Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-16
Men Hurt When Horses Run
Away With Van.
VEHICLE IS OVERTURNED
Restless Animals Make Break in
Woodley Lane.
GREAT EXCITEMENT Is CAUSED
Occupants Thrown Out On CcunactSs
cut Avenue Brdge-Narrov
Escapes From Death. a

frightened by the breaking Of a svHuuAs-
tree. which dropped on It's heels. one a
TWO horses attached to q big van belone.
ing TO John h Nolan. contractor, this
morning started a runaway which rosuiA.
Cd In the injury OF eight men
The runaway started in woodiey lana
ana IT terminated with a resounding crasaa
on tho now Connecticut Avenue brtdss,
when the wagon was overturned and
twelve men. its occupants. were thrown
violently to the roadway. As II happened
on one OF the most popular driveways in
the city. and at an hour when scores OF
persons were passing the scene in street
cars. automobiles and carriages. the acci-
dent caused great excitement
According to the stories told by the four
men who escaped injury. the driver began
to have trouble with his horses I'm Ca
thedrai avenue. On the down grade they
were particularly difficult to control. In
It's prancing effort TO break into a run,
one OF the horses made a lunge forward
and the swingle-tree proved unequal to
the strain. The driver clung desperately
to the reins. but the now frightened
horses would not be restrained.
Many Close Calls
An of the twelve men were laborers
and mechanics returning to their homes
in the city, because the blustery weather
made work impossible on a new house
which MIR. Nolan Is building at i4th street
and Massachusetts avenue.
The twelve occupants Of the wagon
| united In a shout OF warning as the
team careened into Connecticut avenue.
Passing teams and automobilists avoided
collisions by inches. By his determined
| grip on the reins the driver managed to
turn the horses heads straight down the
avenue. but the unequal pull due to the
| broken swingietree caused the wagon to
sway from side to side OF the roadway.
| Half way across the Connecticut avenue
bridge the crash came. One OF the front
wheels collided with the curbing and tho
short distance by the now maddened
steeds. the wrecked vehicle scattered its
occupants over both sidewalks and the
roadway. One or two OF the men mar
rowly escaped plunging from the wagon
into the valley $50 feet below. Soon the
horses broke away from the wagon alto
gether and. with all restraint gone. con-
tinued in headlong flight toward the city.
They were caugh. however. before any
further damage could be done
Hurried to Hospital
! Passing automobiists stopped when taa
I accident occurred and four OF the men
who seemed to be most seriously hurt
=. were lifted or helped into cars and hr-
ried to Emergency Hospital. Some one
of the witnesses to the accident teie-
| phoned to the hospital. and the remainder
| of the injured men were taken to the IN
| stitution in the ambulance.
A telephone message sent to CONTRACTOR
Nolan's Office brought prompt response.
and one of his representatives went to the
| hospital to offer any possible additional
aid in caring for the men,
List Of the Injured.
| Those injured were:
! George w. Robey, white. fifty-efght
! wears old, nose broken and legs skinned
| Andrew Lewis, white. forty-two years
\ old, lib II street northwest, legs injured.
Edward l.. Brown, thirty-nine years
| old, 1907 9Th street southwest, right knee
! and hands injured
George Murray, white, fifty-five years
! old. 3S4 Pennsylvania avenue northwest
| fractured ribs and bruises
| Theodore Hunter. coiored, forty-t~
! years old, Tenleytown. serious injuries 10
/ back.
Tillman Spriggs. colored. sixty years
| old, 1925 6ia place northwest; contusions
Of hip.
old. 81 l. street northwest: injuries to
| head, ankle and shoulder
! Albert Branhan, colored. tnirty -one
years old, 1923 10th street northwest; sew
| eral lacerduOnS OF leIL dIlkle-
| Murray and Thomas seemed TO have
worse injuries than the other victims,
and IL was necessary for both to remain
| in the hospital after they had received
| treatment The six others went to their
bnnnes after their wounds were dressed.
When Thomas was thrown from tha
wagon his head struck against one OF
| the cement ornaments. His head was cut
and he also received injuries TO his ankle
and shoulder.
MURRAY received fractures of several
| ribs, bruises and possibly internal In
| juries.