Evening star., 1947-11-17
3 Passengers Hurt :.
In Streetcar Crash !
During Rush Hour !

III Stl Sv1SWs VI VSsi SE
| During Rush Hour @
Eight persons were injured
during the rush hour this morn
ing when one Capital Transit
Co. streetcar ran into another
standing at the Seventh and F
streets loading platform.
The injured, all colored, were
taken to Freedmen's Hospital suf-
fering from cuts and bruises and
were released after treatment. They
were:
James Graham, At, of SIG M street
NV; Barney Wilson, A. of 1922
Church street NV; Morgan 81
Brown, jr., %, of IS Quincy street
NV; Mrs. Edna Gregg, 20, OF 5412
B street Sc: Mrs. Irene Campbell,
ii. of 1017 Euclid street NV; James
Gillis, %, of 2130 Eleventh street
NV; Odell Hiler, 81, of SO Ran
dolph place NV, and Field Cole
man, "a, of 615 Keefer place NV.
Capital Transit said five or six
other persons reported they were
shaken up or slightly injured. but
did not ask for hospital treatment.
All the injured except Mrs.
Campell were riding in the old
type car that rammed into the
streamline model. Both were south
bound Seventh street wharves cars.
There were about 10 passengers on
the stationary car and IS on the
other.
Travelling Slowly.
Police said the old car was travel
ing about 10 miles an hour at the
time Of impact. It was loaded with
work-bound passengers, many OF
whom were standing. Most OF the
injured passengers were thrown
against a guard rail at the front OF
the car.
William Barker, ~, Of 6204
Twelfth street NV, operator OF the
old car, said the wheels skidded on
the tracks when he applied the
brakes. The rear of the standing
car was only slightly damaged, as
was the front of the striking car,
and both continued under their own
power. Streetcar traffic on the line
was held up about rs minutes.
Driver of the standing car was
Edward J. Dever, 81, Of 111S Sixth
street S.W.
Meanwhile, the driver Of an am
bulance which figured in a collision
yesterday, was ordered to appear
in court Thursday on a charge OF
failing to yield right-of-way to
another vehicle. The ambulance
was carrying an expectant mother
to Gallinger Hospital.
Patient Is Girl, Is.
The driver is Joseph F. st. Peter,
80, of 1914 Ames street NE. The.
patient is Gladys Hill, 16, colored, of
the 1900 block of Twenty-seventh
street NV. After the accident, which
occurred at Fifteenth street and Con-
stitution avenue NV, she was
transferred from the Health Depart
ment ambulance to one of the Fire
Rescue Squad and completed the
trip to the hospital.
The baby was born a few hours
later. The mothers condition was
described as good today, but the
baby, born prematurely, was said to
be in critical condition.
The passenger car in the collision
was driven by Robert j. Morton, 81
of, Avoca, Pa. His sister Helen
Conant, 36, of West Pittston, Pa,
was treated at Emergency hospital
for bruises of her left arm and left
1leg. -.
In another accident which oc-
CURED early yesterday David Walsh,
81, of the $500 block of Thirteenth
street NV, suffered head and chest
injuries. Police said he was struck
at New Hampshire avenue and
Randolph street NV. by an auto
mobile driven by JOSEPH" r. Brewer,
%, of the 450O block of Fourth
street NV. Mr.. Walsh's condition
was described as fair today.
Two Alexandrians Injured.
Two Alexandria men, one the
1ather OF clIy pollceman, were
injured today when their station
wagon crashed into parked truck
in the $500 block of King street,
police reported.
The injured are Murray Hanback,,
IS, of 306 East Del Day avenue.
father of Policeman Edwin N. Han
back, who suffered conclusion,
scalp cuts and a back injury, and
Charles r. Keller, 81, OF Is East
Bellefonte avenue, who suffered a
back injury. They were admitted
to Alexandria Hospital.
Alexandria police said the truck,
parked on the highway because OF
a mechanical breakdown, was UNI
lighted. They listed Mr.. Keller as
driver of the station wagon.