Evening star., 1942-10-10
70 Hurt as Bus,
Streetcar Crash
In Morning Rush
Vehicles Collide
At Pennsylvania
And 10th St. NV.

in a smashup involving an ST.
Capital Transit bus and a No. 80
Capital Transit streetcar at
Twentieth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV. shortly be-
fore $50 am. today, at the
height of the morning rush hour.
The collision was the second major
transit accident in two days. follow
ing yesterdays head-on crash in
volving two buses at Sixteenth and
K streets NV, in which 26 persons
were injured.
Both vehicles involved in this
mornings accident were crowded,
police said. The bus was headed
west on Pennsylvania avenue at
tempting to make a left turn into
Twentieth street. The streetcar was
headed east on Pennsylvania avenue.
Traffic Jammed for Blocks.
The accident jammed up traffic
for blocks and stopped all east
bound traffic on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. beyond Twentieth Street.
Police cars and ambulances rushed
the injured to Casualty and Emer-
gency Hospitals.
Driver of the street car, police
said, was Glenn o. Taylor, AZ, Of
Silver Spring, Md, who has had 10
years experience. Operator of the
bus was Clarence F. Mersch, Al, 6738
Eastern avenue NV.
Mr.. Tayler was charged by police
with colliding.
The only casualty who remained
in hospital was Roberta Hutchin-
son, so, colored, 2421 K street NV,
a passenger in the streetcar, who
suffered possible fracture of the
pelvis. She is in Casualty Hospital.
Emergency Hospital said the fol-
lowing had been treated and re-
leased:
Stanton Malamphy, %, 1900 La
mont street NV, mild shock and
back injury.
Zelda Espovitch, 26, 2918 Eight
eenth street NV, shock, cuts and
bruises.
Adelaide Sondic, o. 1746 Hobart
street NV, injured hip.
Cora CoWan, 40, 1890 New Hamp-
shire avenue NV, injured shoulder
blade.
G. Ethel Blough, 25, 1929 Colum-
bia road NV, lacerations.
Joy Paisley, %, 1457 Vermont
street NV, injured back.
Evelyn Olsen, %, 1906 Irving street
NV, contusions.
Florence Pfeife, 4S. 3035 Fifteenth
street NV, injured neck.
Ruby Brown, %, 1888 Columbia
road NV, abrasions.
Earl Dishman, II, colored, 737
Fairmont street NV, abrasions.
Celia Waldman, 46, 1445 Grad
street NV, contusions.
Lillian OBrien, A., 5000 Thir.
teenth street NV, contusions.
Those at Casualty.
Casualty Hospital reported the
following had been released after
treatment:
Isabelle Millman, Al, 420 Irving
street NV, contusions, treated and
released.
John Harvey, 36, colored, 1909
TWenty-fourth street NV, arm and
internal injuries.
Mamie Holmes, colored, 40, 4o1
Hobart street NV, injury to back.
A private physician treated Fran
cine Pilliard, Is, of 2515 K street
NV. for possible fracture of right
arm.
Three other persons complained
to police of injuries but it is not
known whether they were treated at
hospitals:
Blanche Braken, %, 2212 I street
NV, said she had a back injury.
Mrs. George Humer of 2116 Kalo-
rama road NV. complained of leg
, injury, and Sara Entine of Meridian
Hill Apartments said she was suffer.
ing from shock.
| Police said the bus was smashed
at the rear door, with a section
about four and one-half feet long
ripped from the side. One seat near
the door was knocked out of place.
spllllng two girls to the floor.
one OF these girls was Evelyn
Olsen.
G. Ethel Blough, who was treated
at Emergency Hospital, said she
was standing near the rear door and
was knocked to the floor. The
floor started to rip up around me-"
she said
Mr.. Malamphy said he was reading
newspaper account of yesterdays
accident when the bus he was riding
suddenly tilted at crazy angle and
almost toppled on its side. He heard
a loud ripping noise. He said about
IA to 16 persons were standing in
the bus.
He said there was not as much
panic as would be expected under the
circumstances, but some women
cried.
Crowd Gathers at Scene.
Adele Daugherty. who works at q
pressing and cleaning establishment
near the scene of the crash, said she
ran out into the street and as she
approached the wreck she could hear
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