The Washington herald., 1921-11-14
3BADLY HURT
ASMOTOR TRUCK
( HITS STREET CAR
Many Passengers Cut by
Flying Glass, and Suf-
fer Shock.
THREE AUTOS UPSET
Two Occupants of Taxicab In
jured When Machine
OyeFturns.

Eleven persons were seriously in
jured and more than a score badly
shocked or received minor cuts and
bruises as a result of accidents
yesterday.
Thousands of motorists viewing
the electrical display at the jew
elled arch. the Capitol and the
monuments last night were well
handled by police, however.
Hundreds of automobiles figured
in collisions, and thousands of dol
lars damage was caused Only the
most severe accidents were re-
ported. A drizzIing rain which
began falling early last evening
added 10 the danger. Practically
the entire police force, many men,
bers working double shifts, rem
dered efficient service in handling
the tra1ic jam
Truck Hits Street Car.
In a headon collision of a street
car and an automobile delivery
truck In front Of AL New York
avenue northwest. shortly after
o'clock last night. three people
were seriously injured and more
than q score of passengers on the
trolley car were badly shaken up.
The injured are: Motorman Will
lam l. Reed. 154 Yuma street north
west, broken left arm, cuts and
bruises about the head and body;
Paul J. Clemmens, "a years old,
2505 North Capitol street, bruises
about the head and body and prob
ably Internal injuries: Miss Ruth
Hall, ~ years old. AZ Randolph
street northwest, severe laceration
of the left hand. cuts and bruises
about the head and body. All
were rushed to the Emergency
Hospital
Cut by Flying Glass.
The automobile, driven by Glenn
mems. was proceeding west on New
Work avenue, and in avoiding strik-
ing a bicyclist the machine crashed
headIong into the trolley car. The
impact threw the automobile, a heap
Of wreckage, against the curb. The
street car was badly damaged, the
entire front having been caved in.
Many Of the passengers were cut by
flying glass and badly shocked, but
AL refused hospital treatment. Miss
Hall WAS a passenger in the auto
truck.
: 4 collision between an automo-
lille and a dog shortly after 7
o'clock yesterday morning in front
Of 1898 Good Hope road southeast
resulted q the machine turning
turtle and pinning Its two occupants
beneath. Both were severely in
jured. They are CHARLES l. Maddox,
IL years oiH. and his father Charles
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Crash en- n street.
Mrs Bertha Freeman, 4I4 X street
northwest, was Injured about the
bodv shortly before y o'clock last
night. when the automobile in which
shs wna rid:Sz. and which was
oneratsd by Richard CornweIl 1908
Rhods Tsland Avenue northwest, col-
IIdsd Sw-tth the automobile operated
nv R6se Small, SIS Upshur street
nor,bws.tI at sixth and III street,
,ortb-,est Mrs. Freeman was r.
n,ovsS 10 her home and privately
trsatea.-l-
WhfIssEtepping from the curb at
sixteenth and / streets nortbws.t
EhortII- after o,cIocIx last eyen,r,.
NJ. Gaorre Payson- Is vears old
1906 Sixteenth street northwest. was
run down oy an automobile and Sc
Nerely injured ABOUT the right knee.
She was removed TO emergency
Hospital The automobile was op-
Grated by Charles M. Thomas' So22
Warder street northwest.
BIeycIIst Badly Hurt.
rbrawns from his bicvcI. wbo, =.
was struck by an aTtomohiIe q,
TweIftb and F streets sontbwsst
carly YESTERDAY afternoon Eari
Hone. rs wears old. Ills Four-ann-
a-HaIf street southwest. was &c
yereIy injured about the body and