Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-20
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
FHE1GHr LOCOMOTIVES coLLIDEs
WITH AN ELECTRIc CAR
Several Persons Hurt and Property
Damaged--Body Of Frank De Lane
Found Near Del Ray.
specisl Correspondence. Of The star.

special Correspondents OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA,. Va. November 20, 1905.
A collision between freight locomotive
on the Wilkes street track of the Southern
road and motor car on the Washington.
Alexandria and Mt. Vernon electric line
yesterday afternoon about o'clock at the
intersection Of Wilkes and Royal streets
cams near resulting in fatalities. Motor
man VIM. M. Powers, who was In the cab
Of the electric car, was painfully hurt and
several passengers narrowly escaped seri-
Gus injury. The front portion of the cleo
trio car. including the cab in which the mo-
torman stood. was almost demolished The
motor was thrown from the track. The
electric train was bound for Mt. Vernon.
while the freight engine vas going west
on the track leading from the railroad
wharf to the freight yard. Just before the
electric train reached the track of the
steam road the trolleyman ran ahead to
signal. It Is stated that he saw the loco
motive emerge from the wilkes street tun-
mel and that he signed to the motorman to
stop the train: but, owing to the rain. It il
stated. the motorman was unable to con-
troll his car. and the train slid into the loco
motive. Powers was In an exceedingly dam
gerous position, and would probably have
car been greater at the time of the collision.
Pinned under wreckage. his head was badly
cut and he was bruised In several other
places. He was conveyed to the Alexandrla
hospital. where he was attended by DR..
VIM Nd. Smith, the local surgeon of the
electric railway, and Dr. e. A. German.
The other members of the train crew were
Conductor VIM. F. Ross and TroIleyman
O'NeflL Several passengers were badly
shaken up.
Jury Will Investigate Death.
Coroner Ashton of Alexandria county has
summoned jury to meet this afternoon at
o'clock to hold an inquest over the re-
mains of Frank De Lane of Del Ray.
whose mangled body was found beside the
railway tracks near Waterloo. Alexandria
county. early Sunday morning. The in
quest will be held at the undertaking es-
Enlistment of B. Wheatley on King street,
where the body was conveyed yesterday
afternoon. 1t is supposed that De Lane
was struck by a locomotive Will he was
walking from Washington to his home at
an early hour Sunday His friends are of
the opinion that he missed the last electric
train coming from Washington Saturday
night, and that he started to walk the dis
tance. and probably sat down to rest on
the track when he was killed. His head
was completely severed from his body, and
one leg was cut off. Mr.. De Lane was
Thirty years OF age. lie was aSSO-
ciated with his father-in-law Mr.. Joseph
A. Kremer, in the operation of a bakery
in Del Ray. His wife and two children
survive him.
General Matters.
Mrs Fuller. mother of Mrs. II. C. Ansley.
died last night after lingering Illness at
the residence OF her daughter, S13 Prince
street. She was in the seventy-eighth year
OF her age. The remains win be for
warded to Atlanta. Ga, her former home,
for interment.
Special services were held last evening at
the Second Presbyterian Church, when
tablet to the memory of Rev. Henry G.
Slaymaker was unveiled. as announced in
The Star. A large audience attended the
services. The memorial will soon be for
warded to Scotland to be placed in the
new missionary steamer Lapsley.
Mrs. Jane Hantzman died Sunday night
at her home. 1924 Queen street. She was
the widow of Robert Hantzman, and was
seventy-one years of age.
The new union passenger station at the
head of King street was opened for public
use late last night. The temporary frame
buildings which have been serving the pur-
pose Of q depot for the past six weeks will
soon be removed.
Walter o. Padgett the infant son of Mr..
Walter Padgett. died this morning at his
fathers residence, 212 North Fairfax
street.