Evening star., 1924-02-18
ONE KILLED, 40 HURT
ON SLIPPERY STREETS
Colored Man Fatally Injured When
Hit by Taxicab-Boy in
Critical Condition.
WOMEN ARE AMONG VICTIMS
Collisions and Skidding Cause Of
Numerous Accidents.
WOMEN ARE AMONG VICTIMS

Failure of motorists to take extra
precautions on slippery streets was re-
! ported by the police as contributing
cause Of more than forty accidents yes
terday. There was one fatality, several
persons We're seriously hurt and others
sustained injuries severe enough to
necessitate hospital treatment.
| An unidentified colored man. about
sixty years old, was killed by taxi
cab at 2od and 1. streets northwest.
The pedestrian was crossing at the in
tersection shortly before o'clock, when
the taXicab driven by Alexander T..
Speck, SO X street northeast knocked
him down. He died before reaching
Emergency Hospital.
Hit at street Crossing.
! While crossing at New Jersey avenue
and ID street northwest with his wife
last night Michael Angelo, forty years
old, 434 lst street southeast, was knock
ed down by an automobile driven by
NJ. w. Guy. 1924 LIST street northwest.
and seriously injured. lie was treated
at Casualty Hospital for possible frac-
ttre of the skull.
+! James CLANCY. fifteen years old. 81 II
street northeast, while coastinE on the
street near his homr last night, was
struck 10y IN automobile driven by Rob-
ert \. Iuscue. 2iG9 sd street northeast
!at Casualty Ivy pr. IL. L. Perkins for a
fracture Of the skull. 1t Was said at
the hospital this morning that his con-
tdItion was critical.
Miss Margaret Clancy. thirty-eieht,
II6uS .4th street northwest. was
knocked down by government au-
tomohile at PENNSYLVANIA avenue
land 2lst street northwest last night.
She was badly shocked and her face
cut. First aid was given az George
town University Hospital
| Injured in Collision.
A collision between two automo-
biles 1T 2ist and NJ streets northwest
early yesterday morning resulted in
slight injury to Thomas Il, Green.
22o. VI street northwest. occupant
OF one of the cars. He refused hos
Iritai aid fer an injury 10 his knee.
Martin Raymond, jr,, three years
old. lS4S Clifton street northwest.
sustained injuries to mis- face and
head when his fathers automobile
collided with another machine at
10th and Euclid streets northwest.
Mrs. W. A. Beall, l0Q2 9th street
the face and arm yesterday afternoon
as a result OF a collision between
an automobile in which she was
riding and a street car at LIST and
l.. +. Minahan, registered at the
Harrington Hotel. was passenger
in taxicab that collided with an
automobiie at 18th and NJ streets
northwest last night. He was able
10 go 10 the hotel after receiving
treatment at Emergency Hospital tor
bruises and shock.
Tnxicabs Run Together.
Daniel Faro, Wardman Park Hotel.
and Jose Javellan. 1913 De Sales street
northwest, We're slightly hurt last night,
when taNlcab, in which they We're
cab at Connecticut and Florida avenues
northwest. They were treated at
Emergency Hospital.
Joseph Nettler, tifty-one years old.
$40 5th street southeast, was treated
at Casualty Hospital last night, for a
fracture of the right leg. He was In
jured by the automobile OF James l..
Ryers, Ills b street southeast. on South
Carolina aSanue between 9TH and Sth
streets southeast.
While crossing at 18th and l. streets
northwest last night, Fitzhugh Winfield,
colored. nine years old, 1919 18th street
northwest, was knocked down by the
automobile Of Charles H. Renner. 2315
18th street northwest, and bruised about
the face and body. He was given first
aid at Emergency Hospital
Woman knocked Down
Mande Helmsley. 27 . street north
east, was knocked down by an automo-
| bile last night while at North Capitol
street and Florida avenue, while wait
ing for street car. She was treated
at F'reedmens Hospital for injuries to
her legs.
Traffic Policeman j. w. Kidwell. on
duty at Good Hope road and Nichols
avenue, Anacostia, last night was
struck by the automobile of DIR. John
| II. Lyons. SlS Madison street north
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slightly hurt.
Archibald Reynolds, seventy-two
years old, was knocked down by an
automobile at Pennsylvania avenue
and slightly cut and bruised. He was
given first aid at Emergency Hos
pital.
The automobile of Albert Hem
drieks dr. isssa SIS s5.4t 24th street northwest.
kendrick, 313 5th street southeast, in
front of sol New jersey avenue
northwest yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
Nellie kendrick was slightly hurt.
Mrs. Charles T.. Gardner, 500 Mary-
land avenue northeast, and her four
year-old daughter. Dorothy, We're in
jured yesterday afternoon when DR..
Gardner's automobile was in a collis-
ion with another car at Tennessee
avenue and 18th street northeast.
They were treated at Providence
Hospital.
Mrs. NJ. J. Grant and Mrs. n. c.
Buchanan, 1101 1st street northeast,
were injured yesterday afternoon
when DIR. Grants automobile collided
with the automobile of w. A. Evans,
1929 18th street northeast. at Lincoln
road and r street northeast They
We're treated by DR.. r. l.. Spire.
Deley Conley, 32S 18th street south
east, was knocked down at Pennsyl-
vania avenue and 11th street south
east last night by the automobile of
Percy T.. Simpson. 1926 Sd street
northeast, and injured about the