Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-17
ONE MAN IS DEAD
A Most Disastrous Rail-
way Casually
A FATAL ACCIDENT
City and Suburban Car Top
pies Over.
CROWDED WITH PEOPLE
MR.. E. r. SPRAGUE DIES FROM HIS
INJURIES.
Many Others Require Hospital Treat
ment-Motorman Arrested-Coroner
to Hold Inquest Wednesday.
CROWDED WITH PEOPLE
MR.. E. R. SPRAGUE DIES FROM HIS
INJURIES.

City and Suburban car 400 jumped the
track on the curve at 4th and streets
northeast, lexington, this morning about
7:24 O'Clock, and many passengers were in
jured One of them, Mr.. E. r. Sprague for
ty-five years old, who lived at 2O04 Balti-
more street. North Langdon, died at the
Homeopathic Hospital about 10 o'clock.
The only other passenger who received In
juries which it is thought, may prove IA
tai is Mr.. Aloysius Senart of 2413 Frank
fort street, South Brookland. He is under
treatment at Freedmen's Hospital. The
list of victims Of the accident. so far as
could be obtained this morning, includes
the following:
Homeopathic Hospital-E. r. Sprague.
2O04 Baltimore street. North Langdon; head
crushed, chest crushed and numerous cuts
and bruises; died about 10 o'clock.
The Injured.
Freedmen's Hospital-Aloysius B. Senart
2413 Frankfort street; partly scalped. two
ribs broken. injuries to his hip and numer-
Gus bruises; condition critical
"a Joseph Z. Goodky, 1923 Rhode Island ave-
nue. northeast; scalp wound and minor
bruises.
MOTIFS, 1SJ CeQar street, INJURY 10
knees.
Sibey Hospital-Mr. King and Mr. Orten;
slight injuries.
Emergency Hospital-David Reed, twen-
ty-eight years old Berwyn; slight bruises
about knees.
Richard b. Latimer, twenty-four years
old, Hyattsville; left hand and arm bruised.
Charles ii. Adams. twenty-three years
nl1 VA fnr laF
hand fractured.
b. G. DeGraw, Rhode Island avenue and
oath street northeast: slight bruises
Miss Elizabeth Babbington, Berwyn, hand
cut.
Mrs w. W. Rush, Hyattsville; shaken up.
Miss Bessie Scaggs, Hyattsville; head and
arm injured.
John F. Larcombe, thirty-two years old,
6cS Albany street northeast; slightly in
jured.
Alfred Thomson, Hyattsvllle; right leg
and hand injured.
James White, College Park; arm broken.
Louisa Bell, Berwyn; face cut
III. G. Schultz, Baltimore street, Winthrop
Heights; slight injury
Arthur c. Dean, Hyattsville; slight injury
Charles w. Santmyer, thirty-seven years
old, Detroit and 18th streets, Brookland:
left leg and left wrist injured and other
minor injuries.
Not at Hospital
Among those on the car who did not re-
ceive hospital treatment were:
George Sehorn, Riyerdale badly shaken
up; Mrs. Hager No. II street northeast,
leg and arm injured; f. A. NJ. Lawson,
slightly shaken up; ]. NJ. E. Brown, Hyatts-
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head cut; Miss Lulu NJ. Joseph. 302 V street,
head and side injured; Otis II. Miller, River
GALE, slight bruises: Charles Anderson,
Hyattsville, bruised; Thomas o. Martin,
Hyattsville. bruised and shaken up; L. NJ.
Shipley. Hyattsville. slight injuries; David
Cumberland, Hyattsville. wrist injured; w.
II. Chase. Riverdale. slightly bruised;
George f. Newton, Riverdale, shaken up.
The Wrecked Car.
The car that was wrecked was one Of
the big green cars of the City and Subur-
ban Company. 1t is the car upon which
many suburbanites who are employed in
the government printing Office have been
IN the habit of coming to the city each
morning. Most of the passengers who
were in the car this morning, 1t Is stated
work in Uncle Sans big printery. 1t was
scheduled to reach the Treasury Depart
ment at T:45 O'Clock. and was due at the
lexington pit at 7:2i o'clock According
TO statements made to a Star reporter the
ear was two or three minutes late this
morning when 1t reached the curve where
the accident happened. but the motorman
says that being behind time had nothing
10 do with the accident. He attributes
the accident to the presence of the dense
fog which prevailed this morning.
Motorman Eutsler Colvin of ia Quincy
street was handling the motor, and his ex-
PLANTATION of the affair Is that he did not
know his car was so near the curve until
II had almost reached there The fog was
so dense, he states. that he able to
see but a short distance ahead. When he
discovered that his car was near the corner
he did his best to lessen the speed and
make the turn In safety, but failed. One
of the fianges of the wheel broke and
dragged along the track. The front truck
left the track just at the frog where one
track runs east to the car barn. Not more
than three feet TO the west the rear truck
made jump and the seventy or more
passengers III the found themselves
In n heap. Both trucks had left the body
of the car and the body toppled over upon
one side.
When the Crash Came.
With the crash came the smashing of
glass and breaking of the woodwork Men
and women scrambled in every direction in
their efforts to get out OF the demolished
car Some of the women screamed because
of their fright. and others groaned to give
vent TO their pain. Several of them re-
ceived cuts and bruises, and considerable
blood was spilled. Some of those who
were not injured were frightened by blood
from the wounded ones spattering upon
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