Mud Run Disaster, Pa., 1888

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Name (Latin)
Mud Run Disaster, Pa., 1888
Other forms of name
nne Mud Run Disaster, Oct. 10, 1888
Coordinates
-75.7131 -75.7131 40.9897 40.9897 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Railroad accidents Pennsylvania
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q599216
Library of congress: sh 85088248
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 05040000: Meredith, A.J. Commemorative of the first anniversary of the Mud Run disaster, October, 10, 1888, 1889:p. 9 (Mud Run, small stop near Penn Haven) p. 36 ("Mud Run disaster where one train crashed into another of its own accord. Many were killed and as many wounded. Yet no one was to blame.")
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Wikipedia description:

The Mud Run disaster was a train wreck that occurred on October 10, 1888, at Mud Run station in Kidder Township, Pennsylvania, on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. At 10 p.m., one train ran into the back of another, killing 64 people.

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