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On October 10, 1888, the worst train disaster in the history of Pennsylvania took place at the Mud Run railway station. The victims were excursionists who had traveled from Scranton to Hazleton to celebrate the birth of Father Mathew Theobold, the Irish Apostle of Temperance, with a parade and picnic arranged by the Catholic Total Abstinence Union.

In anticipation of moving as many as 10,000 passengers between Hazleton and Scranton on eight trains, consisting of eighty-seven cars, the Lehigh Valley Railroad had issued special orders to its crews, the most important of which was to "protect your rear."

After the Father Mathew Men had marched and the Father Mathew Cadets had displayed their skill in precision drills, the disciples of temperance headed for the Hazleton train station and home. It was on their return to Scranton that sixty-four people would meet their deaths on the Lehigh Valley road.

This book tells the story of what went wrong on that beautiful autumn day at a remote signal station in Carbon County.

The Mud Run Train Wreck A Disaster in the IrishAmerican Community eBook Mary Lydon Simonsen

This is a remarkable true story of triumph and tragedy. Mary Lydon Simonsen writes about the deadly train wreak in Mud Run, Pennsylvania in October 1888. This piece of history is very well written. The story tells you of the night when two of eight trains, returning from a pilgrimage to Hazleton, Pennsylvania collided near the train station in Mud Run. One train was stopped on the tracks a few hundred yards beyond the station. The second train coming around a curve on the other side of the station could not see the stopped train in time to come to a full stop. The engineer on the moving train tried to stop but still collided with the stopped train. The moving train hit the stopped train with such force that it pushed the last car through the second to last car like a collapsing telescope. Both cars were full of men, women, and children. The result of the collision caused carnage too horrible to believe or describe. The book also brings you into the lives of those who survived the horrors as well has those who lost their lives on that faithful night. Mary has a personal reason for telling this story in that one of her ancestors died in the wreck. She has spent over 10 years researching the facts and stories of the people and events at the time before and after the deadly wreck. Her book is a captivating history telling of the times. The stories of the hard working people takes you into a time when the lose of one or more members of a family could have dire consequences on that family and the entire community. Husbands were left without their wives and had to learn how to become a single parent and still provide for the family. The same can be said for the wives who lost their husbands except, they also lost the bread winner of the family. The worst cases were the children who became orphans in a blink of any eye. Mary's book also goes into how the railroad company dealt with the tragedy. The majority of the people involved as well as the people in the surrounding communities worked in the area coal mines. Working in the mines brought about its own level of grief and tragedy. Many of the families touched by the train wreck had already lost family and friends to mining accidents. I highly recommend this book. You will be taken into the way that the actions of a few people could leave such heartache and sorrow in the lives of so many. Mary states, in her book, that the story of the Mud Run Train Wreck is an ongoing project. She would like very much to hear from anyone who may have information or photographs of the people or events involved with the Mud Run tragedy. Mary can be contacted at: quailcreekpub@hotmail.com The Mud Run Train Wreck: A Disaster in the Irish-American Community

Product details File Size 1325 KB Print Length 251 pages Simultaneous Device Usage Unlimited Publisher Quail Creek Publishing, LLC (June 23, 2015) Publication Date June 23, 2015 Sold by  Digital Services LLC Language English ASIN B0109IOVVG

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The Mud Run Train Wreck A Disaster in the IrishAmerican Community eBook Mary Lydon Simonsen Reviews

Very interesting history of Northeastern PA. Sad event in early railroading.
Editor’s Book Review
By Rick Sedlisky,
Editor, eZine, a bi-monthly publication of the Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania

The Mud Run Train Wreck A Disaster in the Irish-American Community
By Mary Lydon Simonsen

(Cover artwork Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly, “Torpedo on the Tracks” VOL XIV – No 2, August 1882)

It is commonly known that “way back when” in Northeast Pennsylvania and other parts of our country, the only major source of information, other than word of mouth, was the newspapers. The newspapers reported, but was all they reported accurate?

On October 10, 1888, one of the worst train wrecks in American history took place in Northeast Pennsylvania. Sixty four lives were lost when on the return north from Hazleton to Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, the seventh section of an eight-section Lehigh Valley Railroad train “telescoped” the rear end of Section Six that led to the loss of life and permanent injury to many at a place in Carbon County known as Mud Run.

What is “telescoping”? A telescope is made of parts that collapse on each other to make the telescope a condensed unit. In the 19th Century, railroad passenger cars were made of wood and vulnerable to being “telescoped” if hit from behind by a steam engine. The engine would hit the last car of the passenger train and “telescope” it into the car ahead. The second last car of Section Six was the victim of “telescoping”.

Author Mary Lydon Simonsen, through in-depth newspaper research, combined all she found that enabled her to document the tragedy that affected many Irish-Americans in the communities of Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Minooka (now a part of Scranton) and Pleasant Valley, now known as Avoca.

In the late 19th Century, people formed societies that were opposed to the consumption of alcohol. They were known as “Temperance Societies” and with many, were very popular. Based on the words of Fr. Mathew Theobold from Ireland, many Irish people followed and remained true to his words.

