The Washington times., 1922-11-13
AGED WOMAN i
DIES Of HURTS
BY TWO AUTOS
Mrs. McRae Thrown by One
Car in Path Of Another.
Nine Others Injured.

One woman is dead and nine
persons today are suffering from
injuries received in the past twen-
ty-four hours In traffic and other
accidents on Washington streets.
The dead woman Is Mrs. Annie
II. McRae, siXty-ei.ht years old. or
Detroit, Mich, who had been stop
ping on visit in the Capital with
friends at 2l02 ii street northwest.
Mrs McRae met her death after
she had been struck by two ma
chimes while crossing Pennsylvania
avenue, at Nineteenth street north
west. When crossing the thorough
fare, one OF the machines, identity
OF the operator of which has not
been established by the police.
struck Mrs. McRae. throwing her
directly i'm the path of motor car
driven by Harry Ginter, eighteen
year old son OF Mrs. Sophronia. OF
the Christian Heurich apartments,
24lS G street northwest. The won.
an suffered a fracture OF the skull
and breaks of both arms and legs.
Picked up unconscious, Mrs. Nc
Rae was rushed to the Emergency
Hospital in the automobile OF John
G. Porter, 2l3 c street northwest
Ginter was taken into custody by
Detective Sergeants Thomas Swee,
ney and Joseph Waldron and locked
pp at the Third precinct police sta
ton pending an inquest which VIII
be, held at the morgue this after
noon by DIR. j. Ramsay Nevitt,
District coroner:
Two Youths and Child.
Walter l.. McCollum, sos Mary.
land avenue northeast. was cut
and bruised when an automobile he
was drivingl collided with car of
the Washington Railway and Elec-
tric Company at New York avenue
and Tenth. street northwest. Mr..
NcCollum refused hospital treat
ment and went to his home.
Rlggs J. Picking, tweniy-three
years old, a clerk employed at the
department Of Commerce, who lives
81 1861 Irving street. was bruised
about the body when a motorcycle
he was riding was in collision with
an automobile operated by Thomas
Morrow, 3541 s street northwest, at
Sixteenth street and Columbia road.
Ticking was treated at the Gar
field Hospital.
Sarah Catherine Jolliffe, SIX years
old, and Frank V. Jolliffe, three
Years DID,, daughter and son of
Frank Joliffe, 1916 East Capitol
o rect, suffered cuts and bruises
when an automobile in which they
were riding and which was operat-
ed by their father. was in collision
with n machine driven by John w.
Hatton, of Anacostia, at Massa
chtisetts avenue and Tenth street
northwest. The children were
taken to the Emergency Hospital
where their injuries were dressed.
Dislodgement of the steering gear
rsul. ed last night In an automobile
operated by James Mccarthy. 800
East Capitol street, crashing into
another motor car, owned by c. J.
Ford, of 1401 Columbia road. which
was parked in. front of 334 New
Jersey avenue northwest. George
i. Moberly. .sixty-five years old,
1401 Columbia road, was about to
enter Moberly's car when it was
struck by Mr.: McCarthy's machine.
He was cut on the forehead.
Man and Wife Hurt.
Struck by speeding automobile
while on Tenth street near r north
west, the motor car Of Miss Helen
Eurkart, teacher of music in the Dis
t~ict Public Schools, who lives at
2021 First street northwest was
thrown against a lamp post and
badly damaged last night. Miss
Jurkart's father and mother, 1ssac
Blrlsart and Mrs. Elizabeth Burkart,
who were passengers i'm the ma.
chine; both received bruises and
cuts. At the time Of the accident
Mr.. Burkart was wearing glasses
which were broken. Part of the
glass penetrated Mr.. Burkart's eyes,
but 1t Is not believed he will lose his
eyesight.
Police today are searching for the
operator of the machine which
crashed into Miss Burkart's machine,
causing 1t to skid and hit the lamp
post. Miss Burkart said today that
the machine was running at such
speed that she was unable to get a
good description Of the car. It is
believed. however, that the speed
ing car received damages which
might be discovered by-the police
and result in Identification Of the
driver of the car. - -t
A colored man and woman, who
refused to make known their identity
- to the police, received slight hurts
when an automobile In which they
were riding and which was operated
by A. G. Green, colored, 325 Mary.
land avenue northwest, collided with
a bus of the Rapid Transit Company
at Twelfth and L streets northwest
last night. The bus was operated
by Raymond Morris, 1867 Perry
place northwest.