Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-23

MRS. SLOCUM WAS RIDING.
apartment house about o'clock with
Gen. Bell and Mrs. Slocum as passen-
gers He was directed to take them to
the Naval Observatory. His course. ne
stated. was through Massachusetts, ave-
nue. to Wisconsin avenue. and then south.
Nothing unusual happened until he was
| crossing the tracks of the Rockville
trolley line a short square south OK Mass
achusetts avenue. or about Garfield street.
| Gen. Bell" he stated, told me to
cross over into a new road. and when my
car was about two-thirds across the
| track it was struck by the electric car"
| Ward said there was trolley pole
about five feet south of the point where
the collision occurred and that his ma
chine was thrown violently against ii,
the machine being completely over
turned. The street car he thought, ran
about the length Of the car before it
was brought to stop.
When his car struck the trolley pole
and overturned. he stated. 1t seemed to
remain stationary for moment or two
and then ease over to one side, and IL
was when it eased over that he. was
able to pull himself out to be of assist :
| ance to the two passengers.
Says He Blew Whistle.
W. steinbaugh. the trolley motor
man. sa d 1t was his idea that the front
part of his car struck the front end OF
the automobile.
Il saw the automobile ahead OF me"
said Steinbaugh. land slowed down my
car. He was running In the direction in
which my car was running. l had
whistled for the Massachusetts, avenue
crossing. Garfield street does not cross
Wisconsin avenue"
1t was a short square south OF Massa-
chusetts avenue, he said, where the col
lisiOn occurred. and 1t was caused. he
thought, by the chauffeur endeavoring to
cross in front OF his car.
H. ]. Norris, conductor. said he did
not see the automobile until after the
collision occurred. He was about mid
way between the doors of the car. col
Letting his fares. he stated. when he
heard the crash and hurried from the
car to ascertain what had happened
when / saw what had happened" the
conductor stated. 1.-The rear end OF my
car was right at the smashed automo-
bile"
He thought the car was moving at the
rate of about twelve miles an hour when
the accident happened.
Described by Witness.
R. c. Drum Hunt Of the real estate de-
partment of the Washington Loan and
Trust Company, an eyewitness to the
accident, said:
II was on the car which struck the ma
chine The car had come from Rock
Vile and was well filled with people from
Rockville and other points along the
route l was seated in the third seat
from the rear OF the car l cannot say
in which direction the automobile was
going, as the first thing ! saw was a
fash and at the same instant the car
struck the machine.
THE accident occurred on Wisconsin
avenue just south of Massachusetts
avenue. The street car was running at
the usual rate of speed
ut appeared to me as If the machine
! was going south on Wisconsin avenue
and suddenly turned across the tracks.
Something must have occurred to the ma
chine and threw 1t across the car tracks.
as l can see no reason why the opera tor
of the machine would try to cross the
tracks If he was going south. If he was
coming north he must have endeavored
to get across the tracks and run over
some rough ground before he reached
Massachusetts avenue.
/ Almost Across the Track
1.-The automobile was almost entirely
across the track when the car struck IL.
Gen. Bell and the chauffeur appeared
10 be on the opposite side OF the machine
!; from which was struck by the car, as
they practically rolled out. Mrs. Slocum.
however, was struck on the head. and
believe the dash or the front seat, which
was broken, struck her head and caused
her death She was thrown In front OF
the machine.
Il got on the car with Gen. Bell and
Mrs. Socum and we went into George
town to Wisconsin avenue and Volta
} place. for the purpose Of securing the pa
troll of the seventh precinct to take her
to the hospital. About that time. how
ever. Benjamin Woodruff came along in
his automobile and said he would take
her to the hospital
Il sat in the rear seat with Mrs. Slo-
; cum lying against me. She was uncon-
scious. When we reached the Georgetown
Hospital the doctor said she was dead.
but Gen. Bell was not satisfied and asked
| Mr. Woodruff IL he would take her to the
hospital at Fort Myer.
There seems to be much confusion re-
garding the direction in which the ma
chine was going at the time of the acci-
dent Gen Bell said that the machine
was going south. while the motorman on
the car also said he thought the machine
was going in that direction
Says Auto Hit Trolley.
w A. Halliday Of Bethesda, Md, one OF
the three dozen passengers in the street
car. tells a story of the accident which
differs from the story told by the chauf-
feur. He declared to Star reporter that
the automobile was driven against the
side of the car and that the car did not
strike the automobile.
Il was seated about midway the car,
Halliday stated land the first thing to
attract my attention was a slight jar
and crash. ! looked and saw the auto
mobile being hurled against the trolley
pole.
1T recoiled. the same as a bullet fired
from a gun, and turned over
Halliday. who was on his way to George
town University Hospital for treatment,
hurried from the car and assisted in re-
moving the form OF Mrs. Slocum from
beneath the wreckage. He then assisted
in putting her aboard the car and remain
ed with her until the hospital was reach
ed. He says the car was not running al
a fast rate of speed at the time OF the
collision.
w. f. Berry of the Carter Motor Car
corporation was a passenger on the cal
that struck the automobile He was seat
ed with his back to the front of the car
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