Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-08
Accident Happens on
King Street at Rus
sell Road
CONDITION SERIOUS
City Manager Issues
Warning to Coasters
and Autoists to Use Ut
most Care

BENJAMIN Judd is in the Alex
andria Hospital with a fractured
.kulI and minor Injuries, as the
result of the first serious coast
ing accident of the winter. ...
The boy, one Of hundreds who
thronged King Street hill last
night. is a skilled coaster and
had made the breath-taking de-
scent from the summit Of the hill
TO the level Of the street below
Union Station a dozen or more
t.mes before the accident occur
red. The hill is a sheet of ice
and slcds starting as far up on
King Street Road as the home oil
II. c. Linn acquire a tremendous
s,ccd by the time the level
stretch at ;he station is reached.
At nine o'clock last night, the
itimc of the accident, practically
every member of AIexandria's
Younger set was out on the hill
| and a steady stream OF returning
tcoasters, plodding up the incline
with sleds, passed the rush of
those coming down. The details
lof the accident were lost in the
excitement and horror of the in
cident but, from the reports or
many witnesses to the scene,
Judd was on sled which had
llcft the top Of The hill and had
attained the speed Of an express
train when il reached the inter
section of King Street and Rus
sell Road. Just at the cross-road
III came into collision with a re-
turning sled There was 4 ter
Irifc crash, the impact throwing
the injured boy several yards
across the road. lie was rushed
to the Alexandria Hospital where
-hc was attended by DR.. s. 3.
Moore.
City Manager Rich has issued
warning to coasters and auto
mobiisss to watch the roads at
tic intersection Of streets and
on any inclines that may be used
by slcds. Mr. Rich, after, an eY7
ihaustiye study Of the situation,
issues the statement that while
hc is loaih to put an end to
coasting in the city or to inter-
fore with the enjoyment of the
first big snowfall of the year,
he feels that both coasters and
drivers Of automobiles are in
danger and believes that the only
solution &C the question is in
B friendly cooperation.
Manager Rich today issued an
uno,iilial suggestion TO the po-
lice force OF the city, asking the
members TO be on the watch for
any fragrant offenders against
traGicc regulations bat telling
them at the same time to be
!cnicnt to the youth Of the city
: in their play
Mr. Rich believes that it would
not be feasible to close the streets
TO automobilists and it would be
equally unfair TO order coasters
( off the hills of the city. But he
is asking the earnest considera-
ton of this problem by the citi-
zens of Alexandria and asks, at
the same time, that they will aid
the police force in ayerting az
cidcnts.
1 DR.. S. b. Moore, attending sur
geon, in discussing the accident,
strongly advocated measures pro-
tccting the coasters ana urged
that they be warned of the dan
gers of the King street hill. The
point where Russell Road inter-
scets King Street is particularly
dangerous, because of the sharp
curve and the impossibility Of
seeing either approaching sleds
or machines.
The roadway from Union Sta
ton drops sharply down at this
point and a few coasters using
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