Evening star., 1918-05-17
SCORE. E.HURT 0NCAR
IN REAR-END CRASH
Accident Near Seat Pleasant
Sends Several Passengers
to Hospitals Here.
HIT BY'A W., B. & A. TRAIN

A score Of passengers on car 80 on the
Columbia line of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company. at SD street
ana Division avenue, q short distance
from Seat Pleasant. this morning shortly
after o'clock received injuries as a re-
suit OF rear-end collision with a train
OF the Washington. Baltimore and An
napolis line.
Ten Of the injured persons were taken
10 Casualty Hospital and three to Provi-
dence Hospital. while others. who re-
fused assistance, returned to their homes
or continued to the city to their places
Unemployment.
Cases at Casualty Hospital.
Those taken to Casualty Hospital and
their injuries were recorded as follows:
Joseph Mandley. twenty-four years,
Capitol Heights. Nd. arm and head cut
John A. Jones. twenty-seven years.
Capitol Heights. Md. head, hand and
legs cut.
Morris Rackey. forty-one years. Capt.
tol Heights, Nd. right ankle broken,
left leg cut and bruised and numerous
Thomas 4. cramei. forty-eight years.
Seat Pleasant, Md, right leg, hip and
arm cut and bruised
John B. Ellis. co1ored. thirty-nine
years. Linwood Heights, right leg cut
and bruised.
Peter c. Pogue, colored, twenty
right hip fractured.
Irving Anderson. colored. twenty
two years, Glendale, Nd. shock and
possible internal injuries.
Henry w. Bergman. sos North Rob-
inson street, Baltimore. motorman on
the W.. B. & A. train, face cut.
Charles Queen. colored, nineteen
years. foot hurt.
Joseph L. Moreland. seventeen years,
Capitol Heights, Md, decorations of
the scalp.
Taken to Providence Hospital.
The three persons taken to Provi-
dence Hospital are Grace Bowen. col
ored, LinWood Heights; H. NJ. Miles.
Capitol Heights. and J. L. Durnbaugh.
Capitol Heights. They were cut and
bruised.
The Washington car had stopped at
the crossing to take on passengers. 1t
was struck by the train from Balti-
more, the rear vestibule being demol-
ished and the front of the forward
car Of the train from Baltimore being
badly damaged.
Fog and slippery rails were blamed
by Herman W. Bergman. motorman
dent. He received cuts about the face
and was taken to the ninth precinct
station after he had received treat
ment at the hospital Clarence c.
Dyson, his conductor, also was de.
,.,asa Il rs stsslGa
= Washington Car Crew Escapes.
Howard e. Damefon. 1915 Hayes
street, Hillbrook, motormanx and
Goldie o'Day winesl 1865 Emerson
street northeast, formed the crew OF
tho Washington car. They were not
hurt.
Motorman Bergman Of the Ba1ti-
more train. limited from the Monu-
mental city. with blood streaming
down his face and suffering from sew
eral cuts and bruises he received, told
Policemen Little and Marks that the
train was not coming at fast speed.
There was dense fog. which pre-
vented his seeing any great distance
Washington car at the crossing he
quickly applied his brakes, locking
the wheels, but his train slid along the
slippery tracks and crashed into the
other car. Had the tracks been dry,
he stated. his train would have stop
ped before 1t reached the car.
Five persons were waiting to board
the Washington car at SD street stop
when Motorman Dameron brought his
car to standstill, and Mrs. Jenkins,
colored. living nearby. the last one to
attempt to board the car, had put her
basket Of laundry on the front plat
form and was about to follow 1t,
when the crash came and she was
thrown backward. but not injured.
When the crash came there was a
general scramble Of passengers to get
out of the damaged car. and the
screams Of women added to the ex-
Uninjured passengers gave
first aid to those who were hurt.
Calls were sent for assistance, and
hospital ambulances and patrol wag-
ons responded. The injured were
brought part of the way to the city
in a street car that turned back from
its trip to Seat Pleasant, and were
to ambulances and patrol
wagons. in which they were taken to
the hospitals.
Injured Employed Here.
Several Of the injured persons are
employed in the navy yard. and others
are employed in different mercantile
Morris Rackey. the
most seriously injured passenger, was
riding m fho rear platform of the