The Washington herald., 1917-10-07
ACCIDENTS MAR
SATURDAY RUSH
Many Persons Injured by
Street Mishaps During
the Day.

Saturday. with its augmented street
population Of shoppers. baseball fans
and margetgoers brought with It more
than an ordinary number of street
accidents, many of which are consid-
cred serious. Automobiles figured IN
the majority Of the accidents. Cuts.
fractures and property demolition
were sustained.
Ten-year-old Frank virnstein. lSl6
n street northeast, was badly cut
about the face at 1:3o o'clock yester-
day afternoon when he was struck
by an automobile owned and op-
Grated by Harry Winingder, 81 Penn
sylvania avenue southeast The child
was treated by DIR. A. d. Buttz, -
Eighth street southeast.
Suffering from q probable fractured
leg, 10-year-old Charles Hines, l2sl
X street southeast, was rushed to the
Emergency Hospital yesterday morn
ing shortly after he had fallen from
Standard oN Company's wagon.
driven by Garland Paxson. 1o24
Twelfth street southeast. The boy
had begged a ride from Paxson.
just Dbcupen DeotBs
Robert +. Gates, 2o0l I street north
west. narrowly escaped death late yes
terday afternoon when the machine
he was driving, an automobile owned
by the Chaplin and Sacks Ice Cream
Company. upset and pinned him be-
meath 1t. He was removed to the
Emergency Hospital. where 1t was de-
clared late last night that his condi-
ton was not serious. The police say
that Gates was trying to avoid . col
lision.
Badly hurt about the head. John c.
Hopkins, IS, of Murkirk, Nd, was re-
moved to the Casualty Hospital yes
terday afternoon after he had been
struck at Fourth and II streets north
east by an automobile owned and oper-
ated by Sergt. Herman w. Reiss,
United States army. stationed at Fort
McHenry. Md. His condition at an
early hour this morning was not seri-
Gus.
Hurt In Collision.
At Q o'clock yesterday morning an
automobile owned and operated by
Edward L. Jones, III Seaton place
northwest, collided at Seventh and O
streets northwest with a Capital Trac-
at the Emergency Hospital.
The automobile of Lieut.. Col. Ed
ward ID. Anderson, U. S. A., of the
Woodley apartments, which was op-
Grated by Mrs. Anderson. collided yes
terday mornirs at Seventeenth street
end Massachusetts avenue northwest
with an automobile owned by the
Woodward and Lothrop Company and
operated by Frank R. Rogers. s51
Rhode Island avenue northwest. Col.
Anderson's car was badly damaged,
and one Of the occupants slightly
hurt.
While riding his bicycle yesterday
morning on Massachusetts avenue,
near Tenth street northwest, Leroy
Gaskins. colered. q. 272 p street north
west. was struck by an automobile
which, the police say. carried dead
number. At late hourt last night
the owner and operator Of the ma
chine had not been located.
Car Strikes Auto.
Both vehicles were slightly DANA ged
when at 1:40 o'clock yesterday after
noon Capital Traction street car COL
lided at Wisconsin avenue and NJ
street northwest with an automobile
delivery Of Max Saho. s233 n street
northwest.
Thirteen-year-old Carol E. Mack, 81
G street northwest, was slightly hurt
about the body at noon Friday when
he was struck on E street, between
Sixth and Seventh streets, southeast,
by an automobile. the owner and
operator of which was not known, The
police saw that in -hte "a Ga the ~,
chine also bore a dead" number.
Young Mack refused hospital treat
ment.