Evening star., 1929-12-16
Driver Jammed Between En-
uine and Cargo Dies AL
most Instantly.
.FIREMEN WORK | IL HRS.
TO EXTRICATE LABORER
Excitement Causes Traffic Tie-up
Necessitating Recruiting of
Street Cars.

On his way to Rock Greek Cemetery
with a truckload of granite for vault,
Anthony Stevenson, 26, coloTed, of 1043
Thirty third street, was almost instantly
killed this morning when the truck
buckled under the weight as it ap-
preached Truxton Circle, North Capitol
street and Florida avenue, pinning him
so securely in the drivers seat that it
required more than 80 minutes for
firemen to eXtricate the body.
The body was removed to the Morgue
pending an inquest, probably tomor-
row.
Efforts to cut the man from the
buckled drivers cab with blow torch
proved futile, as did an attempt to jack
up one side of the truck and tilt the
granite to the street. After about an
hour, two motor cranes were brought
up, and seven large blocks of granite
removed from the truck. Firemen then
rigged a line to the top of the cab,
pulling it backward far enough to re-
lease Stevenson.
Street Car Traffic Delayed.
A large crowd collected at the circle,
and police had brisk work keeping the
wreck clear. Street cars bound north
on North Capitol street were rerouted
after some were caught in the jam. j..
Stevenson. alone in the truck, had
Just left the Baltimore & Ohio freight
yards on @ street northeast, and was
about to turn from that street into the
circle when bystanders heard breaking
glass and a crash.
According to John T. White of 1540
North Capitol street, who was standing
on the sidewalk, the truck chassis
IN, INa
as the vehicle moved across
the circle.
The truck had folded downward,
bending the chassis at a point almost
beneath the drivers seat. and crush
ing the motor inward on Stevenson.
The entire weight of the granite was
tilted upon the back of the drivers
cab, while the engine blocked efforts to
get Stevenson out from the front.
Truck Drags After Crash.
From the point where the windshield
broke, the truck moved some 80 yards,
while the chassis was dragging the
for half that distance.
The truck was owned by James o.
Cation & Sons, 1850 Potomac street.
Another of the company's trucks,
equipped with a crane, assisted motor
crane belonging to the Washington
Railway g. Electric Co. TO remove the
granite.
-Four of the granite blocks measured
about by IL feet by 2l2 inches, While
the remaining two were approximately
half that large.
officers of the Cation Co. said the
truck often had carried more than Is
tons They estimated there was about
six tons of granite on the vehicle.
Police said the truck bore maximum
capacity rating of $4,000 pounds.
Accident Shows Need of Crane.
Firemen on the scene experienced the
same difficulty in moving the granite
which they encountered recently when
an explosion wrecked the McCrory store
front
officials of the Fire Department, it
was said, have made several requests
for a motor crane to be used in similar
emergencies.
Following the explosion, large blocks
of cement fell into the basement be-
meath the sidewalk, hampering the work
of eXtricating the injured, six of whom
later died.
Stevenson was pronounced dead by
Dir. J. R. Young Of Casualty Hospital,
who examined the body some IS min
utes after the accident occurred. while
the colored man was still seated up
right in the drivers seat.
The accident occurred shortly after
10 o'clock, and 1t was l1:40 o'clock be-
fore the body could be freed.
More time was required to reload the
granite and remove the wrecked truck
from its position across the east side
of the circle.