Evening star., 1922-09-13
TEN HURT AS BUS
GOES INTO DITCH
Accident in Virginia, Near
Aqueduct Bridge, Puts
Three in Hospital.
CAPSlZED BY SEDAN
Unidentified Vehicle Disappears as
Aid Is Rushed to
Victims.
CAPSIZED BY SEDAN

/. Three persons are in Georgetown
University Hospital and seven others
are at their homes suffering from
bruises and scratches received about
9 o'clock this morning, when large
bus of the Washington-Virgini Motor
Company overturned into a ten-foot
ditch opposite the Tavenner Dye
Works, at Mackey. Va, about a quar-
ter of a mile from the Aqueduct
bridge.
One Of the patients at the hospital.
Miss Goldie Cullen. thirty-one years
old, of Cherrydale, is unconscious. r.
L. Foster, thirty years old, of Cherry
dale. received cuts about the head
and face and lost several teeth, and
John Hager. seventeen years old. also
of Cherrydale, sustained bruises. DR..
James Cannon said that their condi-
tion is not serious.
According to ]. L. Cockrelle, twenty
six, of 1921 o street northwest, driver
of the bus, he was coming into Wash
ington with about fifteen passenger at
a speed 1f eighteen miles per hour.
Near the dye works he saw a small
machine approaching. and another
sedan-coming from behind. The
sedan endeavored to pass the bus
ahead of the automobile, and in so
doing. struck the right fender Of the
big machine. Cockrelle had given
over as much of the road as he could.
The sedan made no effort to stop and
sped on toward Washington, wit
nesses say.
Other BINS to Rescue.
Within a few moments another bus
of the Virginia Motor
Company came along, picked up the
injured occupants who had been re-
moved from the wreckage and rushed
them to Georgetown University Hospi-
tai. The foregoing three were retained
and the following. all of Cherrydale,
were dismissed after their minor cuts
and bruises had been dressed:
NJ. N. Carlisle, twenty-five years
old; Mrs. Arthur Mills, Emma Wright,
Miss Maggie Howard, twenty-six; /;
Mathilda Lindsay, Emmanuel Miller,
twenty-five.
Every pane of glass in the bus
was smashed and the big wooden
superstructure was demolished. The
fered little or no effects from the
plunge.
Mrs. Mammie Hazel of 1910 34th
street northwest, occupant of the car
that approached the bus as the ac-
cident occurred said to Lester l..
Hauser. president Of the motor COM
pany, that the driver of the sedan
had plenty of room between the left
side of the bus and the road. She ex-
pressed it as her belief that the sedan
driver wished to display skill in close
driving or that he did it for Just
plain meanness.
Rushes to Give Aid.
AS the bus toppled into the ditch.
almost hidden from sight, David J.
Tavenner of the Tavenner Dye
Works rushed out of his office and,
together with others near the scene,
began extricating the imprisoned
passengers. It was his opinion at
the time that two women, the names
OF whom he was unable to find. had
been killed. The position of the bus.
the broken glass and splintered cab
presented every detail Of disaster.
Cockrelle, when removed from the
wreckage, was too stunned to give
any explanation as to the cause Of
the accident. He accompanied the
injured to Georgetown University Hos
pital,, but refused treatment. He then
reported the matter to the Washington
r. Clements. partner of Mr..
Hauser,, and Officer Welch Of Arling-
ton county are endeavoring to get in
formation as to the whereabouts Of
the unidentified sedan driver, who, it
Is claimed by Mr.. Hauser. was re-
sponsible for the accident. 'It was
driver" Mr.. Hauser declared.
Up until an early hour this after-
noon the wrecked car was still In Its
harfad pos Hon In the ditch. &