The Washington times., 1922-09-13
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IN VIRGINIA
Two Seriously Hurt-Driver
Attempted to Avoid Inter-
fering With Machine.

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Dead Mans Hollow, thanking
the Lee highway one-quarter milk
west of Rosslyn, Va, the dread o.
motorists on account of the ex
treme narrowness of the road Al
this point, was the scene this
morning of another accident, the
sixth in the past two months.
Car No. 2 of the Washington,
Virginia Bus Company plunged
down ten feet into Dead Mans
Hollow, turning on its side ano
injuring every one of the clever
passengers and the driver. Two
persons were seriously hurt; the
rest escaped miraculously wit
superficial cuts or bruises.
All Sent to Hospital.
The injured, all taken to Georg
town University Hospital in an
other OF the company busses, are:
Miss Collins, unconscious, with
possible skull fracture. Full name
unknown at the hospital. Aged
about thirty.
X. L. Foster, thirty. deep
wounds I'm front and back Of head;
several teeth knocked out. Serious.
NJ. NJ. Carezus, twenty two, cuts
on left ear and neck.
Mrs. Arthur Mills, cuts OH left
arm.
John Hager, seventeen, cut
mouth.
Mrs. J. c. Wright, fifty.
lacerated forehead wounds.
Emma Wright. fifteen. cut by
glass.
Miss Maggie Howard. twenty-six,
back and chest cut.
Miss Matilda Lindsay, twenty.
five, cOntusiOns Of the left
shoulder.
Emmanuel Miller, twenty five.
multiple cOntusiOns Of face.
NJ. n. Carlisle, cuts and bruises.
James Forrest COckerille, bus
driver, Of 1921 o street northwest,
cut forehead.
Ali except Cockerille are resid cnt'
of Cherrydale, between which towr
and Washington the vehicles run.
The bus was running toward the
city at 9 o'clock, fortunately not be
ing filled to capacity. Coming dowr
the hill leading to Dead Mans Hol
low at a moderate rate Of speed
Cockerille was forced to turn sharply
to the right to avoid a Ford sedar
which cut in ahead Of him. Tht
right front wheel skidded over thu
LID of the deep ditch through which
runs a stream, and the vehicle was
hurled down, smashing the right side
sprinkling the passengers with glass
and breaking the engine.
Ford Fails to Stop.
1t is said that the Ford sped on
One woman witnessed the accident
but failed to get the license number
OF the machine, the occupants Of
which offered no assistance. Com
monwealth Attorney Frank Ball and
Deputy Sheriff Kimes, of Arlington
county, who were early on the scene
are investigating to determine who
the reckless driver was.
A. Bayer, employed in the Taven
ner Dye Works, directly opposite
which the bus turned over, was the
first rescuer on the scene. He hauled
most of the injured men and womer
to safety through the rear doors
hailed the bus following in fifteer
minutes, and had all the injured
rushed to Georgetown Hospital.
BY instructions of DR.. w. II. Ar
thur, medical director, Drs. Yesko
Skorestsky, Macon, Shannon. Berg
mann, and Cannon turned their at
tention to the wounded, who pack &c
the emergency room.
Cockerille was too dazed to give q
coherent account of the affair, but
agreed with statements Of the lest
seriously hurt that "the whole thins
happened in a flash"
"One instant we were on the road
the next down in the ditch" he said
Scores of Cherrydale residents, t.
whom first reports brought tn,
news of numerous deaths, besieget
the hospital seeking members o,
their families. Around the wrecked
bus, which bore splashes of blood
and was densely surrounded hy
poison ivy. crowd surged FOL
hours afterward. All were out
spoken In condemnation Of the con
linued dangerous condition OF tn,
road at this point, which Ia trav
ersed by a great number Of Wash
inRton motorists daily.
Measurements show that the sur
faced roadway Ia but fourteen feet
wide. The slip OF a front whee
OFF the crown OF the highway
means a descent into the deep and
forbiddIng gully. One hundred
yards further toward Washington
IL a sharp turn, with a depression
fifty feet TO the left. There urt
no warning signs, nor any safety
accessories, such as q white -paintet
rail fence.