The Washington herald., 1919-08-02
WRECK VICTIMS
ESCAPE DEATH;
80 ARE INJURED
CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE


the passengers escaped injury.
The more seriously injured are:
Miss Ruby Edmonds. 1904 jackson
street northeast, with a fractured
skull. She is at Emergency Hospital
Miss Ruby Bemis. 1851 Mills avenue
northeast. fractured skull. She is at
Sibley Hospital.
Mss Marion Macbeth. 1912 Sixteenth
street northeast. skin torn from scalp.
Sibley Hospital.
Private John George Kinsinger. Dis
trict fireman, So o street. Three fingers
cut off. Treated at Siblev Hospital
and then sent home.
Most Serious In Yenrs
1t was one of the most serious street
car accidents in Washington in many
years. On the same line. the Ecking--
ton branch of the w. r. and E. about
fifteen years ago a car overturned kill
Ing one man and injurinE several |
others.
The crash and ensuing screams were
heard for several blocks. Within a
few minutes a crowd had gathered and
was extricating passengers from the
wreckage.
Capt Doyle, OF the Eighth precinct.
yesterday commended the work done
at the scene of the accident by Lieut..
LanSdon Spooner of the Motor Trans
port Corps. and Lieut.. J. H. Robbins,
a navy medico.
When l arrived on the scene OF
the accident" said Capt. Doyle, I saw
the two lieutenants working hard.
helping the wounded out and giving
first aid treatment.
Policeman Saved Himself.
Lieut.. Robbins white uniform was
blood all over, where he had been
assisting the injured. Lieut.. Spooned
was CoOlly assisting out the pas
sengers pinned in the car
Lieut.. SpOoner was a passenger in
the car. but saved himself from in
jury by jumping through an open
window. According to a statement
made by him yesterday. the car was
going at a high rate of speed when
the accident occurred.
Lieut. Spooner lives at 149 r street
northeast. less than block from the
curve where the car turned over.
Immediately upon hearing of the
wreck. he ran with a medical kit to
the aid of the injured.
A number were pinned beneath
the debris. Hurry-up calls to sew
eral hospitals brought ambulances
to the scene and more than thirty
were carried to medical institutions.
II is estimated that ninety-five were
in the car
Lieut. Langdon Spooner, of the
Motor Transport Corps. who was a
pa ssenger, and Lieut.. J. H. Robbins,
one Of the first to reach the wreck,
probably saved many from more Sc
rious injury by rapid rescue work.
According to fye-witnesses of the
accident, the car was moving rapidly
when the turn was attempted. 1t
tilted as the front wheels started
around the bend, and although the
car was equipped with air-brakes.
the motorman was unable to act in
time to make effective use OF them,
it is said.
In the middle of the turn the car
swerved completely off the track
p nd part of the wrecked mass hurled
against the curbing on r street.
Seriously Injured.
Miss Ruby Edmunds, 1904 Jackson
street northeast.
Miss Ruby Bemis, 1857 Mills avenue
northeast.
Miss Ella Bemis 1851 Mills avenue.
Marion Macbeth. 29l2 Sixteenth
street northeast.
Private John George Kinsinger, Dis
trict fireman, 50 o street.
P. l. Keefer, Mount Rainier. Nd.
Others Injured.
Miss Mittie Frost. 1917 Third street
northeast.
Miss Ruth Beavers, 31s seaton street
northeast.
HI. Neal. 31T Twenty-fourth street
northeast.
L. N. Clark. 17o4 Lawrence street
northeast.
Miss Beulah H. Draper. 4o4 W street
northeast.
Miss Edna NJ. Rouzer. 4o4 W street
northeast
Miss Margaret Charters. 1870 Irving
street northeast
Miss Alice L. Fleck. 3112 South Da-
kota avenue northeast
David Goldsmith. III INLAND ter
race northeast.
Miss Isabel Parker. 3112 South Da-
kota avenue northeast.
H. D. Brownley, 2S41 Mills avenue
northeast.
Miss Henrietta McAlister, 1875 Ham
lin street northeast.
John Hammond, Laurel, Md.
Benjamin Maddox, conductor, 213
Fourth street northeast.
Mrs. Leila Kirkman, 10o1 Everett
street northeast
Miss Muriel Kirkman. daughter Of
Mrs. Lelie Kirkman.
Helen Lesher. 1217 Franklin street
northeast
Anita Swearinger, 2s12 Sixteenth
street northeasT.
Mabel De Forrest, 1888 jackson
street northeast.
Efie Mcbride. 3Ne South Dakots
avenue northeast.
Rose Daiden, 211O Fourth street
northeast.
Maj. John r. Whitehead and
George Whitehead 2H4 Hamlin
street northeast.
Wilmer Eiselhart. 1928 Jackson
street northeast
Miss Pearl Hill. 1928 Thayer
street northeast.
Mrs. Annie Ferguson! 1858 Mills
avenue northeast