Evening star., 1932-04-01
De Luxe Capital Traction
Coach and Empty w. R. &
(. Machine Crash at Corner
of 18th and Rhode Island.
AMBER AND GREEN LIGHTS
ON AT TIME OF WRECK
III. E. Williamson, Secretary to
House Member, and Benjamin B.
Pettus, Lawyer, Lose Lives.
Four of Injured Are in Serious
Condition.

Two men were killed and II per-
sons injured, Of them seriously,
when an empty eastbound Wash
ington Railway & Electric Co
coach crashed into the side OF a
Capital Traction Co. de luxe bus,
bound from Chevy Chase to I'm
ion Station, at Seventeenth street
and Rhode Island avenue. shortly
after 9 o'clock this morning.
The dead:
ME-. Williamson, about AZ years
old, secretary to Representative
Edward w. Pou of North Carolina.
Died from a fractured skull. He
lived at 1920 Connecticut avenue.
Benjamin B. Pettus, 43, promi-
nent lawyer, fractured skull. He
lived at SSH Cedar Parkway,
Chevy Chase, Md.
The seriously injured:
Clyde Culp, so, 64O7 Florida
street, Chevy Chase, Md; possible
fractured skull, possible fractured
ribs, a fractured jaw and chest
injuries.
Matthew P. Touhey, 33, of 3ol6
Rodman street, an auditor; pos
sible fractured skull.
Harry Wolfe, IS, 40l2 Leland
street, Chevy Chase; possible frac-
tured skull, possible fractured pei
Wis and a broken left leg.
Mrs. Marie Tyler, 80, s7l2 Con-
necticut avenue, wife Of Eward 5,
Tyler; possible internal injuries.
Others Hurt in Crash.
Others injured:
Mrs. Miriam A. Sonnemann, 33, OF
1929 Connecticut avenue, possible frac-
tured skull and several possible frac-
tured ribs.
Miss Kathleen Conlon, "a, 1891
Cathedral avenue a clerk in the office
Of the Sheet Metal Workers Interna-
tional Associati ton, Transportation Build
ing, abrasions of the left leg.
John Enrietto, 33, Of 1858 Stuyvesant
street, member of the firm of Hamel,
Park IL Saunders, attorneys, with Offices
in the Shoreham Building, lacerations
of scalp.
P. J. J. Nicolaides, 80, 1914 Mckinley
street. Chevy Chase, member of the firm
of Kelly g. Nicolaldes, attorneys, with
Offices in the Union Trust Building
lacerated foot and scalp.
Harry T. Peters, 46, 3709 Livingston
street, public accountant, with Offices
in the National Press Building bruised
knees.
Frank w. Buxton, 80, 3911 Harrison
street, an employe of the Greater At
lantic & Pacific Tea Co., lacerated head
and legs.
Judge Ralph Given of Police Court
scalp wound, confusion of the left
leg and a lacerated nose.
All of those injured except Buxton
received treatment at Emergency Hos
pital Buxton was given medical at
tention at his home.
Motorists Extricate Injured.
Passing motorists quickly extricated
the injured from the wreckage and
commandeered taxicabs and private cars
to rush them to Emergency Hospital.
Mr.. Williamson died an hour later ano
Mr.. Pettus shortly before noon.
DR.. Harry M kaufman, chief Of the
Emergency Hospital medical staff, took
personal direction of the treatment Of
the injured. He was assisted by sew
eral doctors.
A blood TRANSMISSION was resorted to
in an effort to save Wolfe's life this
afternoon. The blood was offered by
professional donor
The ground floor of the hospital was
crowded with friends and relatives Of
the injured, policemen and newspaper
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