The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-25
iORFOlk DOCTOR
DIES FROM INJURY
Was Rushing TO Relief Of Poison VIC
tim When Machine Colfide1
With Oar.


With Oar.
Norfolk, Va, July 2A-Dr. s.
w. Hammond, who was injured in
. collision between q motorcycle
ON which he was riding and .
street car yesterday afternoon,
died At the Protestant Hospital
tonight at o'clock. He did not
regain consciousness after tho ac-
cfdent.
Norfolk. va. July 24.-Unconscious
Of his surroundings and not expected
to live through the night. DR.. Samuel
w. Hammond. forty-three years old.
known to the residents Of LAmberts
Point as benefactor and father con-
lessor of all. lies at the Protestant
Hospital There Is practically no hope
for his recovery. DIR. Hammond was
injured yesterday morning while on
a motorcycle rushing TO the aid OF
fifteen-year-oid Cecil Patterson. who
is at the hospital recovering from
what is supposed to be attempted
suicide by taking carbolic acid. DR..
motorcycle had been pressed into ser
vice by the physician. were struck by
street car at Forty-eighth Street
and Powhatau Avenue. Conductor 8.
Bartlett. twenty-five years old, and
Motorrnan r. G. Shaw, thirty years
old, were in charge OF the street car.
They were arraigned in Police Court
this morning charged with reckless
running a street car and injuring the
physician. Justice Pitt continued the
case for ten days.
DR.. Hammond sustained fractured
skull. a broken collarbone and dis
located thumb in the accident Mr..
Crumm was badly shaken UP, but re-
ceived no serious injury.
Shortly after o'clock yesterday
morning DIR. Hammond received a call
from Mrs Leonard r. Patterson. 16l7
Forty-eighth Street, that her son had
taken poison. She requested that the
physician make all possible haste as
she feared that her son would die.
fastened To Patient.
Ever mindful Of his suffering peo-
pie and anxious to hurry to the scene
or the trouble. DIR. Hammond did not
stop to harness his horse. He seize1
his medicine case and rushed from
the house. Myers Avenue and Forty
seventh Street. Crumm passed the
physician on his motorcycle and was
hailed. The physician climber on the
rear of the machine and Crumm
speeded his motor up and started Tor
the Patterson home.
r, shing down the smooth pavement
OF Forty eighth Street at full speed,
they approached the street car cross
ing. The roaring exhause of the en-
CINE evidently drowned out all sound
OF the approaching car. which was
running south on Powhatan Avenue.
Crumm was almost on the tracks be-
fore he saw the street car
Crumm Escaped.
Too late 70 bring his machine TO a
stop, he realized that TO apply ms
brakes meant that the motorcycle
would crash squarely into the car.
Swerving suddenly to the left, ne at
tempted to cut down the tracks and
run across ahead OF the trolley. lie
was not quick enough, however, TO
get across. Just as the motorcycle
crossed the first rail the trolley car
crashed into its rear end. Crumm.
who was thrown over the handle
bars and across the rails. was only
slightly injured. The full impact OF
the blow fell upon DR.. Hammond.
The motorrnan and conductor claim
that the trolley was .'coasting" as they
approached Forty eighth Street. pre-
paratory to making stop at the next
| crossing. Although the car was sun
making good Roadway. according TO
spectators, Ashe current had been cut
on. and every possible effort was made
TO bring II to a stop before the crash
came. The car was No. 2l04.
On the porch OF her home, only i've
blocks away, stood Mrs. Patterson.
franticaliy awaiting the doctor. She
SAT- the motorcycle rushing toward
hei saw the trolley car approaching.
watched them draw together and real
tied an accident was unavoidable.
wrtnging her hands, helpless. she saw
the two speeding machines come to-
gether.
DR. Charles W. Doughtie was sum-
moned by spectators OF tho accident
to attend DIR. Hammond and tho op-
orator of the machine. At the same
! time an ambulance was called from
the Protestant Hospital.
No Hope For Recovery.
DR.. Hammond WAS knocked uncon-
scious He has not regained hts rea-
son. Practically no hope was given
this morning for his recovery.
DR.. Hammond is a graduate from
the University OF Maryland. class of
1908. He IL n member OF Albgomar
Lodge. No. 81. A.. r. and A. NJ. OF
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