San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-03
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AFTER BOY IS
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Weekend Accidents in
San Antonio Claim
Ten Victims.

A speeding automobile driver who
early Monday ran down and injured
Charles G. Castro, Q, of 952 Lom-
brano street, and who sped away
without offering to aid the victim,
was arrested at noon by Deputy
Sheriff John Subira.
J. NJ. Lee, who saw the accident,
pursued the driver but was outdis-
tanced. He succeeded, however, in
getting the number which he turned
over to Subira.
Nine persons had previously been
hurt, two seriously, when wet streets
Sunday set a new high record in San
Antonio for traffic accidents.
Dallas leads all Texas in the nun.
bor Of fatalities due to automobile &C.
cidents reported during the period,
January / to July Is, according TO
figures made public by the United
States Department Of Commerce Mon
day.
San Antonio, with eighteen deaths
attributed to automobile accidents for
the same period, was second among
Texas cities. That is ten less than
the number of deaths in the North
Texas city. The government report
shows that Houston had thirteen
deaths for the same period, Fort
Worth eight and FL Paso six. The
figures were compiled from reports Ut
cities Of 100000 or more population
each.
Collisions accounted for the in
juries Of four of the victims during
the weekend; four were run down
and two we're the victims of crashes
between bicycles and automobiles.
SEEK DRIVERS.
Police are searching for three driv.
ers, one a woman, who were respon-
sible for the injuries of four pedcs-
TRANS.
Young Castro, the tenth victim, was
returning home from a grocery store
when be was hit.
A. I. Carlson and his 14-year-old
daughter Jane were seriously injured
and Mrs. Carlson was painfully
bruised when their automobile over
turned at Mulberry and Mccullough
avenues after a collision.
Andrew Anton, driver of the car
and a patient Of the Santa Rosa hos
pital from Lockhart, escaped unin-
jured In the crash as did a nurse with
whom he was driving.
y Mr.. Carlson suffered a broken rib
and serious bruises; while his daugh-
ter's right arm was broken when she
was pinned beneath the wreckage. The
three were taken to their home at
200 West Summit place after the
accident.
T. Fuentes, 2244 South Laredo
street, and Vicente Morales, 90s
Matagorda street, we're the bicycle rid
ers in Sundays carnival of accidents.
Roth received treatment at the Rob
ert B. Green hospital for minor bruis-
es and cuts and were discharged.
PAIR RUN DOWN.
Unable to dodge a swiftly moving
coupe piloted by a woman driver Roy
Akers. 902 Baylor street, and Floyd
Coggeshall, SOB Cass avenue, ID
year-old youths, were run down at
Pruitt avenue and Edwards streets
while on their way to the Pruitt
Avenue BAPTIST church Sunday night
Cogseshail was the first to recover
from the blow which sent him sprawl.
ing to the street. he ran after the
woman who slowed down long enough
to give a name and an address.
Later police failed 10 get in touch
with the woman at the given ad'
dress.
=. Neither Of the boys was seriously
injured, though young Akers was
taken to DR.. Kenney'S sanitarium fol-
treatment.
CAR SPEEDS AWAY.
Mrs. Alta Wray, S23 Main avenue,
riding in the automobile of Mrs. Eliza
beth Clark, Of the same address, was
bruised and cut when the machine
struck an automobile at Broadway and
Fourth streets. Marshall Brown, 33O
Army Boulevard, driver of the other
automobile, escaped unhurt.
The days accidents was ushered
out shortly before midnight when En-
riqus Romance. $50 South Frio
street was struck from behind as he
walked in the edge of the street neal
his home by an unlighted automobile
After striking Romance the driver
increased the speed of thu automobile
without stopping to render aid.