Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-28
IS AllEeEO
TROLLEY CAR
OVERTURNED BY ENGINE.
Crew of Electric Train Said to Have
Made No Crossing
Stop.
ecial Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. February ~. 1908.
\ light engine, No. 1856. over the South
ern railway last night at 1926 O'Clock,
crashed into a nortltbound electric train
over the Washington. Alexandria and
Mount Vernon electric railway. injurins
fully fifteen people and partially demol-
ishing the motor car of the train. None
of the passengers was, however, seriously
injured. The list of the injured follows:
Kenneth r. Richardson. 3D. LIST street
southeast. Washington. right leg and
knee injured and suffering from shock.
Miss Flossie Batsman. Washington, suf
fcring from shock and bruised on fore
head
Barnet Shapiro. - l. street northwest.
Washington. hand and face cut by broken
glass.
James S. Douglas. Washington. injured
about knee and arm and suffering from
shock.
Motorman c. II. Robey. Alexandria, cut
on head and arm.
Conductor l.. Fl. Bean, Alexandria. cut
on hand and arm.
Al. l. bW!eT, aleXdnOfla, injured IN
back
H. p Larcomb, Washington cut on
forehead by broken glass.
DIR. Peter Fireman, Washington, injured
about legs and elbow.
J. II. Trimyer, Braddock Heights, Alex
andria county. injured on leg and suffer-
ing from shock.
Arthur Meassria, Fort Myer suffering
from shock.
The names OF several who were slightly
injured could not be obtained There were
about thirty passengers in the car. Most
or them were more less injured and
many of them left the scene of the wreck
without giving their names.
Locomotive Going Backwards.
The collision occurred at the corner of
Cameron and Henry streets. where the
electric car company's tracks cross the
tracks of the Southern Railway Com
pany. The engine was i'm charge of Engi-
neer John Harrington of this city and
Fireman CONNER, and the crew of the
electric train consisted of Motorman c. H
Robey. Conductor l.. Fl. Bean and Trolley
man Norman Dove.
The Southern railway engine was pro-
ceeding to the Potomac railroad yards. in
Alexandria county, and was running
slowly backwards. Without warning the
tender of the engine crashed into the
motor car of the train, partially over
turning the car. Vrhere was a panic
among the passengers, and a mad scram-
bic was made by everyone to gain an
exit. To add to the confusion the lights
went out, while men. women and children
were violently thrown to the floor and
the seats in the car We're overturned
Women and children shrieked. When the
crash came every window in the car was
smashed and many were cut by broken
glass.
Rear Car Escapes.
Passengers occupying the rear car or
smoker were not in any manner in
jured. This car was filled with men and
they at once came to the assistance of
the injured passengers. Some i'm the first
car, however, soon as the crash came.
jumped through the windows while sew
eral women tainted. In less than ten
minutes the last passenger Miss Flossie
Rateman. was taken from the car. some
assistance being given by the crew o. the
engine. who brought lights to assist the
rescuers in removing the passengers from
the wrecked car.
That several people were not killed is
marvellous, and the only reason is that
the railway locomotive was travelling
slowly, and when the engineer saw the
crash inevitable he quickly brought his
train to standstill, and, the tender sim
ply crashed against the left side of the
car, instead of blowing it's way through
1t. Several passengers saw the engine
coming and at once got up and ran to the
other side of the car to protect them
selves. and in this manner escaped more
serious injury. Motorman Robey was
caught in his motor box from which it
was necessary to extricate him.
Crew Disobeys Orders.
Just after the accident a crowd of sew
eral hundred people collected around the
wrecked car, while the unhurt passen-
gers. together with several of those in
jured. told their experiences of the wreck.
Most of the passengers in the motor car
expressed amazement when it was
learned that no one was killed. Several
of those who were injured went to drug
stores and doctors offices and had their
injuries dressed
That the crew of the electric train
were largely responsible for the wreck
was the opinion of all present when IL
was learned that the crews of all electric
trains have explicit orders to. stop before
crossing all steam-car tracks and flag
their trains. Last night. however it is
alleged that they d!sobeyed orders no
stop being made to see whether there
was an approaching train.
AS d result of the wreck traffic was
delayed about fifty minutes Several
hours elapsed before the wrecked train
was put back on the tracks 1t was
afterward taken TO the power house at
Four Mile run and put in the car barns
for repairs.