Evening star., 1942-10-10
Accidents
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people moaning. She said several
persons screamed.
A crowd of approximately 300 COL
lected at the scene of the crash.
Police said it took from 8 to 10
minutes to remove people from the
crowded vehicles.
In the head-on collision of the
buses yesterday, the driver of the
railways bus, Harry Edward Dwyer
20, OF As M street NV, was charged
by police with driving on the wrong
side of the street.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Ed
ward w. Thomas agreed this morn
Ing to the request of Policeman
Lawrence A. Hartnett of the acci-
dent investigation unit that the
case OF DWyer be continued until
October 80. Hartnett explained that
time was needed to obtain testimony
from injured witnesses.
Two Of the rs injured we're said to
be in serious condition, while the
others were treated for scuts and
bruises.
The railways bus, according to
police, was bound west on K street,
while the Capital Transit bus had
just completed left turn from Six
teenth into K street. A passenger
car, which police said, was operated
by Joseph B. Latimer, 1929 Sixteenth
street NV, crashed into the rear
OF the Capital Transit bus.
Driver Out on 81 900 Bond.
DWyer, who is out on $1,000 bond
told police he was approaching Six
teenth street and came up behind
line of automobiles waiting at the
red light. When he applied his
brakes they failed to catch, the
driver said, and rather than crash
into the automobiles he swung out
of the line of traffic across the CEN
ter line.
At that moment the Capital Tran
sit bus swung into K street from
Sixteenth and the two vehicles COL
lided. The front ends of both buses
were badly damaged. The driver of
the Capital Transit bus was identi-
fled as Coleman H. Dameron, AZ,
615 Franklin street NE
Mr.. DWyer told police he had
stopped his bus suddenly just
block from the scene of the crash
when an automobile cut him off.
Following the crash, police who
tested the brakes of Mr.. Dryers bus
at the District Inspection Station,
reported that the foot brakes were
perfect" Police were unable to
take tests of the hand brakes, how
ever.
Injured Taken to Hospitals.
All available ambulances and res
cue squads were rushed to the scene
of the accident. Most of the injured
were taken to Emergency, Casualty
and Doctors Hospitals. Hundreds of
persons from the lunch hour crowd
in the business district were at
tracted to the scene and police REIN
forcements were summoned.
The facilities of Emergency Hos
pital were strained by the arrival
of the injured there.
The Trailways bus was bound for
Culpeper, Va. and had left the sta
ton at Twelfth street and New York
avenue at l pm. The Capital
Transit bus was an So bound for
Eighth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV.
Two passengers were taken to
Doctors Hospital. They were listed
As Miss Margaret Bullard, SO, 14l2
Massachusetts avenue NV, and
Mrs. Evelyn Tyson, who was unin-
jured and released. Miss Billiard
suffered a bruised cheek.
Those treated at Casualty Hos
pital were Mrs. Fannie Canter, SIS,
319 Kennedy street NV, shock, cuts
and bruises, and Mrs. Mamie
Baughman, IS, of Silver Spring, Md,
treated for bruises and released.
Treated at Emergency.
The injured taken to Emergency
Included: Isabella Kiley, "A, of 1913
p street NV, injury to right shoul-
der; Rosa Sands, IS, 1851 Upton
street NV, face cuts; Rebecca
Rosenberg, So, Culpeper, cut lip;
Mrs. Scott Stilson. so, Chastleton
Apartments, possible fracture of
both legs; Lena D'Iorio, AZ, of l7l2
Sixteenth street NV, injury to left
shoulder; Mary Mcdonnell of War
renton, lacerated nose and head
bruises. Richard Colbert, "a, COL
ored, 1850 Fairmont street NV,
broken leg; Walter Yancey. 56, of
524 Third street NV, lacerated lip
and chest injury.
Also, Dorothy Seeker, Meridian
Hill Hotel, possible fractured verte-
brae; Frances Rixse, Arlington, Va,
multiple lacerations; Ashby Brown,
Remington, Va; Margaret Green,
s5l3 Thirteenth street NV, in
turies to chest, neck and jaw; Theo-
dore D. Frame, "a, Warrenton. Va,
cut lip; Earl Smith, %, Union Trust
Building, nose injury; Flora Dean,
81, colored, Gainesville. Va, lacerated
face and foot injury; Robert boyKln,