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Mary Lydon Simonsen
ASIN: B0109IOVVG
Publisher: Quail Creek Publishing, LLC
Pages: 251

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 ...
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5 stars from 11 ratings