Evening star., 1928-12-10
SCORE ARE INJURED
IN CAR COLLISION
Two Men Seriously Injured,
Score Are Bruised in
Head-0n Crash.

Two men were seriously injured, five
other passengers received injuries
necessitating hospital treatment and a
score of others were bruised and shaken
shortly after 8 o'clock this morning
when an east-bound Capital Traction
street car failed to negotiate an auto
matte switch at North Capitol street
and Massachusetts avenue and crashed
head-on into west-bound car of the
Washington Railway g. Electric Co.
The front ends of both cars were
demolished. Those most seriously in
jured are:
A. B. Lancaster, AZ, of 2423 Pennsyl-
yania avenue, motorman of the Capital
Traction car, confined in Casualty Hos
pital with severe lacerations and shock
and possibly fractured skull.
George S. Garnett, 81, of 1495 New
ton street, passenger on the Capital
Traction car. taken to Emergency Hos
pltal with fractured hip, cuts and
bruises.
John v. Phillips, jr., "a, of 510 C
street northeast, crushed hand, necessi-
tating the amputation of two fingers at
Casualty Hospital.
]. B. Seay, 211 Eighth street south
east, motorman of the Washington
Railway & Electric car, treated at Sib-
ley Hospital for decorations on the face
and bruises.
Mrs. Agnes B. Burns, SIG Seventh
street northeast, admitted to Sibley
Hospital for sprained ankle.
Margaret Higuera, 203 Eighth street
northeast, treated at Sibley Hospital
for injuries to one leg.
E. C. Broadwater, 65l Hamilton street,
treated as Casualty Hospital for bruises
and shock.
Several Taken to. Homes.
Passengers who were injured and
taken to their homes in private au-
tomobiles included, according to police,
Helen Benson, employed in the tele-
phone Office at the House Office Build
ing; Carter DAILY, 1923 Clifton street;
Mrs. T. j. Shivers, 700 E street north
east; Mrs. Frank Litzenberg, 210 A
street northeast; Eta Splitter, 1905 u
c street northeast; DR.. T. F. Murphy,
1926 Seventeenth street. and E. H.
Goetz, 8l2 Emerson street.
Officials of the Capital Traction Co.
refused to discuss possible causes of
the accident until they had received a
complete report from the crew of their
car and from experts who are examin-
ing the switch for mechanical defects.
The motorman said he would not be at
liberty to discuss the accident until he
talked with representatives of his COM
pany.
The crash was witnessed by Police
man Robert Strong of the Traffic Bu-
reau, on duty at the intersection.
THE Capital Traction car stopped
in the proper manner to throw the
switch in the right direction" he said,
but apparently the mechanism failed
to work properly, for as the street car
started forward again, it swung onto
the northbound tracks up North Capitol
street, instead of continuing straight
ahead. I looked behind me just in
time to see a Mount Pleasant car of
the Washington Railway & Electric Co.
coming across the intersection, and
jumped to one side in time to escape
being crushed.
Girls Are TrampIed On.
Although both cars seemed to be
travelling at low rate of speed. the
force of the impact was terrific. Both
front ends crumpled in as though
made of paper, and broken glass flew
in every direction.
THE Mount Pleasant car had picked
up a load of school girls in front Of
the Union Station and most of them
were standing in the aisle. They went
down in mass as though someone had
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