Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-17
STREET CARS IN COLLISION.
An Electric Car Crashes Into . Grip Car ut
Fourteenth and Streets.

| An Electric Car Crashes Into q Grin Car ut
| Fourteenth and U Streets.
Yesterday afternoon about O'Clock a COLI
sion between an electric car on the Rock Creek
Electric railroad and q cable car on the 14th
street line occurred at the 14th and street
crossing, which ended in serious damage to the
| property of both railroad companies, and the
serious injury of Miss Minnie Hamilton and her
aunt. Miss De Shields. Miss Hamilton is .
daughter Of Mr.. john A. Hamilton, formerly Of
the firm Of Barbour 4 Hamilton, Wholesale
grocers. Yesterday was the first days opera
ton of the U street extension of the road east
Of 14th street. The cable train consist ed Of .
grip car and one coach, and was operated by
Gripman Shsner. Both the grip car and coach
were filed with passengers on their way to
Mount Pleasant.
The electric car also had it's share Of passen-
gers, and like those in the cable car, there
were MANY ladies and children among them.
As the approached the crossing the
signal bells were sounded. and even when it
was apparent to the passengers that there was
going to be a collision there was ample time to
again sound the signals. This was done by the
men on the cars instead Of cutting of the motor
and applying the brakes. and along went the
cars though each had the right of way. There
screaming and cries. and in less time than
the story can be told the
CAME TOGETHER WITH A TERRIBLE CRASH.
The motorman on the electric car had set
his brake and jumped. while the gripman re-
manned at his post. He set his brake in hopes
Of saving the rear coach. and in this he was
successful, but the electric struck the grip
car and overturned it. throwing the passengers
to the concrete pavement.
When Miss Hamilton and her aunt were
picked up the former had sustained cuts on her
head in addition to other bruises, and her aunt.
it is thought, received severe internal injuries.
Both ladies were taken to Daniels drug store
and were afterwsrd sent home. Among the
passengers on the grip car was MIR. John G.
Williams of the Baltimore Sun. who was with
his wife and two children, but they escaped in
jury. The passengers on the electric car
escaped unhurt, with the exception of a lively
shaking up. and those on the coach of the cable
train received similar treatment. There was
no fagman at the crossing where the accident
happened and the passengers on both cars
think there was plenty of time for the gripman
and motorman to have stopped their in
time to have prevented the accident if they had
SO desired.
ANOTHER COLLISION.
There was also a collision on the Alexandria
and Mount Vernon electric railroad yesterday
afternoon. Two cars going in OF posite direc-
tons met on the single track between two sid
ings. One OF the cars not on time, and it
is thought that the motorman was trying to
gain the time lost and reach the siding ahead
before the other car had left Il. but was unable
to do so. 1t was stated in Alexandria last even
ing that one of the motormen made no effort to
stop his car until it was entirely too late. and
that the other one did not have time to reverse
the current and push back out Of the way. The
cars were slightly damaged, but no one was in
iured