Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
RECORD OF ACCIDENTS.

There were the usual number of fatal
accidents during the year to claim the
attention of the coroner, while many less
serious accidents were looked after by
the police. some of the victims having
been treated at hospitals, others at their
homes and still others being able to go
about their business unassisted.
Street cars and automobiles figured in
scores of accidents, some fatal, while the
number Of steam car fatalities were much
smaller than usual. The most serious
of the steam car accidents involved the
collision at the New York avenue freight
station. where train of cars tore down
part of the building and injured several
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
employees, in addition to several other
persons.
Mrs. Mary Louise Coleman. eighty -sev-
en- years old. was the first victim of a
fatal accident last year. death resulting
from fall out of bed, in which she frac-
tured her hip. January included among
it's accident victims Miss Margaret r.
Shawen. Thomas w. S. Glaze, Mrs. Cath
crime S. Spaight. George Branson, Frank
Hamilton. Bertha Quinn, Thomas Dreer.
James Quinn, John l.. Curtis, William
Wise. Sarah Logan, G. f. Washington.
Benjamin A. Harlan. Charles G. McChes-
ney. Alfred West. Virginia Chamberlain,
Catherine kehl. ]. S. Fogarty, Ellen Nc
Mahon and Sidney Penn.
Thirteen Victims in February.
Thirteen victims of accidents i'm Feb
ruary died. One involved the shooting
of Charles F. Gardener, small boy, by
companion. while another involved the
death of an unidentified man. who was
struck by a railroad train. One death
was from burns. one from scalds, three
from falls and one i'm which Illuminating
gas escaped from a slot meter.
March l John Wagner of Kensington
fell from a mill and sustained injuries
from which he later died at Casualty
Hospital. Thirteen other deaths during
the month resulted from injuries I'm ac-
cidents. Two persons were burned to
death. gas killed two others. steam en-
ginc ran over a railroad employee and
others died as a result of other injuries
Seven deaths from accidents claimed
the attention of the coroner the fourth
month of the year. Two persons were
drowned. one died from tetanus follow
ing the running of a nail through his
on stairs and from bed, and one from an
injury received in gymnasium.
During the month Of May nineteen per-
sons died as result of accidents. Early
i'm the month Mrs. Lola Burlingame, Mrs
Stella Watson and Helen Naylor. their
colored domestic. were killed by carbon
monOXide Later i'm the month Mrs. Bessie
Halter and Mrs. Sarah Nelson were
drowned as a result Of a collision be-
tween two boats. Among the others was
George S. Hiett, who was struck by a
base ball and killed.
One dozen accidental deaths were pass
ed upon in June by Coroner hewitt.
Early in the month Representative Rob-
ert c. Wickliffe Of Louisiana was killed
by railroad train near the north end of
the Railroad bridge across the Potomac
There were three accidental drownings
during the month. two persons burned
to DEATH one victim of gas and four from
other causes.
Live Wires Kill Two in July.
Three drownings occurred in July
eleven other deaths during the month
having been due to accidents. Two cleo
tricans were killed by coming in con-
tact with live wires, street cars were re-
sponsible for two deaths. two persons
We're shot and one was killed in an au-
tOmobile accident
Nineteen accidental deaths were report
ed during the month of August. Several
Of the victims We're injured by falling,
two were drowned, street cars were re-
sponsfble for two deaths, steam cars
killed one. one was killed by an automo-
Four persons were accidentally drown
ed during September, thirteen others hay-
ing died during the month as a result of
as many accidents. Three automobile
accidents resulted fatally Two deaths
resulted from steam car accidents. one
from street car accident and gas took
one life.
The month of October Coroner hewitt
passed upon sixteen accidents which re-
suited in death. Three We're victims of
automobiles and three were burned to
death. Street cars killed two. one was
shot, one swallowed I've and one was
asphyxiated.
Illuminating gas was responsible for
six deaths during the month of Novem-
Der, and an equal number fell and sus-
tanned injuries which proved fatal There
were twenty accidental deaths recorded
during the month. Two deaths resulted
from automobile accidents, three from
burns, and one each from motor cycle
and street car accidents.
Henry L. Rose of the War Department,
Frederick w. Dittman, furniture sales
man. and Mrs. Jennie V. Bischon were
among the persons who were accidentally
killed the last month in the year. The
men were killed as a result Of street car
accidents. while Mrs. Bischoff was burned
to death while preparing food for her pet
dogs Fifteen accidental deaths were