Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28
WRECK QUICKLY REMOVED
Driver Of lie Droit Park Car Alone
Suffers Injury.
PASSENGER BADLY FRIGHTENED
She Collapses From Nervousness and
Is Taken Home in Cab-Trafic
Suspended As Minutes.

boIn attempting TO cross the tracks or
the other line at the same time at 14th
street and Pennsylvania avenue, a lie
Droit Park car. bound south, and car
up Pennsylvania avenue on its way to the
navy yard. colided and were badly
smashed up at 1904 o'clock last night
J. T. Nagaha, mortorman of the LIE
Droit Park car, was hurt. Miss II. C.
Ballenger Of 1905 B street southwest
while sustaining no injury. collapsed with
nervous fright.
Traffic was suspended for three-quarters
Of an hour. Shortly after IL o'clock the
wreckers succeeded in removing all traces
of the wreck.
The accident could have been averted,
declares the motorman of the navy yard
car. except for a frightened woman, who.
seeing collision imminent, rushed to the
front platform, and by accidental inter-
ference with the motorman baked his
efforts to stop his car as she prepared to
leap to the sidewalk.
Motorman Taken to Hospital.
Motorman Magaha was treated at the
Emergency Hospital for several painful
cuts he received about his face. Miss
Ballenger was SO badly shaken up and
her nerves were SO unstrung that she had
to be removed to her home in a cab by
her escort. T. L. Evans. 21s Linworth
place.
Other passengers in the two cars were
shaken about and excited. None other
sustained serious injury.
xrbn Ii1yac Of fl,a
chester. Maryland avenue and 18th street,
and Mrs. M. Agrikola of COL 11th street
southwest. were passengers on the south
bound car, but were not injured
The cause of the accident could not be
determined by the police last night, and
companies have conducted their investi-
gat ons. Had there been a man on
duty at the crossing to flag the cars. the
police assert. the accident would not
have happened
When it was seen that both cars were
so badly damaged. and that the forward
trucks OF the car of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company had left
the track, 1t seemed probable that traffic
would not be resumed for several hours.
About forty-five minutes after the. acci-
dent, however, the wreckers had the
tracks cleared, and traffic was resumed
in time to accommodate home-going pa
irons Of the theaters.
Crowd Attracted by Crash.
The noise Of the crash attracted hun
dreds Of pedestrians. Cries for aid caused
the belief that many passengers had been
hurt.
Conductor ]. L. Lamon of the WASH
ington Railway and Electric Company
was in his car collecting fares at the
moment of collision. There were but few
persons in his car On the rear platform
were Charles Foertsch, 32S Linworth
place, and William Montgomery. col
ored boy, 1886 9th street northwest.
Montgomery had q package which he
was to deliver in South Washington.
When the crash came he was thrown
against Foertsch, while his package was
thrown off the car.
Motorman Blames Woman.
George Dare. motorman on the Capital
Traction car. escaped injury. although
the front Of the vestibule was demolished.
H. D. Anderson, his conductor. also was
not hurt.
II could have stopped the car" Motor
maa Dare stated to a policeman, ..if a
woman had not got In my way.
when I saw an accident was about to
happen 1 made an effort to apply the
brake. The lady ran from the car and
got in my way, preventing me from
operating the brake in time to prevent
the collision
Timothy Callahan. who was standing at
Pennsylvania avenue and 14th street,
witnessed the accident and says lie saw
the lady passenger get in the way of the
motorman.
Some passengers in the yellow car 60
ing south insisted upon remaining there
until they could see their legal advisers.
Wagon and Car Collide.
Three hours earlier an accident occur
red to Capital Traction car at Florida
avenue and 7th street. The accident was
the result Of a delivery wagon getting
too close to the car. The seat posts in the
car were broken.
John Robinson, 1925 G street, a pas
senger. was injured. The conductor on
the car offered to assist him to hospital
or drug store, but he declined aid. as he
was able to go home