Evening star., 1934-03-11
4 HURT AS CARS
CRASH HEAD-0N
Father and 2 Daughters
Among Victims of Accident
Near Mclean, Va.

Fourteen persons were injured, two
seriously, and a dozen others were
severely shaken up late yesterday
when two Washington g. Old Domin-
ion Railway electric cars crashed on a
single track curve between Spring
Hill Station and Jackson Station, in
Fairfax County. Va.
The smash-up, which all but demol-
ished both cars. occurred while the
Snowstorm that gripped the Washing
ton area most of yesterday was at it's
height. The vehicles, one a passen-
ger car and the other a work car,
crashed head-on
George Ruble, 80. Park Lane. Va.
motorman of the passenger vehicle,
was the most seriously injured. At
Georgetown Hospital. where he and
most of the other injured persons were
taken, he was found to have a frac-
tured spine, fractured right wrist
and other hurts, and his condition
was termed critical.
Children Among Victims
Ruble's two daughters-Billie Fran
ces, 7, and Anna Page, 9, also were in
jured, the former critically.
The others hurt we're:
Theodore r. Davis, So, Great Falls.
Md, cuts
Frank Reeves, 48, Oakland. Md.
cuts.
Myles F, Ford, 80, of 1912 Eleventh
street, possible fractured shoulder.
Earl Wallace, 40, colored, Mclean,
possible fractured collarbone
James E. Wallace, 40, colored, Nc
Lean, possible fractured shoulder.
Fred Wallace, q, colored, Mclean,
possible fractured ribs
Arbe Bailey. u, colored, Spring
Hill, cuts.
Marie Bailey, 16, colored, Spring
Hill, possible fractured right hip.
Edward Bailey, 55, colored, Spring
Hill, cuts.
James Jackson. "a, colored, NC
Lean. leg injuries.
Medford Washington, 80, colored,
Mclean, leg injuries.
Ruble, according to other occu-
pants of the car. made a futile at
tempt to save his daughters from
injury when he saw that a smash-up
was inevitable.
Tries to Protect Children.
The girls, it was said, we're riding
on front seat. As the car rounded
the horseshoe curve, Ruble discov-
cred the other car bearing down
upon him. He applied bis brakes i'm
mediately, then ran back toward the
children. The crash occurred before
he could reach them. however, and
he was thrown against the side of
the car.
Altogether, there were about Is pas
sengers in the car. which was en-
route to Washington from Great
Falls. The work car was unoccupied
except for the motorman, L. r..
Brown. He escaped injury.
All the injured except the Ruble
girls were taken to Georgetown. The
children were taken to Emergency
Hospital, where physicians said the
younger Ruble girl had a possible
fractured skull and Anna a broken
arm and other hurts.
An investigation was begun by
Sheriff Eppa Kirby of Fairfax Coun-
ty Immediately after the accident.
In a statement issued last night
George C. Baggett, general manager
for the railways receivers, said:
I'VE have not yet completed our
investigation. but. on the basis of
what we know now, it looks as though
the work car just simply failed to get
off of the main track in time. The
motorman had a schedule and there
fore should have known what time
the passenger vehicle was due to pass
through. He should have gotten his
car on the siding at Spring Hill.
1T must be borne in mind. how
ever, that weather conditions were
very bad, and it may be that the
work car was slowed up by the snow.
Work cars are permitted to be out
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