Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-11
MUST MuzzlEAlLL DOGS AUTOMOBILE MIsHAPsi
Four Accidents in and Near Alezaa-
dria Within Twenty -Four
Hours.

-Four accidents to autoists; were re-
ported to the Alexandria police from
early Saturday evening until sunset
yesterday. The first occurred a.
| Virginia Highlands, in which two
hcolored persons were injured, one
seriously; the second in Fairfax
county a short distance south OF the
lefty; the third on Washington street
extended and the fourth on hing
! street. A colored woman was the
victim in the first mishap. She may
i be fatally injured. In the second
accident an Alexandria lady had one
Of her arms broken; the third caused
considerable injury to buggy IN
which a woman in q delicate state
Of health was seated, and colored
j youth. cripple, had a narrow eS-
cape from serious injury In the
(. fourth accident.
Four Washingtonians escaped IN
Jury when the Ford automobile IN
! which they were riding collided with
:. motorcycle bearing Il colored man
and colored woman, of Alexandra,
rear Virginia Highlands about
! o'clock Saturday afternoon, Mrs.
Henry N. Mckee, Of 127 Fourth
! ;treet, southeast, who was riding be-
/ Idle her husband in the front seat OF
| The car, was shaken up, but unin-
;ured. The other two occupants OF
The car were William Mckee, a son,
f! and Mrs. Edith Y. Johnson, Mr..
IcKee's sister-in-law. Sylvester l..
! Johnson, 26 and Carrie Johnson. 20,
Tho live at 31S south Alfred street,
The occupants Of the motorcycle,
'7ere brought into Emergency Hos
aital. in Washington, in passing
auto. The woman has conclusion of
he brain. The mans injuries are
light. The McKecs were going to-
i: Jard Washington and the motorcy-
! cle was on its way to this city. The
.,llision was head-on: Mckee says
re was running y miles an hour at
| ne time of the accident. He claims
ohnson was not locking out for 9TH
vehicles The wrecked machines
yere brought to the Central Garage
4 this city, where they were viewed
v many.
Rev. 0. W. Triplett, pastor of
ne Second Baptist Church, was on
is way to the Woodlawn Baptist
! Church where he was to hold SER
ices yesterday afternoon. Accom-
.anying him in his automobile were
III. and Mrs. Lewis Rothwell and
4. aEts. Rector and daughter. About a
nile south Of the city they collided
With small machine driven by Mrs.
larry Miller, member of the Sal
alton Army of Alexandria, which
suddenly came out from by-road.
Us result, Mrs RothwelPs right
arm was broken and the others more
r less shaken up. Mrs. Rothwcll
;as brought to her home on King
street, this city, where DR.. Nj. d.
Delaney cared for her injuries. Mrs.
KILLER said that owing to the thick
Ercwth of bushes along the road she
was unable to see ahead clearly. and
It was evident that Rev. Mr.. Trip
cit did not hear her signal which
| she gave with the auto horn. Mrs.
MILLER, had as occupants of her car,
her little daughter, Hazel, six years
cid, and her sister, Mrs. Frank Todd,
IF Marcosson, Pa.
Later in the afternoon a buggy in
which Dominic Nardincchi, and his
wife were riding was badly smash
cd UP by an automobile in which
we're Frank Raymor and Harold w.
Cotton, white. and Reuben Brown.
colored were seated. The trio were
arrested later by Policeman Andrew
Hell. Mr.. and Mrs. Nardinocchi
were both thrown out of their car
rage, and she sustained scalp wounds
which were dressed by DR.. T. Mar
shall Jones.
Raymor was fined $50 in the Police
Court this morning for reckless driv-
ing.
Frank Parker, who was in charge
OF an automobile on upper King St,
early last night, ssidewiped wagon
in which Perry Davis. colored. was
seated. It was at first thought Davis
had been seriously injured, and Park
er placed the youth in his auto and
rushed him to the Alexandria Hos