Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-02
LIST OF ACCIDENTS
BOAT LOAD OF PEOPLE DROWNED,
AMONG OTHER FATALITIES.

Many accidents Of various kinds attract
ed the attention Of the police during the
year. In cases where the deaths Of victims
occurred the coroner was called upon to
take action. The number Of minor acci-
derts was greater than usual on account
of the great amount of construction work
that has been done here At the filtration
plant an unusually large number Of men
were injured and the union station and
work on the tunnel contributed number
of hospital patients. Several persons we're
electrocuted during the twelve months,
and the steam and street railroads were
responsible for number Of deaths. The
first victim Of an accident was Toney
Jones, colored. twenty-eight years old. He
fell from a dirt train at the filtration plant
and was run over by several cars His
legs were broken. his head injured and he
received internal injuries.
not live long, George c. De Reamer, a re-
tired chief engineer in the revenue cutter
service, wrote instructions respecting the
disposition Of his body. and sealed the
paper in an envelope. A week later he
was found dead. His death was due to
natural causes, and his body was sent to
New Jersey for burial. William r. Kemp,
a contractor. endeavored to pass in front
OF an express train at Brookland about
the middle Of January and was instantly
killed.
The first drowning accident Of the year
occurred al the tidal basin on the after
noon Of January 10, when Leroy A. Cole
man, seventeen years old, went through
the ice while skating.
An elderly .colored man named Joseph
the house of Sarah McAbee. in George
town. Several other occupants of the
house were rescued by the fremen.
A fatal accident recorded by the police
o.1 cd in, Naxxyy 1ar I'd To IL
lick. who was employed in the hotel, was
caught beneath the elevator and his life
ended.
Four lives were lost in an explosion that
occurred at the plant of the Pintsch Gas
Company, near the Long bridge. Those
killed were Joseph Cumberland, Stephen
Henderson, Charles w. Grigsby and an un-
identified colored man. The building was
wrecked.
About $50 o'clock on the afternoon of
April 8 a fatal boating accident occurred
Crabtree lost her life and her brother,
Walter Crabtree. fell overheard. but was
rescued.
Another fatal accident in April was that
from the cornice at Garfield Hospital. She
was a patient In the hospital and was
not responsible for her conduct
Miss Mary Chamberlain was the victim
Of an accident the 9th day of May. She
fell from the third story window at her
home, 1902 Cincinnati street, and sustained
numerous cuts and bruises.
The first accidental death recorded in
June was that Of w. C. White of 1908 14th
street southeast. His lifeless body was
found on the tracks of the Pennsylvania
railroad near the east end Of the tunnel.
He had been struck by a railroad train
and his body badly mangled
One of the first fatal accidents in July
was the killing of Conductor Archie l..
of his car near the Benning bridge. His
death was caused by an injury resulting
from his head striking against a trolley
pole.
CURED In the house Of Henry Talbert. col
ored, in Madison alley. Henry his wife
and children were burned. The husband
recovered, but the others died.
The night of July II the steamer Harry
Randall struck a naphtha "dinkey."
which was towing the Capitol Yacht
Clubs yacht Mist, and Edward G. Lee
lost his 1ife He was thrown overheard
and struck by the wheel Of the steamer.
The 14th day Of August, the day the Po-
tomac regatta was held, number of per-
sons lost their lives by reason Of acct
dents. It was on that day that the naph-
tina launch Recreation was overturned
short distance east of the Aqueduct bridge
and ten persons drowned. They were DR..
Charles H. Bloomer. Miss Hazel Heller.
John Waldeman, jr., Miss Moore. Miss
Lula Dreyfus, J. Herbert Coates, Andrew
]. Boose, William Smith and ]. George
Smith. Two other fatal accidents the
same day a.so occurred In Georgetown
In one case the victim was. an aged col
ored woman named Mary e. Turner. She
fell from a wagon near 35th and N streets
and was killed. James Daniels met with
similar accident only a square away
and was killed.
On the LIST day of September celored
laborer was electrocuted while working
on the site of the new congressional
buildings.
John McAvoy was found dead in his
home at 1917 18th street. His death was
due to his having inhaled Illuminating
gas that had escaped from a connection
with the stove while he was heating
water.
Mrs. Matilda N. James, seventy years
old, was found dead in her apartments at
908 f street. She had inhaled Illuminating
gas, and the coroner gave certificate of
accidental death.
The 18th of October serious accident
occurred on the City and Suburban street
railway at 4th and T streets northeast.
The car jumped the track and a number
of the passengers were injured. One
passenger. William r. Sprague. was
killed.
Mrs. Edith Dennis, a patient at St.
choked to death while eating a piece Of
cake.
serious accident in December involved
a fatal grade crossing accident at Della
ware avenue and H street. A newsboy
named Edwin Bartlett made an effort to
go over the crossing after the gates had
been lowered and was fatally injured by
g. train.
Richard A. Arnold. a former lieutenant
OF police. was struck by street car at
9Th and q streets about the middle OF
December and fatally injured.
POLICE AND CRIME,