Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-11
WENTY PERSONS HURT
As Street CARS CRASH
NY four Seriously Injured, Others
Escaping With Minor Cuts
and Bruises.
EoLLEr LEAPS FROM TRACK
'"Shcs From Eighth Street Across
'aln' Collidins With Heavy Steel
ar-Passcngers ON Latter Escape.
''o'orman Held by Police.

.i~:nty persons wcre injured and
OF oim% others badly shaken up when a
err car, laden with sixty passen-
an got beyond control OF it's motor
"hiie coming Gown the Eighth
mn yesterday morning. jumped
rack at Main and catapultcd into
.,,uiI street car at the corner.
INC more seriously injured arc:
@!rs y. ~ Moore. 7O3 south Belviderc
rect ankle broken.
81 I yi,Is. j. L. Wyatt G:l South
framed and bruised.
w. J. Minor. 3os South Harrison
sret. shoulders bruised
Moiornan T.. ). Wilson 1906 Hull
1reef face and head laccrated
ENEItAL ABLE TO GO
HOME AFTER TREATMENT
! nose were taken TO Grace Hospi-
ior treatment. as were three 9th ars
no, no suffered slight bruises and con
ynch. 2o2 Third Avenue. Highland
ara Miss Blanche Sainuels, 303 West
AIRY street; Mrs. G. prcntiss. 800
iHeEing minor injuries. were carried
4 Memorial Hospital. They are:
notnas Sublet'. Jr.. 500 Third Avenue.
iEhland Park: James Launders. col
am Hayes. colored I0i East Pates
rect. and Ben Hampton. colo.ed )
est Clay Street. All Of these ex-
PIT Hampton were sent home after
catment.
Several were sen, home as not Sc
ously injured after being given emcr-
arg Gillian and Miss Madeline Gil
am. ~ South Laurel street. l.. $.
alley. III Gladstone Avenue. iligh-
md i'arh: Rosa Mason. co!nred. 800
i l.c ION" street and w. j. Gentry Gle"
The accident occurred a, The height
the rush period. soon after o'clock
he runaway car was Of the Oakwood
I'm. In 81 of NJ
.an III. L. Blount. II was loaded with
zen and women bound downtown for
'ork. The car. according to reports,
ccame unmanagcablc just before L
cached Main street. where it was due
, turn eastward. The Hull street car.
charge OF +. $. Wilson: was also
tsibound. Blount was unable To stop
Is car at the corner. and it's speed was
, great that IL Jumped the tracks and
rushed into the front OF the other car.
ASSENGERS PILED INTO
4 SCREAMING MASS
The car crossed the street at right
nsics, and after striking the steel
INSTRUCTED Hull street car swerved
round and landed lcngthwise across
'ixhth Street. just beyond the Main
treet building line. The right side
Z the car was 'mashed gaping hoie
wenty feet long being ripped by the
Their vehicle. passengers were hurled
ON their Seats and piled into
crcaming mass, from which few
ny ecu "'thpu' Eo'Hc ihJurE. -\c'thc'
iotorman vas seriously hurt. Blount
sea- ping without injury. Motorinau
wilson is the onl! one aboard the nan
'rrcet car reported injured. The steel
riders of this ear saved the lives OF
$ passengers. II Is believed.
Policeman George Jennings was at
eNcnth and Cary Streets when the
ccidcit occurred. He heard the crash
nd the subsequent screams. He called
mbaIanccs from several hospitals and
lartcd The work OF rescuinS the in
Ired. Later Captain Mcmahon, OF the
irst District police, arrived at the
'lount was placed under arrest. B!ount
efUscd TO discuss the acciden, because
e SAID. nc had been ordered not 20 do
D.
Frank w. Milford claim agent for
y Virginia Railway and Power Com
amy, advanced the theory that the ac-
dent WAS probably caused by
eeiy" rails on the hill