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from a possible fracture of the skull.
as a result of a collision yesterday
afternoon at Pennsylvania avenue
and Branch road southeast, between
the car in which he was a passenger
and another car operated by Clarence
Price, 1912 street southeast.
Leonard Gray, "a. of lilo Fifth street
northeast, operator of the auto
mobile in which Coats was riding,
was arrested by eleventh precinct
police on charges of reckless driving
and having no permit.
Mary Black, colored, 63. of 500 v
street, received fractured skull last
night when she was knocked down
at Sixth and o streets. police say. by
an automobile driven by Miss Gladys
NJ Waterbury of 1909 Twenty first
street. The injured woman was re-
moved to Freedmen's Hospital by
Miss Waterbury,
Say He Had No Permit.
Emmett Blackston, 5507 Grant
street southeast after being injured
yesterday afternoon in a collision be-
tween the automobile he was driving
and a street car of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company at
Fifty-eighth and Dix streets north
east. was arrested by police of the
eleventh precinct on a charge of hav-
ing no permit. Blackston was driv-
ing south on Fifty-eighth street
when a west-bound street car struck
his machine. badly damaging it.
Biackston received cuts and bruises
to the head. His condition was re-
ported by the police as being not
serious.
Police are looking for the driver
of the car that failed to stop after
it knocked down Sidney Crow, color
ed, so years old, and Hester Crow
also colored, so years old, both OF
5213 Grant street northeast, while
they were in the roadway on Grant
stree. near Division avenue north
east last night. Neither was badly
hurt, police were informed.
witnesses reported a peculiar ac-
cident involving a driver who sped
his car away from Twenty-seventh
and Q street last night after 1T had
collided with a parked car on Twenty
seventh street near the corner, start
it on a wild driverless dash down
the street until it came to a halt
against the show window of store
at 1924 P street.
Chase Proves Futile.
The owner of the parked car Is
then said to have run out OF ar
apartment house, and climbing into
his partially wrecked machine. back
ed It away from the window anc
started after the fugitive operator
Police have not been able to establish
the identity of either driver.
Mrs. Ray Barrows, 35, OF 90'
Fourth street southeast received
sprained back yesterday Afternoon
when the motor cycle in which she
was a sidecar passenger collided witt
an automobile operated by Franb
McGonigal of 211 Tenth street south
west, as 1t was driving away from
the curb in front of 945 Maryland
avenue southwest. The motor cycle
was operated by Frank Lamanten Of
% Florida avenue northeast.
street Cars Collide.
In a collision at Calvert and Cliff
the Capital Traction Company las
night r. B. Carpenter, conductor o
the Seventh street line car. was cut by
flying glass and Mamie Gilmore, col
ored, 2717 Sherman avenue, wal
| bruised on the right leg. Carpenter
| was treated at Garfield Hospital
Arthur p. Kiefe, Quantfco marine
was hit by an automobile operated b!
Frank Hill. 202 E street northeast
while walking on Pennsylvania ave
nue. near Third street. Hill carried
the marine to Emergency Hospital
| where 1T was found his condition
was not serious.