Ms. Lydon Simonsen discusses Fr. Theobold and how Irish immigrants carried his words to their new home in Northeast Pennsylvania. She effectively builds from his words about how the societies were formed and how every year in Northeast Pennsylvania there would be a “convention” or a “gathering” of temperance people at one city. All would come together to support their movement and carry it forward. The October 1888 gathering, which was arranged by the Total Catholic Abstinence Union, was held at Hazleton where 10,000 people arrived via the Lehigh Valley Railroad. A total of 87 passenger cars were provided by the Lehigh Valley Railroad and the Central Railroad of New Jersey and divided into eight sections of roughly 10 or so cars each.

The event at Hazelton went well, but as the author tells us, some at the event smelled of liquor on the return north. That is a minor footnote, but yet an interesting footnote as not everyone was at Hazleton for abstinence reasons. What is more interesting and important are the recollections of those in charge of the train sections and whether or not they did their jobs as expected.

Lehigh Valley management issued special orders to crew members, the most important of which was, “to protect your rear”. Lehigh Valley orders were in place and the men were expected to get all home safely. Each section of the train ran 10 minutes apart. There was no room for error on the part of anyone.

According to what Ms. Lydon Simonsen found, some Lehigh Valley men did their jobs correctly and some didn’t. For one engineer, it was his first time to be in charge of a passenger train. Again, most is based on newspaper reports and while newspaper reports and accountings by those on the scene don’t necessarily agree completely, it is what she found, documented and shares with readers.

Many times a story ends with what happened and does not follow through with reports on the aftermath. Author Lydon Simonsen takes us to the courts, the testimonies of Lehigh Valley employees, survivors and how at that time, employees often worked with very little sleep. In the case of the Lehigh Valley men, they had no choice other than to be on the job, well rested or not. While a good portion of court testimonies is conflicting at best and based on newspaper reports, Ms. Lydon Simonsen leaves it to the reader to decide who told the truth and who didn’t.

For anyone interested in Northeast Pennsylvania history, railroads, labor laws that did not favor the worker, and a time in our history when some were opposed to the consumption of alcohol and some within the Roman Catholic Church decided that temperance should be for all, Ms. Lydon Simonsen’s book is an excellent read.

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Still reading it, but I did love seeing my great grandparents (Powell) name on the second page. That alone makes this book a treasure for me.
Good detailed book. While reading it I could hear the narrator from "An American Experience" on NPR reading the story in my head.
I really enjoyed the read. What a tragedy. I could feel for each of the victims and their families -starting out on such a happy occasion to come to such a sad end. I highly recommend it.
This story is worth knowing about, especially if you're Irish or of Irish decent. The author thoroughly researched every detail regarding this awful tragedy. I couldn't put it down.
Mary Lydon Simonsen's account of the Mud Run Train Wreck is honest and informative. As a descendant of two of the victims, I was given the gift of knowledge about an event which clearly shaped my grandfather's drive and ambition. For anyone who lives/d in the Minooka, Scranton area of Pennsylvania, it is an historical account of the ultimate cover up. For those who don't, it is an accounting of an event which was overlooked by many only a few days after it occurred. I highly recommend that you pick up a copy.
This is a remarkable true story of triumph and tragedy. Mary Lydon Simonsen writes about the deadly train wreak in Mud Run, Pennsylvania in October 1888. This piece of history is very well written. The story tells you of the night when two of eight trains, returning from a pilgrimage to Hazleton, Pennsylvania collided near the train station in Mud Run. One train was stopped on the tracks a few hundred yards beyond the station. The second train coming around a curve on the other side of the station could not see the stopped train in time to come to a full stop. The engineer on the moving train tried to stop but still collided with the stopped train. The moving train hit the stopped train with such force that it pushed the last car through the second to last car like a collapsing telescope. Both cars were full of men, women, and children. The result of the collision caused carnage too horrible to believe or describe. The book also brings you into the lives of those who survived the horrors as well has those who lost their lives on that faithful night. Mary has a personal reason for telling this story in that one of her ancestors died in the wreck. She has spent over 10 years researching the facts and stories of the people and events at the time before and after the deadly wreck. Her book is a captivating history telling of the times. The stories of the hard working people takes you into a time when the lose of one or more members of a family could have dire consequences on that family and the entire community. Husbands were left without their wives and had to learn how to become a single parent and still provide for the family. The same can be said for the wives who lost their husbands except, they also lost the bread winner of the family. The worst cases were the children who became orphans in a blink of any eye. Mary's book also goes into how the railroad company dealt with the tragedy. The majority of the people involved as well as the people in the surrounding communities worked in the area coal mines. Working in the mines brought about its own level of grief and tragedy. Many of the families touched by the train wreck had already lost family and friends to mining accidents. I highly recommend this book. You will be taken into the way that the actions of a few people could leave such heartache and sorrow in the lives of so many. Mary states, in her book, that the story of the Mud Run Train Wreck is an ongoing project. She would like very much to hear from anyone who may have information or photographs of the people or events involved with the Mud Run tragedy. Mary can be contacted at quailcreekpub@hotmail.com The Mud Run Train Wreck A Disaster in the Irish-American Community