Evening star., 1926-10-23
19 HURT IN SEVEN
TRAFFIC M|SHAPS
Locked Steering Gear Causes
Injuries to Nine in
One Car.

| Nine persons were injured, IOur OIL
them seriously. shortly after mid
night when the automobile In which
they were riding ran off the roadway
near the south end of Anacostia
Bridge and crashed against a tree.
A locked steering gear was given as
the cause of the accident.
| The seriously injured, taken to Cas-
ualty Hospital, are: Harry w. Satter-
| field, % years old, 2245 Fourteenth
street southeast, right knee and hip
fractured: George Gotthart. "a years
! old, % Eighth street northeast, right
ankle fractured: Arthur Lusby. Jr,
1924 V street southeast, internal in
! 1uries, and Harry Walsh, 21 year old,
1886 Nichols avenue southeast, left
ankle fractured.
| Other occupants Of the car, only
slightly hurt, We're: Walter r. Mont
gomery, % years old, 1887 Z street
southeast; Archie Cooper, 10 years
old, 5000 Nichols avenue southeast;
Ernest Poore, 19 years old, 1221 Nor
ris road southeast; James Cook, "a
years old, 1922 Fourteenth Street,
southeast and C. A. Lusby, 80 years
old, 1912 Pleasant street southeast.
Returning Form Dance.
Lusby, driver of the car, was re
turning to the city from q dance In
Congress Heights, for the purpose of
taking Gotthart home. The other
members of the party are residents OF
Anacostia.
| Two automobiles collided near the
main entrance to Arlington Beach,
| Va, early today, resulting in three
persons being injured, but not seri-
| ously. The automobiles were badly
damaged. Howard Sharp, II years
old. Of Fairfax. Va, and Frank B.
| Allen Of Marshall, Va, We're the
drivers Of the car Those injured
and taken to Emergency Hospital
were: Gwendolyn Williams, II years
old. 125 Beach street, Clarendon, Va.
| and Jack Carr, 1S years old, West
over street, Clarendon. Va, occu-
pants of Sharp's car, and Philip
! Epstein, q years old, 721 Gallat1n
street. occupant of Aliens car.
! A collision between motor cycles
driven by Ralph Lee Feltman, 18
years old, Clarendon. Va, and Robert
! Preston. colored, 1912 North Capitol
street, occurred at Seventh and r
streets shortly before o'clock yes
terday afternoon. Preston's leg was
| fractured, while James Hops, COL
ored, 1922 Eleventh street, who &C
companied him, was less seriously
hurt. The Preston motor cycle
landed against the parked automobile
of James Lewis, 1923 Sixth street.
and damaged it. The injured men
We're treated at F'reedmen's Hos
pital.
Others Are Injured.
Charles B. Wright, jr.. SO years
| old. and his wife, Mrs. George
Wright, At years old, 1911 Northamp-
| ton street, were knocked down at Six
| teenth and Monroe streets last night
by the automobile of John c. Wagner,
Parkside Hotel. Mr.. and Mrs. Wright
were taken to Garfield Hospital, where
| Mrs. Wright was treated for an injury
| to her right ankle and possible in
ternal injuries. The husbands left
leg was bruised.
| A motor truck, driven by Walter
| Lyddane, 320S @ street, struck and
seriously injured George w. Walker,
was crossing Twenty fourth street be-
tween NJ and N streets, yesterday aft
ernoon. Walker was treated at Emer-
gency Hospital for injuries to his body
and possible internal injuries.
/ Mrs. M. A. Stokes, 72 years old, 440
Randolph street, received injuries to
her face and ankle last night as re-
suit of being knocked down near Eek
tngton and Quincy places northeast by
the automobile of Earl D. Dean, 1924
Fourth street northeast. She received
first aid at physicians office near the
scene OF the accident.
Jerry Callahan. AZ years old, 149 w
street, sustained a fracture of the
right leg last night as result of be-
ing knocked down on Fourteenth
street between l. and M streets by an
automobile that was southbound on
Fourteenth street. He was given
| surgical aid at Emergency Hospital.