Evening star., 1920-02-04
SCORE ARE HURT
IN HEAD-ON CRASH
ON VIVA TRACKS
Cars Meet on Single Track
| Section Near Dunn lor-
ing Today.
ELEVEN INJURED TAKEN
TO EMERGENCY HOSPITAL
Pending Investigation Company
Officials Withhold Statement
as to Blame.

Nearly a score of persons were in
jured. six seriously. shortly before
10 o'clock today, when two Wash
ington-Virginia Railway Company
cars crashed in a head-on collision
between Dunn Loring and lakewood
Va.
Eleven of the more seriously injured
were brought TO Emergency Hospi-
tai Other passengers, suffering for
The most part from cuts, bruises and
shock, were given first-aid treatment
at the scene of tie wreck and sent
Io their homes.
Injured Now at Hospital.
The injured at Emergency Hos
William p. Sarrar, Dunn Loring;
broken right leg. internal injuries;
serious
Charles G. Martin. woodford. Va;
mined; serious.
+. j. Thompson, motorman, OF Fair
fax; broken right leg, general cuts
and bruises; serious
Ernest Ford, motorman, of Fairfax;
posi- bic conclusion OF the brain,
shock and general oontusions; serious.
Truman Adams, Balfston; injuries
10 abdomen and back; serious
George c. Thomas, 1880 North Capt.
tol street; left leg broken and gem
eral injuries. serious.
f. c. Teichman, Vienna; lacera-
tions of face and hands
W. II. Daniel, Herndon; cut lace
and shoulder.
Sarah jackson, Vienna; injuries to
leg and chest
Emily Blake, Sanger Station; in
juries TO right leg.
Charles Campbell. conductor, Ball
ston; general cuts and bruises.
Among the persons slightly injured
who were treated on the spot are
James Richards, treated for cuts and
bruises, j. Shrive, cuts and bruises;
C. J. Compton, decorations of face,
leg and back; Roy Hollis Of Fairfax,
cuts and bruises; NJ. Carter Hall OF
Fairfax, decorations of head and face.
and Robert Gooding, general cuts
and bruises.
officials Investigating.
Officials of the Washington-Vir-
are investigating the wreck, and un-
I'll the result of their inquiry was
completed. would have no statement
tc issue. 1t was said. however. that
a statement as to the probable cause
OF the accident would be forthcoming
later.
One of the trains left Fairfax at
9:20 o'clock, while the other pulled
out of Washington at S:45. Both cars
were said to be travelling at a fair rate
OF speed over the single track when
they met
Statement of Injured Man.
W. H Daniel of Herpdon. at Emer-
gency Hospital, gave this version of the
collision:
~The first thing / knew / saw the
motorman of our car leave his post
with the car going rather fast and run
TO the back of the car. Then there
came a terrible crash l was thrown TO
the floor, and SO was everybody else.
The windows were smashed, and the
woodwork in the front of the car was
caved in. l could see that another car
bad struck US head on.
Confusion reigned for what seemed
TO be a long time, although it must
have been only a few minutes at the
r1Ost Women and children screamed,
and everybody who was not badly in
jured made a wild rush for~the doors.
In the confusion~ IT appeared that no
one could open the doors, and you can
imagine the scram-bling there was"
Physicians from Fairfax and towns
along the railroad We're summoned to
treat the less seriously injured per-
sons. \ hurry call was sent to the
Emergency Hospital and the first po-
lice precinct. the patrol wagon of
which took the patients to the hos
pital