The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
DYING man FIGURES
In A CAR COLLISION
Ambulance Struck While Oh
Way to Hospital.
VEHICLE PARTLY DEMOLISHED
Driver Thrown TO Pavement and
Slightly Injured, While Joseph
and Had HIP Crushed, Is Thrown
TO One side and BADLY Jared.

Joseph Carroll. believed to be a former
railroad man, was run over and fatally
injured by a passenger engine in the
Terminal yards. near Second and K streets
ftheast at 3:90 o'clock yesterday after
I oon.
While being removed TO the Casualty
Hospital the ambulance in which he lay
was struck by an eastbound street car
as it crossed the tracks at Fourth street
and Massachusetts avenue.
While not thrown out. the injured man
was severely shaken up, as also was the
ambulancs surgeon. The driver of the
vehicle thrown to the ground and
received a evere cut on his right knee.
Tire ambulance was partly demolished.
and the horse. freed from the vehicle. ran
away.
Placed I'm Patrol wagon.
/ With blood coming from the remnan
of his right arm. which had been cut Of
/ by the engine. and suffering from cuts
and bruises. the dying man was placed in
the patrol wagon Of the Ninth precinct
station and sent to the hospital lie died
at 7.S0 o'clock.
Physicians at the hospital say Carroll
would probably have died of the injuries
received in the first accident. but they
believe death was FASTENED by the shock
incident TO the collision with the street
car.
The body was taken TO the morgue
where an inquest will be held to-day.
Police are investigating the accident.
The dead man, who was about thirty
years old. Immediately after being struck
by the locomotive, gave his mama as
Joseph Carroll He said he was formerly
yardmaster at Highland Falls. \. Y
An examination Of papers in his pockets
disclosed two letters Of recommendation
for the use Of Joseph D King One was
signed by J, ", Hall yardmaster. at
Richmond, Va, and the other was signed
". P. McCrea, Of Portsmouth. Va
Carroll entered the yards of the
/ terminal company shortly after 9 o'clock
| He asked to see the yardmaster, saving
I he wished q position. The yardmsster
I was occupied. and the visitor walked to-
ward the K street tower. at Second
street, Between the tower and express
office are four tracks, the fourth one 70
the west being equipped with an ele-
vator for lifting trains from the lower
levels TO the surface. Carroll took in
terest in watching the machine in OPERA
/ tion, and walking toward il stood only
| one track away
Steps In Front Of Engine.
Seemingly fascinated by the elevator.
Carroll stepped on the third track 70
! get a better view. He stepped in front
| Of passenger engine. which. having
taken in a train, was going to the round
house, on the outskirts Of the yard
The railroad man was ground beneath
tue wheels before a warning could be
shouted 10 him. He was picked up bv
W. W. Gordon, yardrlaster for the termi-
nal company. and a hurry call was sent
TO the Casualty Hospital for an au,h,,-
lance. Carrolrs right arm was cur or
near the shoulder, and his teft leo was
crushed at the thigh.
As the ambulance, with changing gong.
dashed into Fourth street from ATsssa-
chusetts avenue, a car whirled around
the corner and struck the vehicle near
the front end. The driver. David Nor
resy' was thrown to the street, and sus-
tanned a deep cut in his knee.
Dr. MOffitt and his charge in the rear
OF the ambulance were thrown AGAINST
the side Of the vehicle. and received
bruises. The injured man was living on
his back in the bottom OF the wagon
and was rolled over on his side and
jammed against the side of the vehicle
The jar disarranged the hastily con-
structed bandages, and he bled freely
In Charge of the Car.
The car was in charge of Conductor A
P. Maupin and Motorman Isaac Wright.
kilograms were sent to Michael Car
roll, at Highland Falls. " Y. Late last
night a reply was received. Identifying
the dead man as Joseph Carroll. and ask
ing further details about his death.