Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-20
TWO GRAVELYH HURT
IN TRAFFIC CRASH
Street Car Hits Automobile,
! Hurting Out Occupants.
Il Other Accidents.

Scott T. Youngs, So years old, OF
Franklin Park, Va, and George w
Ridgeway, 43. of 4136 Seventh street
are in Casualty Hospital today with
serious injuries, sustained yesterday
afternoon when Youngs' automobile
was struck by a street car and the
occupants hurled to the street at
Eleventh and II streets northeast.
The street car was operated by Motor
man William II. Dawkins of 1900 Or
rem street northeast.
1t was reported to the police that
Youngs' car was moving slowly be-
cause of a fiat tire and that it was
struck by the street car with force
enough to hurl 1t a considerable dis.
lance.
The injured men. unconscious, were
taken to Casualty Hospital In passing
automobiles. Both men were severely
shocked and bruised and their heads
were hurt. 1t was reported this morn
ing that Youngs' condition was much
improved.
Ridgeway has regained conscious
ness and his condition shows slight
improvement.
Policeman and Wife Injured.
Policeman William II. Suthard of
the sixth precinct and his wife were
shocked and bruised yesterday after
noon when their car went over a To-
foot embankment at Quantico after
colliding with a car occupied by Maj.
Daniel Donovan, the District auditor,
and his family. None Of the latter
was hurt.
The cars were on curve. it was
reported, when that occupied by the
Suthards skidded on the wet paving
as the brakes were applied, and in
the resulting clash the bumpers of
the two vehicles locked. When the
policeman's car was released 1t went
over the bank. James Donovan, the
auditors son, was driving their car.
Three Children I'm Accidents.
Three children also We're hurt in
traffic accidents over the week end.
Four-year- old George Yetter. 232
Adams street northeast, was slightly
injured last night when knocked
down near his home by the automo-
bile of Joseph Lessard, 514 Roxboro
place; Ethel Flaherty, three years
old, was knocked down and hurt near
her home yesterday afternoon by the
automobile of Thomas Kelly, 1907 I'll.
rard street northeast. and Richard
Eckart. II wears old, 1909 Four-a and
a-Half street southwest, was struck
by an automobile and slightly in
iured, in the 1900 block OF Sixth
street last night. He was treated at
Emergency.
In a hit-and-run collision on Conduit
road about 10 o'clock last night, Fred
erick L. Bashford, IS years old. 604 +
street, and Miss Mary Virginia Brown,
IS years old, 461 H street, were thrown
to the road from a motor cycle and
cut and bruised. They were treated
at Georgetown University Hospital
by DR.. Paul Taylor. Police are trying
to trace the automobile which hit
them.
Automobile Sideswiped.
Three colored persons were injured
In an automobile accident on the road
between this city and Marlboro. Nd,
about 2 o'clock this morning. They
were Mary Holmes, so years old, and
Louise Holmes, 80. of 1925 Twentieth
street, and Joseph Holmes, Fl, Of 2114
+ street. .ssse-
Joseph Holmes was driving the car,
q rented one, that was sideswiped by
another machine and forced against
telephone pole, he reported. The in.
jured persons were treated at Emer-
gency Hospital. None was danger.
ously hurt.
Eva Cole, colored. "a years old, 1898
Wylie street northeast, was severely
injured yesterday afternoon at Fourth
and K streets northeast when the car
OF James H. King, zoos Rosedale
street northeast, collided with the
automobile of Herbert Jackson, PAN
Carroll avenue, Takoma Park. The
woman was an occupant of the former
car. She was treated at Casualty
Hospital for cuts and bruises.