The Washington herald., 1908-04-13
SEVEN ARE INJURED
Collision of Cars on the W.,
b. & 4. Railway.
OCCURRED NEAR BROWNSVILLE
Company Official Makes Statement
In which He says One Train Over
ran Its Meeting Point and Crashed
Head-on Into Another Train-Mo-
torman stuck 20 His Post.

Seven persons we're injured. one of
them, perhaps. fatally, and about a score
of others sustained hurts OF a less seri-
Gus nature. as the result Of q head-on
collision between two heavy trolley cars
of the new Washington, Baltimore and
Annapolis Electric Railway Company
about 1880 yesterday afternoon, Nine Of
the injured are now under treatment al
Annapolis Emergency Hospital. They are:
Milton T. Colburn, Of Annapolis. sixty
one years old, an engineer on the steam
line of the railway. seriously cut about
the head. face. and neck, and body
bruises; feared he has conclusion Of the
brain.
X c. Bell, fifty-fve years old. of Oma-
Ia, Nebr.. right knee sprained and bruised
about the body
Joseph Mcknight, forty-two years old,
~ Maryland avenue northeast, Washing
ton, hurt about the right shoulder and
arm and body bruised Mr. Mcknight is
employed at the gun foundry Of the
Washington Navy Yard.
Charles G. Leonard. forty-nine years
old, employed in the Library Of Congress.
badly cut about the face and head
boards at the home of Mcknight.
G. NJ. Purdy. thirty-four years old. Of
Annapolis, face cut and body bruised
Eva Peck, Govanstown. Md, head
slightly hurt.
E, G. Patrick, 1+72 Clifton street, Wash
ington, leg slightly hurt
H J. Carr, Norfolk. Va, leg slightly
hurt.
Howard Geyer, 1ll2 Mount street. Bal
timore, Nd. leg slightly hurt
The collision occurred near Brownsville
Station. about seven miles from Annapo-
lis, and was between one OF the heavy
cars, we'll filed with passengers from
Baltimore and Washington, running on
limited time TO Annapolis. and an out
bound accommodation car.
A Head-On Collision.
The cars met head-on, and that several
persons we're not killed outright is con-
sidered remarkable. Tie railway line
out Of Annapolis is of single track. with
a n.unber of side switches. and II ap-
pears the local car should have taken a
siding at Igleharts Station. the other side
Of Brownsville. 10 allow the limited TO
pass. However, the car from Annapolis
went past the switch and the limited.
which came speeding around the curve.
could not be stopped in time TO prevent
the crash.
About fifteen feet of the front Of each
car was torn away The woodwork was
shattered into splinters. the axles were
bcHt and other pieces OF mechanism
were twisted and broken.
MI. G, F. Gladfelter. treasurer Of the
company. said 10 a representative OF The
washington Herald, last night, that the
damage would not exceed 81 500, although
from other sources the damage had been
placed at between S3QGo and $4,000.
An official Statement.
lie made the following official state
ment concerning the wreck:
There was a head-on collision on the
Annapolis. Washington and Baltimore
division OF the Washington, Baltimore
and Annapolis Electric Railway about
O clock to-day, in which seven passen-
gers were injured.
Train No. 113. eastbound. over-rsn its
meeting point at Brownsville, and col
lided with train No. us, westboumd. about
a mile east Of this point There was an
extra train on the siding at Brownsville,
and IL is thought that the crew of train
No 13 mistook the extra for the regular
train, which they were to meet at that
point
The railway officials are investigating
the accident to determine where the re-
sponsibility lies. The motorman Of train
No llS stuck to his post and was some
what injured.