Evening star., 1926-03-08
SCORE HURT IN z
MOTOR ACCIDENTS
Two. Police Patrols, Bus,
Street Car, Fire Auto
Are Involved.

Two police patrols, motor bus,
a street car and a Fire Department
automobile We're included in more
than a dozen traffic accidents yeSter
day which injured a score or more
persons. none Of which is serious.
The automobile of Capt. John B.
Watt. acting battalion chief Of the
Fire Department. driven by Pvt. W.
A. White of No. II Engine Company
collided with a truck at Florida ave-
nue. and Twelfth street northeast
about 10:3 80 O'Clock. Capt. Watt was
slightly bruised and shocked. but he
continued to a tWO-al3rm ire IN me
500 block of Thirteenth street, north =
east. where five houses were dam
aged to the amount of $1,000. Pvt.
White was unable to prevent the
collision, but quick move on ms
part avoided possible serious injury
to himself and the captain. Mlchael
Melito 1880 Lewis street northeasI'
was the driver of the truck.
A police patrol of No. precinct
driven by Lloyd f.. Clair and carry
ing Policeman j. j. McAuliffe ana
Frank Chase, 2410 Twentieth street,
who had been arrested on charge
of intoXication. Collided with an au-
tomobile at Eighteenth and Califor-
MIA streets. one wheel of the patrol
automobile was broken. Chase ana
MCAulifte were treated at Freed
mems Hospital for slight injuries.
The other automobile was driven by
Andre Gerard. 1920 Ontario place.
The third precinct patrol automo-
bile and a car of the Brill Automo-
bile Rental Co. 908 Twentieth street,
crashed in the rear of the police sta
tion as the patrol was leaving the
garage in response 10 call. The
driver of the automobile told police
he would pay for the slight damage
sustained by the patrol.
Mrs. Ivis Arlington, "a years old.
634 E street southwest, was injured
in a collision between double-deck
bus of the Washington Rapid Tran
sit Co. and a Capital Traction car
at Fourteenth and | streets about .
pm. Mrs. Arlington, who was a
passenger on the bus, was treated at
Emergency Hospital.
Three residents of Baltimore. Her
man |. Leemen, SO. 2030 St. Paul
street: Miss Jeanette Campbell, 80
wears. 2121 North Calvert street, and
Miss Helen Clary. 2100 st. Paul
street, were injured last night When
LemenS automobile collided with the
car of l.. J. Outlaw, 121 Quincy
street. Chevy Chase. Md, in front of
53l1 Sixteenth street.
Lemen was taken to Walter Reed
Hospital and Miss Clary was treated
at Emergency Hospital. Miss Camp
bell refused hospital treatment. A
charge OF driving while intoxicated
WAS preferred against Lemen.
Miss Catherine Foote. so years old,
322 A street southeast, was struck by
a street car at New Jersey avenue
and G street early / st night and her
right shoulder Seritu usly hurt She
was treated at Emergency Hospital
by DR. Pinkerton
Edward f. Warner. years, 52G
Twelfth street northeast, was knocked
down by the automobile of John C.
Donohoe, 322 Tennessee avenue
mort heast while crossing D street be-
tween Eighth and Ninth streets
northeast. He was treated at Casual
~ Hospital.
William K. Johnson and Mrs. Edna
Johnson, 1928 Third street. We're in
jured yesterday afternoon when their
automobile collided at Pennsylvania
avenue and Third street with the auto
mobile of Cornelius Fitzgerald, I'LL
East Capitol street, and was overturn-
ed. Mrs. Johnson was driving.
Other persons injured in week end
traffic accidents included Arthur Oh
iver, Rosslyn, Va; Alonzo Gardner,
colored. 5 years old. 1910 X street;
Annie johnson, colored 404 First
street: Alice Allen, 229 Indiana ave
nue.: Policeman r. A. Housley, No.
Ii precinct; Miss Anna Woodward,
1904 NJ street northeast; Leola Baker
16 years old. II street northeast;
Margaret Green, z years old, 1913
Riley court southwest: Mary /. Nor
ris, 800 G street, and B. +. Grier, 1885
Neal place northeast.