The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-19

dent He said the driver OF the patrol
wagon which carried him and the re
serves TO the scene of the accident. had
great difficulty in driving because OF the
heavy fog, which was so thick that ne
could not see across the street. lie eN-
niDited a number OF pieces of the car
wheel fianges, saying he found iHe"
lying In the crevice Of the track al the
curve. Three patrol wagons, a police
ambulance, Freedmau's Hospital am
Dulance, and q wagon from the Bodlu
OF Charities arrived on the scene snort
ly after Burhngame got there.
asked by Jurymdu Ayre, III me Aiie "
the front OF rear wheels, he SAID lhey
came from a front wheel. Burning anne
SAID street cars We're @lloWeu 10 LII ~
rate OF twelve miles an nOuT anu ~,
motOrmen were expected to slow down
lu turning curves. tt would nave Deeh
Impossible for the moIOTman 10 see the
curve before he got to IL because or inc
dense fog, said Burhugame, VINO eA-
planned that he was at one llIne
motorman on the Mary iena car liIle IN ~.
which the accident occurred. !,
thought a car the size of the one winch
jumped the track could DC STOPPED
about forty OF nifty feet after lne mo
torman began applying the brake.
Colvin Testihes.
Attorney. Fulton said ne had TO OBJ
lection to COlyin testifying, and In a
Quavering voice he answered the ques-
tious asked him.
when did you go on duty on Mon
day?" was asked by the Coroner
Six thirty-ave in thu morning Col
vim answered. What time were you
due 10 arrive at the lexington curve2'
AT 7.24 o'clock, 1 left Berwyn at
Z o'clock"
syVere you on timer
No; I got there at 7.27 o'clock three
Coivin then told Of taking passengers
on at various places. He said he took
on q woman passenger at Fourth ana v
Streets. He saw her two car lengths
ahead OF him.
How many passengers were there on
the front platform with your
-Four" answered the InOtorman-
Always Stand There"
Did they interfere with you in the
operation Of the carr" asked the Coro-
uer.
Il don't think so. They always stand
there"
Have you ever been told, or have you
seen anything in writing which prohi0-
its persons riding on the front OF the
carr" he was asked.
he was asked
NO. sir; never" replied the motor
man, as he glanced turtiVely at Attorney
LaCkeg, who represented the car com
pauy. and scOWled ferCGly as he took
notes on GOWNS testimony,
COlVin said he struck the curve as the
car was going at q rate OF about eight
or ten miles an hour He was unable %
say how he saw the woman at Fourth
and v Streets when she was Two car
lengths away and failed to see the
curve an that length. He said he had
made the run more than one hundred
times and usually came 10 tull stop
at the curve He did not have his head
light lit. CUlViu said people usually get
on at Y Street and he stOuped his car
because OF intuition more than for any
reason. The brakes on car No 400 were
in as good order as any in the car barn.
said COlVin. He has operated all or the
cars on the Maryland line.
Describes Accident.
LAS well as I remember" said Coivin,
"the front wheels suddenly stopped
when i struck the curve and tEen gave
a Iurch forward. The rear trucks stayed
0u the tracks for a few seconds and then
they, too, jeff the rails" he remem-
Iered nothing further, as he was prob
ablv frightened out OF mis- senses, and
era bbed the door on the right side OF
the VestIbuIe iu which he was standing.
There was no time 10 reverse the cur
rent.
Edward Cecil. the conductor of the car.
went on the stand next. He said the
car was going at e. rate Of twelve miles
an hour and the car slowed down % the
EhgGg Island Avenue curve. IL was
foggy and he could not see more than
thirty yards ahead of the car. From
one 20 three passengers are usually
picked up AT Fourth and y Streets and
it Is considered "a general stop There
were twelve passengers on the rear plat
form OF the car.
There Was No Rule.
els there any rule of the company
which prohibits passengers from riding
on the front platform of the carr" the
conductor was asked by DIT hewitt
Not that ] know OF. replied Cecil.
How soon after the brake was APP
piled was 10 that the car turned 0ver2"
queried the Coroner.
Not long replied the witness.
There was only a seconds difference"
Were you on time at the curvee"
no, ] was three minutes late. I am
usually from three TO 1--WE minutes be-