Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-15
Mrs. WH. Boiling Hurt in COL
Iision With Street Car.
is THROWN TO PAVEMENT
Electric Machine, Uncontrolled,
Rushed Into Peril.
PASSENGER JUMPS TO SAFETY
Injured Woman Is Badly Cut and
Bruised and Shocked, But No
Bones Were Broken.

An electric automobile running away
uncomfortable and at high speed col
| lided with a Capital Traction car and
| turned turtle, throwing the woman oc-
cupant to the asphalt in front Of The
Star building about 1880 o'clock this
| morning.
Mrs William H. Boiling, the injured
woman. was considerably shaken up
and cut and bruised. No bones were
broken
Mrs. Boiling is the mother Of Mrs. Nor
man Gait. widow Of former member OF
the jewelry firm OF Gait Bro, 11O7
Pennsylvania avenue She was hurried
IN carriage. after the accident, to Mrs.
Cats home. 1908 GOTH street northwest.
She will probably be confined to her
bed for several days. DR.. Sterling Rufin
is the attending physician.
Auto Starts on Own Accord.
The automobile had drawn I'D in front
Of the jewelry store on Pennsylvania
avenue In the car were Mrs. Norman
Gait and her mother. Mrs. Boiling. Mrs
Calf alighted to enter the store, leaving
Mrs. Boiling In the vehicle.
The handle bar Of the electric machine
was standing bolt upright. Suddenly the
automobile. without any apparent cause,
lurched forward. turning toward the mid
die Of the street.
Mrs Boiling sat bolt upright as If petri-
fed with fear. She did not attempt to
control the car.
Mrs. Gait ran after the auto Carter B.
keene, post office inspector. who stood In
front OF the Post Office Department build
ing, ran toward the machine in an effort
TO stop the runaway.
A moment later the automobile. its mo-
mentum greatly increased. crashed into
the rear platform OF the trailer Of the
Capital Traction train. There was a
slant the auto turned a somersault
Mrs. Boiling was sent flying into the
air. She alighted face downward between
the two car tracks.
Policeman Mcdaniel, with James A.
Sullivan. and Irving Howard, ran to Mrs
Bolling's assistance Raising her from
the roadway. they carried her into the
corridor of the post Office.
Ambulance Is Sent For.
Police Capt. Hollinberger. who was
near the public hack stand at 18th street
and Pennsylvania avenue, heard the crash
and ran to the business Office Of The Star,
requesting thatoa telephone message be
sent for the Emergency Hospital am
bulance.
In the meantime a crowd assembled
about the wrecked automobile and there
were cries of "a woman has been killed.
A physician in the crowd administer ed
first aid treatment.
Mrs. Boliing's face was badly swollen
and bruised 1t appeared as if her nose
had been broken. but this proved not to
be the case
William H. Walker. an oyster dealer of
300 F street southwest. was standing on
the rear end of the trailer, smoking his
pipe. when he saw the automobile as 1t
moved from the curb and charged upon
the car. Seeing that collision was in
evitable he sprang away from the danger
spot. In moment after he had leaped
aside the auto crashed into the rear plat
form. tearing part Of it away.
Then the auto turned turtle" he said.
Il saw the lady thrown into the air. She
came down on her face.
THE impact was so great that it knock
ed all the tobacco from my pipe. 1t seemed
Mrs. Gait Takes Mother Home.
After the arrival of the ambulance from
the Emergency Hospital 1t was decided by
Mrs. Gait that she would have her mother
taken to her home. Capt. Hollinberger
then summoned a carriage and directed
the driver to make all speed to Mrs.
Cats residence.
The badly wrecked machine lay in the
middle of the Avenue for several hours,
wheel was torn completely off and the
electric batteries and machinery scatter
ed over the roadway.