Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-03-02
ACCIDENT ON ELECTRIC ROAD

! Alexandria was cast INTO extense ex-
element early last night by head-on
collision between two trains Of the
Washington, Alexandria and Mount
Vernon Railway near the culyert at
Snrinp Park, on the confines Of the city
The accident occurred about $50
o'clock, at time when it was known
hundreds of Alexandrians, young and
old. male and female, were on their way
to their homes after their days work,
while loved ones were momentarily
awaiting their arrival 10 order that the
family could gather around the board.
Trains are often late, and the fact that
the hour was growing later and the
absent ones still away gave rise to no
special apprehension, but when It was
learned that fearful accident had oc-
Cured at the entrance of the city and
that one man had been killed and nearly
all others on the trains more or less 10
jured, the excitement was intense.
Anguish was depicted upon the counte-
nances of hundreds of people who knew
relatives and friends wers on the III
fated trains
The news was carried by telephones
all over the city 10 few minutes time,
and many hocked to the scene, ploddlng
through snow and mud in the darkness
to the wrecked trains, the scenes at
which were indescribable. Amid the
grosns of the more seriously and pain
fully injured, the shrieks of many who
had virtually escaped harm pierced the
night air and the confusion was indie
scribable, fathers searching for children,
children looking for fathers and friends
anxiously inquiring for friends.
A relief train was hurried to the
scene and the injured brought to the
city as soon as possible. 1t was then
found that although the first reports had
been exaggerated the accident was
serious enough-one man had been fatally
injured and from fifty to sixty persons
more or less injured.
The injuries received by the pas
sengers consist mostly of cuts, bruises
and nervous shock, and. so far as eau be
learned the condition of none is serious.
1t is almost impossible to obtain the
names of all who we're injured, from the
fact that some of the passengers who bad
been cut or bruised went to their homes
as soon as they extrcated themselves
from the wreck in order to allay the
apprehension of their relatives and
friends. Hence the following is but a
partial list OF the injured: Conductor
Davis, left leg painfully injured. He
was carried to his home on Prince street
in carriage. MOtorman Sutton, head
badly bruised by coming in contract
with a concrete abutment; Motorman
Hudson, bruised by jumping and suf.
fering from shock; Edmund Burke, of
Washington, one leg badly bruised ;
Miss Mary Creegan, of this city, suffer
ing from bruises and shock Joseph
L. Crupper, postmaster of this city, legs
badly bruised Miss Carrie Halves, OF
St. Elmo, bruised about the chest and
suffering from shock: Miss Bessie No
Ian, of this city, badly bruised about
the body and suffering from nervous
shock Mrs. Nettie Elsom, of this
city, badly bruised about the back
and neck Miss Ola Lyles, in serious
condition from nervous shock; Miss
Willie Mae Hamersley, suffering from
shock and bruises; Mr.. w. F. BroOkes,
bruises about the legs; Mr.. George w.
Hough, badly sprained and bruised legs
Wellington Crockett, aconductor, injured
BY falling through cattle-guard while
going to the rescue Of passengers
Enoch Davis, an emplOye of the com
pany, who was riding with the motor
iuan of the south-bound train, badly in
iured by jumping Miss, Emma Doni
phan, of 4lS New Jersey avenue
southeast, Washington, badly bruised
Misses Elsie and May Davis and Mr.. J
F. Meyers, more or less cut and bruised
The following were more or less in
jured Misses Wollberg, Minnie Thaler
Cora Sampson, Mary Petit, Ida BreeB
Addie Strobe and Kate Baier, anC
Messrs. Ernest Dreifus, John MilsteaC
and Arthur Thomas, and Mrs. VIM
GrillbOrtzer.
The injured were attended by Drs
Smith, Snowden and Purvis.
Other names were added to the lis
this morning, among them those Of Mis-
Ethel Poland, 1909 Prince street; Mr.
c.. II. Wells, south Lee street; the Mise
Murtaugh, of West End; Messrs. II. /
,, Cation, Cary Mills and Mark l.. Price, il
Mr.. Frank Lucas, and Misses Agne
Nugeut and Mary Russell, and Williar
Dulaney, E. J. Webster, CIarenc
Madella and Florence Davis the fou
last named being colored, were also il
jured.
The circumstances in connection wit
! the accident are substantially as follows
! The colliding trains were the go
from Washington, in charge of Motorma
> John Sutton and Conductor A. A. Davis
and a special from this city, in charge
!, Motorman Harry Hudson and Conduct
John Kerrick, tits said that the soutl
bound train, being a regular and raj
ming on time, had the right Of wa
> and that the special Should ha'
!, waited at Payne street for the sout
! bound train toopass. The accident o
i Cured on the curve few feet south
: the new railway embankment, throuG
! which the electric road passes betwet
:; massive concrete piers The embanl
u ment obscured the view of both motto
. men, and they barely had time to jun
{; and save themselves from what wou
Al undoubtedly have been instant death
~ fronts of the motor cars were bad