Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-03
| TH|RTY-E|CHT HURT
IN WRECK ON W.,B. "a
Rear-End Collision In Fog Near
Pumphrey Station.
PASSENGERS CAMP wORKMEN
None Seriously Hurt Cut Several Were
Compelled To Go To Hospital
For Treatment,

1 AOA AICdtuiSuts
Thirty-eight persons ere injured.
three seriously and two steel cars
1 wrecked early yesterday in a rear
end collision ON the Washington, Bal
timore and Annapolis Electric line
near Humphreys Station, about seven
miles from Baltimore. during the
heavy fog
| Some of the injured were taken TO
| Camp Meade, at Admiral for treat
ment
Blames Second MOtOrman.
Three of the injured are now cen
fined to the University Hospital, Bal
| timore, suffering from contusions and
| decorations and shock. The remain
? ing persons were treated at the hos
! pital and were later removed to their
7 homes
In an announcement made a short
time after the accident James j.
| Doyle. yice-president and general
| manager OF the Electric Line, stated
| that the wreck was due to the care
| lessness" of the motorman on the
| second train. 1t is understood, ac-
| cording to the railroad officials, that
| he was running at an excessive rate
| OF speed" during the fog, at the same
| time knowing that there as train
| just short distance ahead of his car.
According to the officials of the
line. Motorman Hartzhorn, of Balti-
more, was in charge of the train
which crashed into the rear end of
! the first train.
| The accident occurred during
heavy fog near Patapsco Flats, just
| q short distance from Humphreys
Station. Both trains were carrying
workmen to Camp Meade. There
were over 200 on board.
Conductor Ahead Gave Warming.
| The first train, in charge of Motor
man Cook, Conductor Crieghan, and
Brakeman Kerr, left Baltimore at 555,
and the second train, in charge of
Motorman Hartzhorn, Conductor Sny-
! der, and Brakeman Duran, left seven
minutes later
According to the passengers on the
. first train, it was proceeding at mod
( crate rate of speed When but a
short distance from Humphreys Sta
| ton, Conductor Creighan heard the
| approach of the second train and inn
mediately gave the warning. a sec
ond later there was a tremendous
crash, followed by the splintering Of
windows in the rear part of the first
| train and in the first car of the sec
| end train.
General Manager Doyle, who lives
| but a short distance from the scene
I of the accident, was Immediately sum
moned and took charge of removing
| the injured to Baltimore. Two of the
trains on the line, bound from Wash
ington, were tagged and the majority
| of the injured were placed on board
and taken to the University Hospital.
Eight others proceeded TO Camp
| Meade, where they were treated at the
| camp hospital.
| The other passengers injured were
| given treatment and later taken to
| their homes.
Traffic on the line was tied up for
| several hours after the accident.
General Manager Doyle gave out
1 the lOlluWlHS StdlSileHJ IOI tut COil-
pany:
| "Motorman HartZhorn should have
| been more careful. From what ]
have learned of the accident. up to
| the present time, he is apparently at
7 fault, as he was travelling at an ex-
| cessive rate of speed in heavy fog.
have censored him and will make
an official report on the accident
| today"
MOtOrman Estimates Low Speed.
| In reply to the statement issued by
| General Manager Doyle concerning
| the accident. Motorman Hartzhorn, in
| report to the trainmaster at the
Naval Academy Junction, declared
that his train was running at rate
of thirty miles an hour. He declined
TO make any statement in reference
to his apparent carelessness" in run
! ming at rapid rate of speed. through
the fog, knowing that another tram
| noe