Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-20
AUTO AMBULANCE
K|LLS2, ,HURTSFVE
Machine Hits Crowd and Upsets
as Driver Tries to
Avoid Trolley
CHILD DIES UNDER TRUCK

Miss Marian Ormiston, injured last
night when the ambulance Of the Ger
mantown Hospital overturned at Ger
mhntown's busiest corner, died at 10 10
this morning in the Germantown Hos
pital.
Her death is the second resulting
from the accident and another victim
is SO badly injured he will probably die.
The ambulance overturned when its
driver tried to avoid hitting trolley
car which It had grazed. As Il fell
upon a crowd waiting to cross the street
one man was killed Instantly. Miss
Ormiston and five others were injured
The list Of dead and injured follows: ::
DEAD
Lewis Pate, negro, thirty -hve
years old, l35 Orange avenue, Amber.
Miss Marian Ormiston, twenty ono
years old, 2I6 West Pomona street.
INJURED
Harry Jones, negro twenty three
years old, Amber: may die.
Catherine Minick, twenty one years
old j6l7 Stokes street, cuts on face and
bruises and laccrations of body.
Mrs. Frank Benisheck, sixty years
old, 4J5 Krams street, Roxoorough.
DIR. +. c. Hartung, twenty three
years old, Germantown Hospital, sew
cred artery and cuts about body.
Charles Foster, negro, twenty two
years old minor injuries.
Miss Ormiston. who was the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Ormiston,
was on her way with friend to a
moving picture show and had just left
the postoffice, where she had posted Il
letter to a missionary friend in Homo
lulu. She was about to cross the street
when the ambulance struck her.
Her injuries were so serious that
she was not moved from the receiving
ward of the hospital. She was con-
scious up to the time of her death. Her
parents were with her.
Miss OrmistOn was prominent in
Germantown Y. w. G. a. work and
was n member of the First Presbyte-
rian Church, Chelten and Germantown
avenues. Funeral services will be held
from the home Monday. The Rev. w.
Beatty Jennings win officiate. Inter
ment will be in Ivy Hill Cemetery.
Chauffeur Is Held
Foster, driver of the ambulance, and
William Calvert, 1924 G. street. the
motorman. were held without bail by
Magistrate Pennock, for the action of
the coroner.
All those injured by the automobile.
with the exception of Doctor Hartung
and Foster. were innocent passersby.
The accident occurred shortly after o
o'clock and the intersection was peo-
pied by a particularly heavy Wednes-
day night crowd.
Virft,nlIv oil tha fnrCnnS in fhR vi :
cinity saw the accident. The ambulance
came north on Germantown avenue
with n great changing of bell. Foster
made no attempt to stop at Chcl.
ten avenue, evidently believing he had
the right of way.
Patrolman John Kenny, Of the Ger
mantown police station, previously had
signaled for an eastbound Cheltcn ave =
nue. trolley car to proceed, 1t was
too late to stop the car when he saw
Foster intended to speed by.
Foster saw the danger. He turned
the wheel sharply and the heavy ambu-
lance passed tho car, being barely
struck by the front of that vehicle. TIE
do this, however, Foster had to get
his machine out of alignment with Ger
mantown avenue at the crossing When
he attempted to reverse his turn, to
continue north on the avenue, the am
bulance overturned.
Pate was struck and killed instantly.
Miss Ormiston. Miss Minnick and Jones
were thrown to the street. Mrs BCnis-
heck was sitting in jitney waiting for
a load, and was hurt when the ambu =
lance hit the jitney.
Ignores Injuries; Aids Others
Doctor Hartung and Foster stuck to
the ambulance. With hardly a thought
of his own injuries, Doctor Hartung
turned his efforts to help the others.
He rode back to the Germantown Hos
pital, where they were all taken, and
directed the dressing of their injuries.
The ambulance was answering an
emergency call at the time of the acci.
dent.
Eight dead is the total from auto
mobile and other traffic accidents dur
ing the past forty eight hours. 1t
was increased by the death Of one child
yesterday before the accident in Ger
mantown occurred.