The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-13
INJURED, IS
ACCIDENT TOLL OF
SLIPPERY STREETS

Eleven persons today are suffering
from injuries received in a series OF
automobile and street car collisions
last night. Slippery streets, due to
the heavy downpour OF rain, Is
blamed for many Of the collisions. 1t
was q busy night for the accident
physicians on duty at the Emergency
and Casualtys hospitals. who were
kept on the jump until after midnight
responding to emergency calls.
Failure OF brakes to properly oper-
ate is blamed for a rear-end collision
between two cars OF the Capital Trac-
ton Company in which four persons
were hurt last night The accident
occurred at Pennsylvania avenue and
Sixth street northwest. B. F. Fail,
SOo MeHenry street. Alaxendria, Va.
and Stephen Frank. 200 Sixth street
southeast, were rushed to the EN-
Urgency Hospital.
A woman passenger on one OF the
cars ALSO was injured, but she re
fused hospital treatment, and had her
hurts dressed At q near by drug store.
Frederick =. Duvau, 1888 Irving
street northwest, was walking across
the tracks in front OF the forward
car when II was crashed into. The
car skidded several feet and struck
him, knocking him down. He was
injured, but also refused hospital
treatment.
Two Hurt In Collision.
Two persons were injured when a
taxicab operated by J. E. MCGEE, 1888
Fifteenth street northeast, eoIlided
with an automobile owned and op-
Grated by Harry Wolfe. ZOOS Cham
plain street northwest, at Thirteenth
street and Massachusetts, avenue
northwest. Mrs H b Stone. 2226
Connecticut avenue northwest, q pas
senger in the taxicab. was injured
about the face. She refused hospital
treatment and her injuries were
dressed by DR.. ID. Olin Leech. WILL
lam A Rollins, zoos II street south
east, an occupant OF the automobile,
was slightly hurt and refused medical
attention.
Otto Rnell. e13 K street southeast,
suffered three broken ribs and in
juries to his head when q motor
cycle on which he was riding coIlided
with an automobile, operated by
Hugh Robey, 1909 Fifth street north
east, in Ninth street, near G south
east Robert Ostrander, 315 Eleventh
street southeast. who also was rid
ing on the motorcycle was injured
about the body and head.
Car strikes Truck.
Edward H. Quarles, colored, 2633
Virginia avenue northwest, was cut
and bruised when an automobile truck
he was driving was struck by a car
of the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company on the Benning road.
While riding a bicycle on Sixteenth
street, near NJ street northwest, last
night, John Berozosl1y, 453 c street
northwest, collided with an automo-
bile operated by W. c. Miller, 1873
Kalorama road northwest His right
leg was bruised.
Joseph Cort ia r street south
west. was knocked down at Twelfth
and D streets northwest by an auto
truck Of the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company. operated by JOS
eph H. Follen, go street northeast
He was hurt about the head and body
and removed to the Emergency Hos
pItal
C. R Dooley, 2111 Eighteenth
street northwest, narrowly escaped
injury last night when his automo-
bile was crashed into BY q taxicab,
operated by John p. Gordon, go Ho-
bart place northwest. at Sixteenth
and L streets northwest. Both auto
mobiles were badly damaged.
Autos Collide
The automobiles OF Thornton J.
Parker. 723 Nineteenth street north
west, and Mrs H B. Parks. 1901
Irving street northwest. were slight
ly damaged last night when they
were In collision At Fifteenth and H
streets northwest
A horse and wagon driven by Fred
erick Butler, 6o4 Nichols avenue.