The Washington times., 1928-10-24
GIRL V|CT| I'M Of
FIRE AUTO
IS DEAD
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investigations into the crash are be.
ing brought to a close. Police are
preparing a. comprehensive report;
the Fire Department is doing like.
wise; Edward Dawson, chief OF
claims in the corporation counsel's
office, and Ringgold Hart assist
ant corpora ton counsel are endeav-
oring to determine the city's IL
ability. All of the reports will be
turned over to Commissioner Proc.
tor l.. Dougherty.
Immediately after the accident,
which occurred at Fourteenth and
C SITS. N. w, shortly after l o'clock,
Commissioners Dougherty and Sid
ney f. Taliaferro and Earl ".
Fisher, executive secretary of the
Public Utilities Commission. visited
the scene.
Their investigation. it was said,
disclosed that no police or traffic
regulations had been violated.
just Leaving Street Car
Mrs. Connick, who lives at 1857
Good Hope Rd. s. E., and Miss
King, whose home is at 303s Otis
st. n, E., had just alighted from a
street car, which. witnesses said.
had stopped when the fire apparatus
from No. Truck Company roared
out OF it's quarters at that corner. ;,
When the truck company had
gone the motorman Of the one.man
car pulled down to the car stop
zone and the two women, both
employees OF the Potomac Electric
Power Company. alighted.
As they stepped from in front oil
the car the automobile OF Central
Battalion Chief Andrew II. Wolter
driven by Private William Jaeger,
struck them.
The car, witnesses said, was go
ing nearly so miles an hour at the
time and the women were hurled
through, the air for nearly $50 feet.
They were picked up by members
Of Fire Rescue Squad No. l which
was following Chief VOTERS car
and rushed to Emergency Hospital.
The accident occurred while fire
men were responding to an alarm
sounded from the grain laboratories
of the Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics, a unit of the Department
of Agriculture. The fire was quickly
extinguished with a small amount
Of damage.
Right Traffic Lane Blocked
Jaeger told his superior officers
that he passed the stopped street
car on the left because the right
side of the street was blocked by
parked and stopped automobiles.
lie swung to the left and had no
chance to stop his car before strik-
ing the girls he said.
At Emergency Hospital it was
said that the girls were suffering
from conclusion OF the brain, frac-
ture OF the skull. and possible in
ternal injuries. Mrs. Connick also
sustained mangling fracture of
the leg, while Miss King sus-
/ tanned a dislocated neck.
Besides the regular staff physi-
clans of the hospital, DR.. James T..
Mitchell, 1874 Nineteenth st. n. w,
has entered the fight. Police and
Fire Department physicians and the
| physician for the Potomac Electric
| Power company offered their services
and consultation between these
physicians was held last night.
Fire "Ace" Distraught
The tragedy has been terrible
blow to Jaeger for more than 10
years an ACE" driver for the
local fire department. His mother
was killed recently in an automobile
accident at Twelfth and ! Streets,
| Northwest, and the grief over his
mothers death and yesterdays
tragic happenings has just about
broken Jaeger's nerve.
1t was Jaeger's first accident. 1t
was also the first time Chief
Wolter had been in an accident in
his 20 years of service with the
department.
Mrs. Connick was very recently
married TO Edwin n. Connick. an
| optician, while Miss King was look
| ing forward to her wedding. sched-
uled for November 20.