Evening star., 1896-08-04
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Stone Car Broke Away and Did Some Dam
age. ~
July's Weather as Reported In West
Washington Other Local
Notes of Interest.

One of the stone cars on the Georgetown
and Tenleytown electric railroad broke
away this morning at the hill on 32d street
over the canal and ran down the steep in
cline to the water front, though fortunate
ly no one was injured by the occurrence
Scme damage was done to the rolling stock
of the road, however. The tracks of the
Bethesda branch of the Tenleytown road
are being repaired, and loads of broken
stone are being shipped up as ballast. The
stone cars are being filled from wagons at
the terminal on sd street. One of the
loaded cars ready to be attached to the
rear Of an electric car and carried up the
line started to descend the hill. James
Foley, an employe Of the company, was
near at hand, and, seeing the car move he
jumped on board and applied the brakes,
but the speed Of the car was too great to
be checked.
He Eept at his post, however, and worked
on the brakes. At the bottom of the hill
a new car for the Glen Echo road was ON
wagon waiting to be put on the track and
taken to its future home There were two
men working on the new car at the time Of
the accident, but fortunately they heard
the warning cries of Foley, and got out of
the way in time. Foley held to his brakes
until The last moment, and just before the
crash with the new car he jumped, escap-
ing injury. The collision damaged the
stone car ard also the new Glen Echo car,
though the damage to the latter is COM
parauvely slight. The damage is placed at
$50.
July's Weather.
The meteorological summary for July
from observations taken by Professor NJ
F. Burrows, at Braces drug store, corner
of Both ard M street, shows a wide varia-
ton from the summary of previous Julys
for many Years past. Five times during
No
degrees while the average temperature for
the month is only 10 and a fraction degrees
The rainfall for July is also heavy, con-
sidering the fact that the month is one of
the dryest OF the summer season. The sum-
mary IS as follows: Mean temperature, 19.2
degrees; maximum temperature, 9 de-
srees occurring on the 9th; minimum
temperature, 81 degrees, occurring on the
18TH The monthly range Of the thermome-
ter was only Al degrees. The rainfall for
the month was 3.92 inches, an average per
day of .l3 of an inch. There were seven
teen days upon which .O1 or more of an
inch inch OF rain fell. There were seven clear
days, eleven fair ones and thirteen cloudy
days. The prevailing direction of the wind
was from the south.
A Collision.
Car 35 Of the Georgetown and Tenleytown
railroad, with Motorman Edward johnson
In charge, collided with horse and buggy
belonging to R. L. ELLIOTT, the feed dealer,
IN which the carriage was demolished and
the horse injured. The accident occurred
shortly after o'clock on 32d street, at
holy Rood cemetery. Mr.. Elliott was ac-
companied by little boy, and was letting
the re1ns lie loose. Just as the car ap-
proached he grabbed at the lines, which
were crossed, and threw the horse directly
across the front Of the coming car. The
distance was too short for Motorman
Johnson TO stop the car, but he applied the
brakes with all speed, stopping the car
within Its length. The horse was thrown
against the retaining wall of the ceme-
!ery, while the occupants were thrown,
put the passengers fortunately escaped in
jury. =.
Notes. y
Mr. Franklin Whelan, one of the superin-
tendents at Mt. Vernon, has just returned
from two weeks "trip to Manhattan
Beach and other northern seaside resorts.
Mrs Sinclair and her two daughters of
Sotn street are at Colonial Beach for a
stay OF several weeks. - q.
MISS Mabel Burrows Is at Wesley Grove,
"here She Is attending camp meeting serv-
ices. -
Col. John A. Joyce has just returned
from the Soldiers Home at Fortress Mon
roe, where he lectured before the veterans
on Poets and Patriots" The colonel was
the guest OF the officers of the post about
two weeks.