Evening star., 1926-05-31
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
HURT children
Eight Adults Also Injured in
IL Mishaps Since Satur-
day Night.

Nine-year.old Margaret Ertter, 6131
Georgia avenue, while playing In
front of her home Saturday night,
was knocked down by an auttomo
bile. sustaining a fracture of the
right thigh and serious injury to her
head. She was treated at Walter
Reed Hospital.
Maurice Augustus Foley. Is years
old, 1711h Seventh street. also was
seriously hurt when knocked down
by taxicab at Seventh and streets
yesterday afternoon. He was treated
at Freedmen's Hospital for possible
fracture of the skull.
Arabella Fairfax, colored, % years
old. 1873 Willard street. Is under
treatment at Freedmen's Hospital for
| internal injuries, having been injured
! last night by an automobile while
crossing at Eighteenth and u streets.
Her condition was reported as unde.
| termined.
! The automobiles of Edward Stat
! ford, 1901 Fifteenth street, and Ray
mond Moser. 1915 f street. collided
yesterday afternoon at Columbia road
and Harvard street. injuring Perry
Stafford. 10 years old, occupant Of
the former automobile, and Caroline
| Holland. Somerset Apartments. oc-
cupant of the latter car. They were
treated at Garfield Hospital.
| Auto Strikes Tree.
| Miss Gladys Gibson and Mrs. Emma
| Carter. 80 NJ street. were injured
| yesterday afternoon when the auto
mobile of II. r. Smith. sol I. street,
! crashed into p tree At Twelfth and
NJ streets. They We're treated at
Emergency Hospital.
Cecil Mal'oy, colored. % years old.
| 3023 Sherman avenue. was arrested
at Freedman's Hospital yesterday aft
ernoon by Policemen Blick and Fling
| on charges of reckless driving and
leaving the scene of an accident with
out making his identity known. The
automobile Malloy was driving Is AL
i legged to have collided with the car
| Of Samuel Rosenberg. 3014 Eleventh
| street, at Sherman avenue and Column
| hia road more than an hour before
/ MallOy applied at the hospital Tor
| treatment for an injury to his leg and
was arrested. Rosenberg was treat
, ed at Garfield Hospital.
| Four-year-old Constance Chaconas.
| 1914 Spring road. was knocked down
| in front of her home last night by
| the automobile of r. J. A. kammerer
| slightly hurt. She was treated at
Emergency Hospital.
| Cycle Policeman Hurt.
! While pursuing a speeding auto
mobile near Pennsylvania avenue and
| Twenty eighth street yesterday aft
| ernon, Policeman Jesse Barnhardt
of the seventh precinct drove his mo-
| tor cycle against the automobile of
George A. Sinclair. 1917 Thirtieth
street He was thrown under a pass
ing motor truck and bruised about
the body He was treated at Emer.
gency Hospital.
Margaret Preller. 6 years old. POPS
Second street northeast, ran against
the automobile of Robert G. Scannell.
2214 Rhode Island avenue, while
playing in front of her home yester-
day afternoon and injured her lip.
She was treated at Sibley Hospital.
Charles Sherman, years old, 700
Four and.one-half street southwest,
was knock down near his home last
night by an automobile. The driver
failed to stop. The severely injured
child was taken To Emergency Hos
pital.
Harvey Decatur, 4 years old, 311 r
street southeast, was injured by an
automobile near his home early last
night. Matthew Vance. colored. 3s
years old. 1921 r street northeast,
alleged driver of the car, was arrested
and charged with reckless driving
and leaving the scene of the accident.
Mary Curtis. colored. 26 years old.
4426 Hayes court. was injured early
this morning when an automobile in
which she was a passenger collided
with motor truck in front of 1852
Bladensburg road northeast. She was
| treated at Emergency Hospital.