The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-10

when responding to fires As it ap-
preached Connecticut Avenue the driver.
at the request OF the foreman, decreased
the speed of his team. He was certain
that the gong of the truck was ringing.
DIR. William Tindall the Secretary of
the Board of District Commissioners, who
lives on California Avenue, was next
sworn. He saw the truck coming down "
Street a few moments later and following
this he saw the collision.
He saw one of the men thrown under
the car. but he had no recollection of see
ing the car before this When he ran up
the motorman was standing beside his
car and said he had so quickly reversed
his current that it had blown out the fuse
DR.. Tindall gave the position of the
truck as nearer the middle of NJ Street
than the iremen had done. He did not
see any obstruction to the passage of the
truck and could not have seen any, as his
entire attention was occupied with the in
jured men.
H. c. Grimes. who lives at 3139 "
Street. testified that he saw the accident
He was standing at the northeast corner
of Connecticut Avenue and NJ Street, when
he heard the truck bell ringing. He saw
the car coming, and judged from their
speed that the two vehicles would meet.
He signaled to the motorman, and the
car slowed down. He saw the driver of
the truck try TO turn into Connecticut
Avenue. but later the driver, evidently
thinking that the danger was over, tried
to turn to the right again, in order to
continue on down NJ Street. He believes
that the car was practically at a stand
still. and that the truck struck the car.
The motorman remained on his car and
did not jump, as had been stated. The
motorman he said, remarked that he tried
10 avoid the accident, but could not. The
car. he thought was going at about six
miles an hour when he first saw it. The
brakes were lightly applied and the car
had nearly reached the south building line
of NJ Street before the motorman appeared
to see the truck. Then he applied his
brakes with force. He did not believe that
the motorman heard the truck bell
Motorman Larnan testified that he fn-
ished work on Wednesday evening at 4
o'clock and that he took his car out Of
the barn In Georgetown Thursday morn
ing at SPA On the trip when the accident
occurred he left the eastern terminus of
the line at 7:43 and was due at George
town at S:23
The distance, ne understood, was about
six miles. When he stopped a. De Sales
Street he was on time and started up at
the usual rate of speed. When he reached
Magruder's store, where he shut off his
current, ne WIS PROBABLY making ABOUT
eight or nine miles an hour. He did not
hear the bell on the fire apparatus and
was a third of the way across the street
before he saw the truck, but he succeed
ell in stopping the car, and 1t was at a
standstill when the collision occurred. II
was his belief that he could stop one of
the big cars in shorter space than he
could one of the lighter ones with trail
or attached. He also said in response to
questions from Attorney Baker that he
had been in the employ of the railroad
company for twenty-five years and had
never before had an accident. He had
been a motorman for five years. ever since
the road was first equipped with power.
Many other witnesses were examined,
but their evidence did not differ material
ly from that adduced from those already
mentioned. At the conclusion of the tes-
timony the jury retired and promptly
reported the verdict as stated