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serious. He was sent to his home, 313S P
street.
At Providence Hospftal.

Az providence Hospital.
The first persons taken from the wreck
were received at Providence Hospital.
Sister Beatrice had been notified Of the
occurrence some minutes before the In
1ured ones reached the institution, and she
had the doctors and nurses on hand ready
to receive them. Dr. Wall, the resident
physician, had several assistants, and they
were kept busy for some time.
The man who died, Franklin c. Hosmer,
was among the first to reach the hospital
1t was evident from his condition that he
could not last long, and about thirty min
utes after he was admitted to the institu-
ton he succumbed.
Among those cared for at this hospital
was Otto Haarer, who lives at TAI 7th
tured and he win not soon be able to leave
the hospital.
George w. Orem, a bookbinder, living at
No. 1923 E street southeast. had his right
Frank Downing. 1918 9th street. was Sc
verely bruised.
Frederick Winkleman, 419 C street south
east. an apprentice in the navy yard, sus-
tanned painful injuries to his back.
George Coleman, twenty-three years old,
was injured about the head and body. He
is pressman and lives at 1112 9Th street
southeast.
T. W. Roberts, fifty-six years old, Bal
timore and Ohio railroad agent at Ana
costa, was also taken to Providence Hos
pital. He was injured about the head, and
his condition this morning was serious.
James Morgan, an apprentice In the navy
yard, living at 1112 E street southeast, had
his thigh broken.
Patients at Eastern Dispensary.
Two Of the victims were taken to the
Eastern Dispensary. One of them was
W. 8. King, a shoemaker, who Is in bust
ness at No. 2149k Pennsylvania avenue.
His ribs are fractured. William Barker,
an ironworker. living at 1920 I'd street
southeast, is the other patient in this hos
pitaI. He was badly bruised and cut, and
may have received internal injuries. His
condition is regarded as serious.
Killed and Injured.
Killed-Franklin c. Hosmer, 1916 street
northwest.
Seriously inJured-William Barker. 1920
I'd street southeast; T. w. Roberts, 114
Pierce street. Anacostfa; Guy Latimer, 4th
and G streets southeast; Miss Mollie Dur
ham. III l street northwest: Lewis Rosen-
berger, 92S Eaton street. Baltimore.
Painfully injured-Ernest Berkeley, ~
Francis street southeast: Mr. and Mrs.
Baldwin, G street northwest; X. w. BOW
man, Congress Heights; George Coleman,
116 9th street southeast; Joseph Collins,
III 1 street southeast: F. H. Collins, 313S
P street northwest; Frank Downing, 1918
9th street northwest; Mr.. Dougherty, Vir-
gina avenue southeast, fTltZ IloWdiu, ocf
18th street southeast; Otto Haarer, 741
I'd street northwest; Mrs. Hall, 9O7 G street
southeast: Julius Hanlein. 1O6 l street
southeast w. Dawson King, 152 Jackson
street, Anacostia; w. S. King, Miss Lizzie
Lewis, 249 18th street southeast; L. +.
Miller, 925 N street northwest; James l.
Mills, 1928 18th street southeast; James F.
Morgan, 1112 E street southeast; Frederick
Morgan, 1112 E street southeast; Arthur
Marks. $40 7th street southeast: George
W. Orem, 1928 E street southeast; Edward
Oliveri, 731 5th street southeast; Mrs
Payne, 7th and l streets southeast; George
Poole, 500 f street southeast: William Sui
Ivan. Gil G street southeast; Mary Scott,
1872 It'll street southeast; George Tharp
326 9th street southeast; Frederick Win
keman, 419 G street southeast.
Besides these there were several injured
whose names have not been reported.
Body Identified.
All night long the police endeavored to
have the dead body of the man who died
at Providence Hospital identified, but it
was not until about noon today that the
body was identified as that of Mr. Frank
lin Carlton Hosmer. The deceased, who
was about thirty years old, lived with his
widowed mother and married sister at 1915
8 street northwest. His father, who had
been a clerk in the Treasury Department
for more than thirty years, died suddenly
about two years ago.
Mr.. Hosmer, jr., was sketch artist, but
on account of his health he had not done
any work recently. Yesterday afternoon
about o'clock he told his mother he
thought he would take a ride over to Con-
gress Heights and enjoy the country air.
Il won't be gone long," he told her, and
off he went. When he did not return home
last night his mother became uneasy, but
she had no idea what had become of him.
This morning when he had not returned
a neighbor went and saw the body. Soon
after the aged mother of the unfortunate
man was told of his sad ending. The de-
ceased was well known here and had many
friends. He was particularly fond Of chill
dren, and the little ones in his neighbor-
hood will regret his fate. The deceased
was native of Kankakee, ILL.,, and came
here when he was three years old.
Fred Morgan, one of the injured in yes
terdays accident, is the son of John L.
Morgan and nephew of Frank P. Morgan.
The Motormnn's Story.
Arthur selby, the motorman, this morn
ing gave the following version of the af-
fair!
when I started down grade attempted
to put the brake on. and when heard the
brake chain snap 1 gave the conductor
three bells as signal to put on the rear
brake. The current was, of course, off at
the time. 1 pulled the reverse lever in
tending to try and run the car backward,
but the lever failed to work. because, /
suppose, of the cars momentum and
heavy load of passengers There must have
been 40 people on board. The people were
jumping off all the way down the HILL
There were comparatively few persons on
the car when the collision came The car
jumped the curved track at the bottom of
the hill. They tell me that the conductor
succeeded in putting on the rear brake, but
that 1t was too late and it failed to work.
Il left the car just before the collision
l. was rendered senseless by the leap and
did not revive for fifteen minutes 1t was
all over then except the caring for the
wounded"
Conductors Version.
Conductor ]. w. Werner was also seen
this morning. He stated that he had sue
ceeded in putting on the rear brake but
that 1t did not work. He was in the car
when 1t came to a standstill having been
caught under some debris. He crawled our
and assisted in helping the injured
Mr.. Edward Stephenson, with his wife
and family were on the runaway electric
car. Mr.. Stephenson hardly knows how
they escaped death or injury, but they were
not hurt. He assisted in holding I'D the
roof of the car and prevented some women
from trying to leap out.
Policeman Buckmaster. who witnessed
the accident said:
1t was all over quicker than 1t takes to
tell 1t. looked up the street. and heard the
people screaming and then came the ora Oh