers were pinned down in moBt excrutiating positions. Mrs. Homer ol Scranton and Mrs. Hickey ol Ton a wand a were killed, and levon-teen levon-teen others severely injured, four of them fatally. Most of the iujured are said to belong to Tonawauda and vicinity. A miraculous escape is recorded re-corded in the case of Mrs. Cool of West Piltston, who, together with her three children, wore among the passengers, pas-sengers, and passed Mi rough the wreck with ouly a few slight scratches. The work of caring for the wounded was a trying and painful pain-ful oDe, ow'mg to the distance they had to bo removed. Assistance was rendered as promptly as possible, and verything wbb done that could be accomolifbed to assuage the pain of the Bufferers. |