Evening star., 1926-03-29
FIREMAN CRUSHED
BETWEEN MOTORS
Both Legs Broken When En-
gine Hits Hose Wagon.
Auto and Car Collide.

; Private John L. Webb of No. 3
/ Engine Company and Albert S. Don
| nelly, 1928 Y street southeast, were
seriously injured in two of a large
number of traffic accidents through
out the city yesterday. which in
volved two pieces of fire apparatus,
| three street cars and numerous auto
| mobiles.
| Private Webb is in Casualty Hospi-
tai with both legs broken and internal
: injuries. while Donnelly is at CALM
ger Municipal Hospital in a slightly
less dangerous condition.
Webb was at his post on the rear
of the hose wagon which had just
pulled up to the curb at Sixth and ID
streets to locate a fire. The engine,
driven by Private John Damskey,
crashed into it, pinning Webb be-
tween the two vehicles. The collision
was of such force that the crank han
die of the hose wagon was driven into
tree. Private A. III. Crosley was
the driver of the wagon. G.. ID.
Pickett, riding on the front seat of
the engine, was thrown to the street
and was painfully injured, and other
members of the company were shaken
up. Pickett also was taken to Cas-
ualty Hospital.
Matches Start Fire.
The alarm tc which the company
was responding was sounded for a
blaze in the house of Chauncey Cas-
sidy. 426 c street northeast, where
children playing with matches started
a fire in the basement.
Donnelly's injuries were received
when the automobile he was driving
colIided with a one-man street car on
the AnacoStia Bridge. The automobile
was badly damaged and the street car
also bore evidence of an accident.
Traffic on the bridge was interrupted.
The automobile driven by Daniel
NJ Weaver, 45 years old, 225 Four
teenth place northeast, collided with
a street car at the same place the tire
apparatus collision occurred. Weaver s
scalp was so badly cut that IL stitches
were required to close the wound. He
was taken to Gallinger Hospital and
held under police guard to answer a
charge of driving while intoxicated.
Police say Weaver's car crashed into
a telegraph pole on Wisconsin avenue
earlier in the day, but was not seri-
ously damaged.
Two Slightly Hurt.
The third accident between a street
car and automobile occurred on F
/ Il
teenth. Ernest and Vera Snyder of
1928 Hartford avenue, Baltimore, oc-
Cupants of the automobile, were taken
to Emergency Hospital and treated
for shock.
Mrs. Esther Slothe. 45 years old
and Miss Theima Smith, 10, 209 Ninth
street southwest, were thrown to the
street yesterday afternoon when an
automobile in which they were riding
collided with the machine of c. r.
Brown, 1851 Emerson street north
east, at Fourth and B streets south
east. They were treated at home for
shock and injuries.
Robert c. Dunlop, 638 Lexington
place northeast, was driver of an au-
tomobile that struck and injured 10
seph Greenfield, 7, 1881 c street south
east, on Eighteenth street between S
and T streets, shortly after o'clock
in the afternoon. The boy, bruised,
was taken to Emergency Hospital.
William Hill, colored, As years old,
2202 NJ street. was knocked down in
front of his home last night by a mo-
tor truck driven by an unidentified
colored man. He was treated at Emer-
gency Hospital for shock and bruises,
and police are searching for the driver
of the truck.
Bondee Cameron and Daniel T. Cam.
eron. twin brothers, q years old, 1900
Thirteenth street northeast, were in
jured in Maryland yesterday when
their motor cycle collided with another.
They were treated at Casualty Hospi.
tai
A police patrol box at Massachusetts
avenue and Seventh street was de-
molished last night by an automobile
driven by Lawrence Martin Pryor,
l.
accident resulted from Pryors effort
to avoid a collision.