The Washington times., 1919-10-13
| DEAD. SCORE
Hurt, AS CAR
HITS TRUCK
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the same moment the heavy truck
\ driven by James r. Dove. Of 622 L
/ street northeast, 3 civilian employe
/ Of the quartermaster corps, emerged
| from the driveway and started across
I the track, turning north.
The brakes were jammed on by the
/ mot0rman and the passengers in the
front OF the car, terrified by the
knowledge OF their predicament. were
thrown into a panic. A number Of
men on the front platform scrambled
70 get into the car befoFR the crash.
I and this perhaps accounts for the fact
| that no more were killed. The front
I Of the car was demolished.
Truck Thrown Fifty Feet.
The heavy truck. a three-ton model.
was thrown to more than nifty feet
/ By the impact and turned over on its
/ side A heavy wooden trolley pole
/ "a its path was snapped on.
Dove, who was driving the truck,
l was pinned beneath 60. but escaped
/ with slight injuries. James Roden-
bush, q private in the quGrtermaster
i corps, saved himself by jumping. Ed
l ward Southern, another private was
/ killed
The street car, according to wit
/ uesses, was a mass Of human bodies.
\ Women shrieked and tainted. Men,
/ helpless TO extricate themselves, did
I their best 70 quiet the women. Until
/ rescuers-most Of them soldiers from
I the hospital-reached the scene, pan
demonium reigned.
Car Sticks to Track.
The car. remaining on the track
despite the impact OF the crash, ran
/ nifty or sixty yards down the track
before 90 stopped From the windows
and amid the wreckaEe az the front
end could be seen q sWirling mass OF
human legs and arms. Some Of the
passengers had attempted 20 leap
from the windows, only 70 be caught
In the glass and gplinters. Others
lay PROSTATE on the floor, where they
were trampled.
In q comparatively few minutes most
Of the injured had been taken from
the car and were laid upon the road
way, from where a corps Of stretcheT-
bearers soon carried them to the hos
pitaL
Tines Operator InluFed.
Miss Rose 1Coulden, Of FoFest Glen,
telephone operator for The Times,
had q miraculous escape from death,
and escaped with a serious injury 20
her left hip, with cuts and bruises
about the face and body. With Vivian
Cook and Myrtle Barton she was rid
ing near the front OF the car when
the crash came.
The latter two girls escaped with
less serious injuries, but Miss MOul-
den was pinned beneath a mass OF
wreckage and rescuers were forced to
use an ak to eEtricate her She was
believed to be dead at first, but soon
revived from faint
James 1Lagee, Of Silver Spring. Nd,
gave a graphic description Of the
wreck.
i was riding on the front platform
Of the car and we were travelling at
almost breakneck speed down the in
cline" he said. Like a fash the
motor truck came out OF the hospital
driveway, and before IL had moved
fifteen feet the crash came. There
was a mad scramblt among the pas
Bengers on the front Of the car to get
inside.
Drops To Floor.
"The moment saw what was about
to happen, I fell TO the floor. This
act, believe, saved me from very
serious injury" Magee received a
serious scalp wound. He was able to
leave the hospital at noon.
Private William r. Hoover, who
was riding on the front seat Of the
/ truck, declared that the car was trav-
cling at least thirty miles an hour.
cit was a good distance away when
we first saw it," he said, and just q
moment later il was upon US. I was
hurled from the seat I don't know
how I escaped death"
Private James Rodenbush. another
passenger in the truck, escaped in
jury entirely. He declared the car
was travelling at q very great rate Of
Gpeed-
Says HOuBe HID Track FrOm View.
In view Of the fact that full reports
Of the accident had not reached the
offices Of the Washington Railway
and Electric company at 1 o'clock to-
day, S. r Bow sn, vice president OF
the company. would make no official
statement. He did state, however,
that indications point strongly TO the |
truck driver is being responsible for
the accident
Mr.. Bowen said: at the inquest
representative Of oar company, who /
are making q thorough investigation, |
will report in full. The information |
gathered thus far shows that the
street car was not going at an eKces- |
Eive rate Of speed. The mOtorman's |
view Of the truck was ObBcuTed by a /
red brick building located on the hos I
pftaI grounds. The point from which /.
the truck emerged is not a regular I
car stop. nor was Il q street intersec- /
ton. Some Of the men believe II was 1
the duty Of the driver to slow up and |
stop when emerging from the gate |
way and not place this responsibility 4