Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-23
Train Accident
Injuries bat
Station
3 Passenger Cars
DeroiIed, 100 Feet
Of Track Torn Up

Thirteen persons Sunere0
minor injuries and several others
were shaken up yesterday when
two sections of a passenger
train in Union Station made
what a Washington terminal
spokesman called "a rough
coupling"
Three cars were derailed, tear
ing up about 100 feet of rails
on Track 8. .-.-.....
The train was the Baltimore
& Ohio's Columbian" Five cars
destined for Chicago were at the
block. A 10-car, Detroit-bo
section was backing up to the
five. The block prevented the
stationary section from being
knocked across the passenger
ramp into the grand concurse.
A witness said school children
in the second car from the end
of the stationary section were
tossed about like tenpins.
A terminal spokesman said
H. E. Jones, a terminal switch
engineer, was backing the 10
cars to make up the train, due
to depart at $40 pm.
Rail Employees Hurt
The injured included David
Ball and Tom Moore, each 10,
with a party of eighth-graders
from Immaculate Conception
School in Bellvue, Ohio. Ten
other victims were railroad
workers. The other injured per-
son was a woman passenger.
1t was the stations most seri-
Gus accident since January, 1858.
when a brakeless flyer sped off
the tracks into the concourse
and crashed through the floor.
Seven persons were seriously in
jured in that mishap and A
others were treated at hospitals.
The Ohio youngsters hurt yes
terday were released after treat
ment at Casualty Hospital.
The Moore youngsters thigh
was bruised and young Ball suf-
fered q cut over the eve,
Their party was sharing the
car with 80 children and two
from st. Hedwig's in Milwaukee.
Sister Isadore, one of the Mil
wauI-ee nuns, said the children
flew in all directions when the
crash came.
Diner Hard Hit
In a diner just ahead. the
impact Uttered the car with cof-
fee. broken glass. cutlery and
sugar. Nine Of the injured rail-
road workers were in the car.
They said they were bounced
off the walls" by the crash.
A new train was made up and
pulled out at 8:07 pm.
The single victim admitted to
the hospital was Charles L.
Green. IS, colored. 1855 Lang
place NE, a Washington Ter
minal car inspector. He was
working on the rear of the sta
tionary section and was knocked
off. Casualty Hospital reported
today he might have suffered a
fractured leg.
Janet D. Boline. 20, Nashville.
Mich, was flung against a din
ner table. She was released from
Casualty Hospital after exami-
nation for abdominal injuries.
List Of Injured
The men injured in the dining
car, all released after treatment
at Casualty Hospital, were:
Samuel McLurkin, So, colored,
1857 Irving street NV. a chef,
bruised right shoulder.
William L. Edmondson, 80.
colored. 1877 Quincy place NE,
bruised back and right shoulder.
Edgar Watson, "a, Of SO I
street NE, second cook, back
injuries and facial bruises.
George Green, 40, colored.
Chicago. waiter, bruised eyes and
back injuries.
Dennis Written, 81, colored,
Baltimore, third cook, bruised
head and shoulders.
Charles Biddle, 40. colored.
Baltimore, waiter. injured back.
bruised hip.
Howard Buckler, so. colored,
Jersey City, waiter. back in
jurieS.
Melvin Shorter, 80, colored.
Baltimore, waiter. mild concus-
sion.
Nelson Williams, A, colored,
White Plains, N. Y, bruised wrist