The evening times., 1895-10-05
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The victims on the collision between
locoplQuye> ,s3l. OF the southern Rail
road, grip car 8, of the Washington Traction
Company, ands6e 8 roeery wagon of Samuel
c. Bowers. whieh,,a stated i'll The Times
of this morning, occurred last evening 81
o'clock at tAe jancsion of Seventh street
and virginia avenue southwest, are doing
| well.
The injured -were:r Frederick Lee, No
1912 l. street northwest; Charles Otis,
No. 1142 Maryland avenue southwest;
p. ". Doyle, No. Sal FlOrida avenue north
west, and an unknown woman.
Frederick Lee continues at Eme .gency
Hospital, and though seriously injured,
the surgeons state that he will tecOver.
The accident happened in peculiar
manner, and is due to the fact that line
OF passenger coaches were parked alOug
the tracks between Sixth and Seventh
streets, ObstfucUnig the gateman's view
OF them for fully a square. At that point
in the road there are four parallel tracks,
running northeast and southwest along
Virginia avenue. On the northern track,
between Sixth and Seventh streets, and
extending clear to the edge OF Seventh
street, the bLe OF passenger coaches five
in mum ber, are parked.
The gaI.niaIi's box is on the north side
of the track. and tile west side OF Seventh
street, and in order TO get o view of the
railroad tracks toward Sixth street he
would have 10 leave his post and go out
several yards in the middle of the tracks
TO get clear of the standing cars.
GATES WERE RAISED.
A long freight train crossed Seventh
a from fht. Long hriStsyts
Oh It's way TO the Jersey Yards, u lew nin-
utes before the accident.
While IT. was passing grip car No. 3,
with a trailer, ahu a wagon belonging to
Samuel Z. bowers, grocer, at the cor
her of Seventh and f streets southwest.
and drivel by Fred Lee, coiored, and a
white boy named Charles Otis, drew up
at the gate ana waited.
As soon as the last car of the freight
tram crossed tine cable tracks, the gates
began TO rise ana THE caoie car and wagon
started down Seventh street across the
railroad trackes. The wagon was To the
left OF the car and a little III ADVANCE.
Just as they struck the railIuau tracks,
the passenger tam witn engine No. o3l
appeared from behind the cans, on the
way out.
Lee, the driver of the wagon, attempted
" pull Eis horse back, but had not time,
ami IN an instant more the engine crashed
into the team, Striking tue wagon just IN
Irunt, knocking II back ana over against
The cable car.
The gripluan OF tie car released his grip
aha seized the brake levers as So on as NE 81 W
tue tram, but could not stop the car in
time 10 prevent 1t from striking the passing
train. G.
The fender vast torn off, the front smashed
III, and the car deraiied and turned almost
cross Ise Of the street
lNNu-.N rtvN
Doyle, IA eU...raclor, ana All unknown lady,
either JUMPED out or were thrown out by
the shock ANA Sustained siis ht injuries.
NONE FATALLY HUkT.
Both the occupants OF the wagon, Lee and
Gus, were huried some distance, but mlracu-
lously sustained only slignt injuries. Ot-.
received d spraIneG an kie, ami Lees lett ley
was cut just above tue ankle.
Otis was treated by Dr. e. v. Boarman,
the physician tor The Pennsyivama raiIroad
company, and removed W nis nOlie, corner or
Tweiiln street anu Maryland avenue south
west. -.- .-.. s,- -
Lee was taken TO the Emergency Hospital,
where his Injury was Gresseu by the house
STAFF. The horse had been horribly mangled
and had to be shot.
N. Acton, the engineer OF the passenger
train. brought his engine to n stanusull, as
soon as possible, but continued on nis way
learning the extent OF the accident.
Fortunately the tram was not travelling at
very RAPID rate vi speed, or SERIOUS loss OF
life would have Certainly resulted.
Witnesses OF the acciuent generally eN.
pressed the belief that it was due to the
parking oI coaches on the tracks. This Is
against the ruling OF the Commissioners.
WHAT THE OFFICIALS SAY.
Daniel P. McKeever, superintendent of
the local division of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, made a preliminary investigation
into the cause OF the accident, but arrived
at no result which could be given Tor
publication.
formal investigation will be made,
though the time for this has not been de-
termined on. Mr.. Mckeever ieit that all
around congratulations were in order that
the smash-up ended without fatalities.
The Times called on President Dunlop,
OF the Washington Traction Company, ana
asked him il an investigation into the ac
cident would be held by that company.
what accident?, said the president,
who had evidently not read The Times.
When matters were made clear to him he
said that no Investigation would be held;
the steam railroad people had caused the
accident, and IL was their province to in
vestigate. The traction company would
not sue the railroad Tor the wrecking of
the grip car-the traction company was
not going to sue anybody.