The Washington times., 1922-08-11
FOURD|EFROM
GAR ACCIDENTS,
ONE Of SHOCK
Three Men Suffer Broken
SkulIs--Woman Succumbs
After Seeing Smash.

Four persons died In the last TWEEN.
ty-four hours In the District and
Immediate territory as a result OF
automobile accidents. Several others
| were injured, one of them critically.
. Shocked as she witnessed q col
lision between an automobile and
a street car In Brentwood. Nd. last
night, Mrs. Elizabeth Grimes, six.
ty-eight years old. Charles ana Hill
streets. Brentwood, died a short
time afterwards. Eg
She was talking with friends
when she was seen to become
! dazed. As she was about to fall the
other woman seized her and Mrs.
Grimes died In her arms.
In the automobile accident were
Thomas Bryce, Mrs. Bryce, their
three children. and Mrs. Theresa
Gibbons.
Two In Hospital. '''''.- r'T-'
Lena, eleven-years-old, daughter
of Bryce, is at Sibley Hospital.
where she is being treated for a
broken nose. Mrs. Gibbons, who Is
sixty-one years old, Is also at the
hospital. suffering from a fractured
bone. Bryce was knocked uncon-
scious, but his condition 10 not
serious. ~
The machine was thrown over an
embankment and fell a distance OF
about fifteen feet. Residents in
the neighborhood hurried to the
assistance OF the occupants of the
machine and extricated them. The
automobile turned over twice In
the fall and rested wrong side up
at the foot of the embankment.
Max Hoffman. who was passing
In his automobile, conveyed the
injured to the hospital.
Dies Of Broken Skull.
Vernon E. Beall, twenty-one years
old. of BurtonsviIle. Nd, suffered
a fracture Of the skull when his
machine was In collision with an
other car at Tenth and v streets
northwest last night lie died later
at Garfield Hospital. Ulysses Boy
ser, colored. 1929 Ninth street north
west, who was operating the car
that collided with the other machine
was ordered 20 appear at the eoro-
ner's inquest this att Tnoon. Besli
was caught beneath his car wnen
the collision occurred.
He was q farmer and he Is sur
vived by his mother and two
brothers.
Found with a fractured skull on
the road near FIT. Myer, Va. by
Daniel King. Of Poslyn, Va, Mark
Cooper, colored, twanty-four yenrs
old died at Georgetown University
Hospital this morn.nr. Coroner j.
Ramsey Nevitt will hol1 un inquest
Ns.N NAA - "a haaIl
that he Mas stru'' by q motor We
hicle.
w. A. Clifford. forty-seven years
old, of Randall Park. Nd, died this
morning as result of injuries he
received when his automobile was In
collision with, another car Mt Park
Lane, Md. He was removed In an
unconscious condition to Casualty
Hospital, where he died. Kirk
Brown, Of Mt. Clair, N. j., a passen-
ger In one of the machines, was In
jured internally. He is also ut the
hospital. E
Mrs. Henry Morgan, forty.five
years old, 4001 Wooiley road north
west, Is said to be In n serious con.
dition at the Emergency Hospital
as a result of injuries she received
in an automobile accident last night.
Her skull may lie fractured. 1t Was
said at the hospital that her condi-
ton is unsatisfactory"
Everett Jewell. Of Clarendon, Va,
and X. F. Stewart, $50 Thirty second
street northwest, were cut on the
hands and face when they were in
an automobile accident yesterday.
James Berkeley, seven years old,
11l2 Trinidad avenue northeast, suf-
fered a sprain Of the shoulder when
he was struck by an automobile
last night.
Chester Rothway, fourteen years
old, 723 Eighth street northwest, was
struck and knocked down by an
automobile when he ran into the
street at Third street, near b, to re-
trieve a baseball. He was cut and
bruised about the face and had to be
treated at Emergency Hospital. De-
tective Sergeant Mullen arrested Mil
ton Shorter, colored, operator of the
car. but he was later released by In
spector Clifford l.. Grant, chief Of
detectives.
Mrs. ]. T. Butt, twenty-eight years
old, 10 r street northwest, was
bruised about the left hand and
shoulder when the car In which 1e
was riding was In collision withsan-
other machine last night
George Barber, colored. Ill Ala
bama avenue, was injured about the
legs when he was knocked from his