Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-25
WHEELS RUN AWAY WILL WORK AS TEAM
VehcuIar Msaps Numerous Harmony to Be WatchWord of
and Serious Yesterday. the New Commissioners.
TAXICAB is KINDLlNG WOOD BOARD TO MEET OFTEN
Street Cars and Three the
Injured for Them
GIRL IS RUN DOWN BY AUTO HEARINGS FOR CITIZENS
DR. n.
Lotto-other Motor Cars and
Horses Run muc by other Expressions
VehicuIar, Mishaps Numerous
and Serious Yesterday.
TAxICAB IS KINDLING WOOD
Ground Between Street Cars and
Driver Injured.
GIRL IS RUN DOWN BY AUTO
Chauffeur Blameless, Says Miss
Lotto-Other Motor Cars and
Horses Run Amuck.

By some special twist of humor the
Fates, without warning. declared open
season for all sorts Of vehicular mis-
haps. The demon who controls the evil
influence of things that run on wheels
therefore got busy last night and tore
things loose all over Washington.
Thomas II. Rabbit until last night
drove taxicab. Some time in the future
he may drive another but not the taxi
cab he has been driving.
That taxi is a thing Of the past. What
two street cars did to it at 18th street
and Pennsylvania avenue about O'Clock
last night was cataclasn1. The cars
suffered, too. Rabbit was hurt little,
though not much. But the taxi. Never
a gain will 1t skirt the curbstones, fright
EN- old men and provoke women and chill
dren to climb trees.
Crushed Between Cars.
Rabbit was gliding along through the
snowstorm. Like the famous chicken, he
desired to get from one side Of the road
to the other. But he overlooked a cou-
pie of street cars about to pass each
other. Right biitheiy did he drive right
in between.
There was ripping. tearing grinding
crash. In a minute hundred people
We're running to see the sight
Rabbit was slightly injured, and was
taken to the Emergency Hospital. The
cars. slightly MANNED, were able to limp
on their way. The taxi, a total wreck
was dragged of the field and subsequent
ly towed back to the garage
An automobile operated by Philin G.
Affleck. druggist. OF 1929 Pennsylvania
avenue. two hours earlier, collfded with q
laundry wagon near 9th and L streets
The wagon belonged to j. K. Jones Of 81
Mr.. Afileck and the driver escaped in
jury. The poor wagon was hurt.
Girl II Run Down.
Miss Genevieve Lotto, nineteen year.
old. 1903 NJ street northwest, was STRUCK
by Terminal taxicab while crossing
Massachusetts avenue at 18th stree,
about $50 o'clock and severely injured
She sustained fracture Of her collar
bone and was also suffering from shocl
when she reached the Emergency Hos
pital.
Conway Butler, who was operating thu
machine. took Miss Lotto to the hospital
She told the police the chauffeur was no.
to blame for the accident.
An automobile owned by Robert Roose
welt, 1927 10th street, came in contac
with a street car at 14th and II streets
about ) o'clock in the afternoon. Onlp
the automobile got hurt.
Horses Join In Mad Race.
About $50 O'Clock last night a horse
the property of c. w. Rixey OF Arlington
Va. ran. into. Falls Church car a short
distance FROM the north end Of tile High
way bridge. The horse stBrted home
ward from 14th and c streets southwest
His travels were interrupted by the acct.
dent. About SIS damage was done.
Another horse attached to buggy, tins
property Of William l.. Palmer OF Str
and I streets, ran away on GEORGIA ave
nue. in the afternoon and collided with
an electric light pole. The buggy wa,
badly damaged. Mr.. Bearron, It's occu'
pant, was slightly hurt
James Gaskins, 'colored, four years OLD
was struck by horse and knocked
down. The child was playing In thu
street In front Of his parents home 9O7h
Florida avenue, when the accident hap
pened. He was only slightly hurt.
About $50 o'clock, at 9th and e streets
northwest, John Perkins. forty-two years
old, was struck by a street car Perkins
who lives at 913 New York avenue. had
his leg and arm hurt. He was taken &c
Emergency Hospital.