The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-06

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and the other crowded with passen-
gers. met on a curve they were travel
ing at a high rate OF speed. The crew
Of the empty ear left Annapolis at 1:45
under the impression. the officials Of
the road assert, that IL had the right of
way over the single track. line to Best's
Grove. three miles away. The car from
Baltimore. with its heavy load of pas
sengers, did not stop at the turnout
at the grove, but continued on to An
napOlis. Each mOtOrman belieN Sd ne
had the right Of way.
At Camp Parole there is a sharp
curve and numerous trees. and their
dropping branches obscure the vision.
II was on this curve that the passen-
ers were sent to their death. Neither
motorman was aware OF the proximity
do more than throw OF the power.
MotoTman Jumps.
Motorman wadsworth, on the special
from Annapolis. jumped from his post
when he saw that the crash was newt
able. AS the two cars met the heavier
one plowed it's way into the empty
car. The two cars. now converted into
a twisted mass of wreckage, rose up
from the rails until they lost their bal
ance and then rolled over on their
sides.
The passengers were either killed or
injured as they sat In their seats, near
~ all of them laughing and chatting
gayly at the prospect Of a gay evening
at the Naval Academy commencement
ball When the cars met there was a
resembling crash which attracted the
attention Of the farmers nearby, ana
hn al an G41 n "a .aana-
the injured and to remove the dead from
the tangled mass News OF the accident
? was telephOned TO Annapolis, from
which place special car was sent with
Z Or. James J. Murphy and Dr.. Walton
Hopkins. and a number OF employees
and others who volunteered to aid the
injured.
When they arrived at the wreck than.
found that those IN the immediate yicin-
Ftty had done everything in their power
20 relieve the victims, some Of whom
were suffering death wounds and others
although not seriously Injured were ter
their attention to the injured. the VOL
unteers devoung themselves TO dislOdE-
ing the dead from debris. The injured
We're carried to a baggage car, and
taken 70 the Emergency Hospital an
Annapolis.
Physicians Offer Services.
Nearly every physician in the city
was waiting at the institution 10 vol
unteer services. In addition 10 the in
iJuries received many OF the victims were
suffering from nervous shocks, which,
in some so great that the physicians
found It impossible 10 quiet their hys-
teTical cries. These physicians re-
NAMED at the institution throughout
the night
Some heart-rending sights were wit.
81 H.. -.
ter, general manager Of the road. was
placed on a cot beside his son. Willie.
The two could not be cOmforted for in
the wreck they had lost daughter and
q sister.
Mrs. A. H. Schultz, of Baltimore, lay
on cot suffering from Jagged wounds !
but sorrowing because she was a widow
Her husband TO whom she had been
married but a short time was killed
outright as he sat at her side. ana her
sister, Mrs Henry Ruhl, had a mar
row escape from a similar fate Mrs.
Schultz was taken from the wreck by
several IescuerS who found her pinned |
beneath some twisted Wreckage.
In room just above the one where
Mr. Slaughter was crying I'm anguish /
Tor his dead daughter, were State Seua-
tor Peter J. Campbell Of Maryland his
wife and daughter, Miss AIignon all
three OF them cut and bruised. and Miss
MtgnOn suffering from a broken ankle. |
Aside from Mr.. Slaughter it was not
thought by the attending physicians that |
any OF the patients was in a serious
condition or likely TO die The railroad |
manager. however, was suffering from
terrible wounds. His face is so badly |
swollen that II is impossible 20 see one |
CT his eyes. He also Is severely cut
about the shoulders and abdomen and
during the night il was found imp0s-
slble TO stop the flow OF blood from his |
side.
MOtOrman Lays Blame.
Motorman Wadsworths. Of the special |
car from Annapolis. throws the blame /
for the accident on the men in charge |
OF the car from Baltimore TO Annapolis /
According TO his statement the Balti-5l
more car should have stopped at the |
turnout at Best's Grove until the light |
car passed. Our orders were to stop
at Best's Grove" said WadswOrth to /
day. Suddenly a car which we ex-
peCIed 10 pass at that point doomed up 4
IN front Of Us, and I jumped. When /
recovered consciousness the wreck was 1
over / was injured in nay right leg
! haven't seen the conductor since
-Four accidents have occurred on the i
electric line since 1t began operation |
April =. Nine days after the first car
was sent over the rails a car bound for /
Washington crashed into another at /
Brownsville, eight miles from AnnapO- /
lis, injuring eleven people. Since then
three other accidents have occurred. in
the one last night.
Construction of the line was begun
several times, and on each occasion was
abandoned because of lack OF funds |
The Bishop Sherwin Syndicate, of Cleve-
land, purchased the franchise in April,
1905, and they put through the work |
completing the system in April. On
some stretches Of the road the cars run
at terrific speed. although the running
time frOy4 Washington to Annapolis IS
an hour and twenty minutes.