What the records say
- When
- 10 Oct 1888
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 40.99° N, 75.71° W
- Description
- train wreck
- Deaths
- 64
Mud Run disaster
1888 railroad accident in Pennsylvania
The Mud Run disaster was a train wreck that occurred on October 10, 1888, at Mud Run station in Kidder Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, about 7 miles from Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. At 8:02 p.m., one train ran into the back of another, killing 64 people.
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