Evening star., 1885-07-22
a Nearly Fatal Collision.

a COLUMBIA LINE STREET CAR STRUCK BY AN
ENGINE on THE B. & O. ROAD.
Shortly after 10 o'clock last evening consid-
erable excitement was created in the vicinity
of LIST and II streets northeast by the crash of
collision on the B. i o. railroad. The crowd
which soon gathered found that street car No.
1G. on the Columbia line, had been struck by
the engine OF an incoming freight train. The
wttc,.nian on duty at the crossing had gone
home Il few minutes before leaving the gates
open, a was his custom. II seems that when
tie 1914 passenger train passes. the w,,chman
goes home FOR the night and no one is again on
morning. When the driver SAW that the train
Was approaching he realized that it would be
impossible To cross the track before the train
would be up on them, and he at once
a: :ptied the brakes. and pulling the horse
OF tile danger. As they moved to the rear of
the car tie front of the struck by the
engine aud the car was thrown against the
automatic gate. demOi-hing both the aud
tine gate The passengers, numbering eight,
four Iien and tour women, were ter IDLY shaken
Up, but only one of them Mrs Catherine Bros
nan, OF Georgetown, was injured. She was
carried to Sch,ffrcs drug store where it was
found that her colar-b'.4e had been broken in
bruised. After receiving mrdic;, treatment
she was removed IL ncr home. The driver
states that it was Impossible to see the
moving train account of the street being
blocked up with freight cars. that he could
Ion see either way until he had rot on the tr.. k.
The horse attached 10 the narrowly e~r;i,,r Il
death. ANA the passengers in the car congru;u-
lated themselves on their lucky escape. The
fragments of the demolished Were at oace
removed to the conpanys Stables, 14tn and
boundary streets.
Mrs. Brosnan was reported this morning as
being in critical condition.
MARRIAGE LICEySEs.-Marriage licenses have
been Issued by the ciei K O the court To- Charles
l.. Turner and Lily Burns, both of Mar, i,,I,d:
ID. i. street and -iddie Gatchel: Griffin Ciuints
;ii.d Emily Johnson: jarrett Reynolds ana MIA
Harris n. F. Sprinssiean and Emma j. Coints.
No ROBBERY IN THE CAsE.-Last evening
telephone message Was received at police b i,tl-
quarter to "stOp hack 11S; "a robbery has teen
committed, and the plunder is being cOn.eH,..
To the depot. The depOts were accordingiv
watched. and Lieutenants Kelly aud Guy. win
Detectives Carter and Lamb and Officer Acton,
al the depot, f,juni the hack mentioned, in
which were seated Mr. Charles Nye, in sur
aimee agent living a. 1905 q street, and young
trunk being stopped, and Mr. Hugh Alexander,
the complainant. met them at police headyuar ar-
tcrS. Investigation veloped the facts that
NJ c rented IL house from Mr. Fuller the furri-
ture belonging To Mr. Alexander, and that tie
latter sent bill for the use of the furniture,
but was denied admittance, and Mr.. Nye locked
the house up. Last night they the trunk
brought out and a lady and gentlemaa lake
the carriage whereupon the teIe. .'hone message
one for the civil courts, dismissed the par
ties.
ONE OF THE MEXICAN EDITORS MARRIED
Col NicosiO de LugO-Vina. editor OF Ell LINES
published in the city of Mexico, was married at
Ocean City, Md, TO Miss Tiilie,youn -est daush-
ter OF Alexander III. Handy, of Mississippi. Col
Lugo-Nina met his bride a year ago in New
Orleans. The bridal couple will join the excur-
sionists in this city.
INDIGNATIoN OF A JUST JUDGE.-A Phila-
qeiphia special says: In passing sentence on
John King, who pleaded guilty to displaying
obscene pictures TO women and children ON the
streets, Judge Ierkes said that the offense was
Of "a kind that would almost justify a man
whose wife or daughter had been thus insulted
in taking the law INTO his own hands, He then
imposed the full penalty of law, "a fine of $500
and one years Imprisonment.