Crane in car. Remove clutch and install new clutch plate, same being damaged when motor was driven back.. Renew clutch pressure plate---- 4. 00 40. 20 30.00 757. 43 ZELL MOTOR CAR CO., STATE OF MARYLAND, says: City of Baltimore: Personally appeared Albert P. Czerwinski, who being duly sworn, deposes and I am employed as a substitute carrier in the post office at Baltimore, Md. On October 30, 1939, about 10:45 a. m., I was operating motor vehicle No. 15185, and was involved in an accident at the intersection of Monument Street and Fallsway with a Dodge automobile owned and operated by Harry Grimes, 732 East Twentieth Street, Baltimore, and a Packard automobile owned by Baugh Chemical Co., and operated by Harry Schulz, Smith Avenue, Mount Washington, Md. I was proceeding west on Monument Street at a speed of from 15 to 20 miles an hour. As I approached the intersection at Fallsway, the automatic traffic signal was showing green for east and west traffic on Monument Street, until the mail truck reached within about 5 feet of the traffic signal, when it changed to amber. I entered the intersection as I had time to clear it before the signal changed to green for north and south traffic on Fallsway. When the mail truck reached about the center of the intersection, I saw the automobile operated by Grimes coming south on Fallsway which attempted to pass in front of the mail truck. I applied the brakes in an effort to avoid a collision and Grimes also applied his brakes, but skidded to the right and the mail truck struck his automobile on the rear left side. The Packard car, also traveling south on Fallsway close to the rear of the automobile operated by Grimes, skidded and struck the rear of the mail truck and stopped: At the time of the accident it was raining, the streets were wet and slippery, and all vehicles involved skidded when applying brakes. It is my opinion, Grimes, operator of the Dodge car, was responsible for the accident because he entered the intersection against a red traffic signal, before the mail truck had a chance to clear. ALBERT P. CZERWINSKI. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th of April 1940, at Baltimore, Md. STATE OF MARYLAND, City of Baltimore: Personally appeared William Bacon, who being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 16 years old and live with my parents at 615 Montpelier Street, Baltimore, Md. On October 30, 1939, about 10:45 a. m., I was riding in the rear seat with Robert Lockett in an automobile owned and operated by Harry Grimes when it was involved in an accident with a mail truck at the intersection of Monument Street and Fallsway. Grimes was south-bound on Fallsway and as he approached the intersection the automatic_traffic light was showing red. I cannot state how fast Grimes was driving. I can recall Grimes saying as he approached the intersection that he hoped the light would change to green. Just as Grimes entered the intersection the light changed to green and when about halfway across, the mail truck westbound on Monument Street struck the left side of Grimes' car and pushed it off the sidewalk at the southwest corner. A Packard car following in the rear of Grimes' car struck the rear end of the mail truck and was badly damaged. While I think the accident was avoidable, I have since thought about the matter and have formed no opinion as to which driver was responsible for the accident. WILLIAM A. BACON. Subscribed and sworn to before me at Baltimore, Md., this 18th day of April E. L. HADDINOTT, Post Office Inspector. 1940. Personally appeared Robert Lockett, who being duly sworn, deposes and says: I am 17 years old and live with my parents at 606 Montpelier Street, Baltimore, Md. On October 30, 1939, about 10:45 a. m., I was riding in the rear seat with William Bacon in an automobile owned and operated by Harry Grimes, when his car was in collision with a mail truck at the intersection of Monument Street and Fallsway. As Grimes approached the intersection the automatic traffic light was showing red, but just as the car entered the intersection the light changed to green. I recall Grimes saying as he approached the intersection that he hoped the light would change to green. When the car operated by Grimes got about halfway across the intersection, the mail truck, west-bound on Monument Street, struck his left rear running board and fender and pushed his car up on the sidewalk on the southwest corner. Before being struck by the mail truck, Grimes applied his brakes and skidded a short distance. While I believe the accident was avoidable, I have not formed any opinion as to which driver was responsible. A Packard car which was following in the rear of Grimes' car struck the rear of the mail truck and was badly damaged. ROBERT K. Lockett. Subscribed and sworn to before me at Baltimore, Md., this 18th day of April E. L. HODDINOTT, Post Office Inspector. 1940. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, DISTRICT OF MARYLAND, Hon. ERNEST GREEN, DEAR SIR: The case of Albert Czerwinski, one of your mail truck drivers, who was charged with reckless driving, was tried in the traffic court today before Judge Harry Noeth. The result of the case was a $5 fine and cost on your driver. Judge Noeth rules that if a driver of a car is approaching a green light, and, when he is within 5 feet of that light it changes to amber, if that driver does not stop, he is guilty of reckless driving in going through the amber light across the intersecting highway. It is my opinion that if your Department considers it important, this case should be appealed to the Baltimore city courts immediately. Very truly yours, O BERNARD J. FLYNN, FEBRUARY 13, 1945.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed Mr. McGEHEE, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 1546] The Committee on Claims to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 1546) for the relief of C. Y. Webb, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. A similar bill was favorably reported by this committee in the Seventy-eighth Congress. The facts will be found fully set forth in House Report No. 387 of the Seventy-eighth Congress, which is appended hereto and made a part of this report. [H. Rept. No. 387, 78th Cong., 1st sess.] The purpose of the proposed legislation is to pay the sum of $1,500 to C. Y. Webb in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of his daughter, Naomi Webb, resulting from a collision between two trucks, the property of the United States, on December 31, 1933. STATEMENT OF FACTS It appears that on December 31, 1933, at about 7:35 in the evening, a Civilian Conservation Corps truck, No. 3351, was traveling near Clarkdale, Ariz., when it was met by another Civilian Conservation Corps truck, and collided with same, killing Naomi Webb, of Clarkdale, who was riding in the back of one of the trucks. The accident happened in the dark, and both trucks had lights on brightly. The weather was clear and the road dry. The driver of one of the trucks stated that he became aware of oncoming danger when he applied his brakes, which responded, and his truck came to a stop; almost at the same moment when the brakes were applied, the two trucks collided. The same driver stated that the oncoming truck was within 25 feet of him when he saw it, that the narrowness of the road at the bridge which he had just crossed was largely responsible for the accident. It appears from the evidence that one of the fenders of the oncoming truck had fallen down on the wheel, which was undoubtedly a major cause of the accident. H. Repts., 79-1, vol. 1-44 |