The Washington times., 1911-06-12
DEATH of two IN
AUTOMOBILE WRECK
DUE TO ACCIDENT
Certificates Issued by Coro-
ner, Who Will Not
Hold Inquest.
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automobile was hurled and pushed a
distance estimated at los feet, and the
collision is said to have thrown Motor
man Crue away from the brakes.
1t was said today that the injuries
received by Roscoe Castor, corporal OF
Troop c, stationed at Fort Myer; Pri-
vate Williamson, Of the Hospital Corps,
Fifteenth Cavalry, and Walter Hillery.
Of Cherrydale, who also were in the au-
tomobile, were not regarded as serious.
Pinned Under Wreck.
Mitchell, who was a well-known
Georgetown business man, was pinned
beneath the wreck Of the overturned
car and burned to death when the gaso-
lene tank caught fire. while Kitchens.
trumpteter ofTroop c, received injuries
from which he died in the Georgetown
University Hospital.
The accident occurred shortly be-
fore 0 o'clock last night, in the rear
Of the Great Fails line freight house
in Westmoreland street, about
quarter Of a mile from the south end
Of the Aqueduct bridge: With the
to gain mcmentu INTO climb a steep
hill. Mitchell, failing to see the ap-
preaching car, attempted to cross the
tracks.
Crue, the motorman, said today that
he had no warning, Of the accident
until the car crashed into the side of
the automobile with terrific force. It
was pitch dark at the time. The i'm
pact threw Crue away from the con-
troller and against the front door, but
stopped the car within thirty-five
yards. With Mitchell beneath the
wrecked machine, the automobile was
pushed along the track for this dis
tance by the heavy interburban ear.
Passengers on the car and in Rosslyn,
who were attracted by the noise hurried
to the aid of the injured men. 1t was
so dark 1t was virtually impossible to
see to do anything. Some one in the
crowd that gathered struck a match.
and moment later the automobile was
in flames.
Alarm Sent H..
An alarm Of fire was sounded, and one
Of the Georgetown companies respond
ed, but it was too late to save Mitchell.
Kitchens, who had been injured about
the head, was taken to the hospital
in an ambulance, and died at II o'clock.
Mitchell oganized the automobile party
after a ball game st Fort Myer yester-
day afternoon, and invited the three
first went TO Cherrydale, and Mitchell
had intended coming to Washington.
when he discovered that water in the
radiator was low.
He stopped at the freight house to get
water, but found there was none there.
Hillary, who was In the building,
jumped in the car to direct them to q
pump. The freight house abuts the
track, and as Mitchell drove around II
and started across the tracks he failed
to see the approaching car.
Prominent Georgetown Man.
Mitchell was thirty-one years old.
and a prominent business man OF
Georgetown. He was secretary and
stockholder in the II. c. Mitchell Stove
and Sheet Metal Corporation, of 1893 x
street northwest. He was born IN MID
dleboro, VT. In 1880 and came to this
city with his parents when child. He
was educated in the local public
schools, and after graduation became
associated with his father in the NJ. c.
Mitchell Stove Company. In 1898 Mitch
eli enlisted in the District Of Columbia
militia and went to the front IN the
Spanish war as corporal. He was
one Of the Distric' volunteers to ses
active service in Cuba.
In 1904. when the Mitchell Company
was organized into a wholesale cor
poration, he was made secretary. His
father, mother, and two children-Fran-
ceS, aged seven, ana Viola, aged 1our-
survive him. Mitchell was a member of
George c.. Whiting Lodge, F. A A. M:
of Potomac Royal Arch Chapter, of the
Woodmen Of America. and the Royal
Arcanum. He made his summer home
with his father at Glencarlyn, and in
the winter resided at 1850 n street
northwest.
Funeral services will be held from
the undertaking establishment of ]. F.
Birchs Sons, 1854 NJ street northwest,
Wednesday afternoon, at o'clock.
Burial will be made in Rock Creek
Cemetery, the Rev. Charles L. Pate
officiating.