Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-03
SEVEN CHILDREN
INJURED BY AUTOS
Traffic Victims Range in Age
From Two and Half to
Fifteen Years.

Seven children were listed among
! those injured in traffic accidents late
yesterday and last night Of the chill
: dren, the condition of two was reported
eS serious.
Eight-year-old Frances Ratio, 829
Third street northeast, was severely
injured when knocked down and run
over at 7:30 o'clock last night at Third
and Fl streets northeast by an automo-
+ bile driven by John L. w. Burke, 20
years old, of 1920 Florida avenue north
. east. The left rear wheel of the ma
chine passed over her body. She was
taken to Sibley Hospital in a grave
condition, where physicians reported
her condition undetermined
Three-year-old Francis Moroni of
{ 1927 v street southeast was knocked
4. down and badly injured by laundry
truck driven by Earl B. Ballard of 18
Third street southeast at the corner
OF Sixteenth and U streets shortly after
4 O'Clock yesterday afternoon. He was
treated at Casualty Hospital by DR..
&. M. Hall for fractured skull and
I internal injuries and his condition was
; reported serious.
Nicholas Prencipe, 2ls -year-old child,
of 1913 @ street northeast, sustained
slight decorations of the forehead last
night when the car in which he was
riding with his parents was in COLI
sion with an automobile driven by Floyd
. Howell of 1851 G street northeast at
Thirteenth and G streets northeast. He
was treated at Casualty Hospital and
taken home.
Henrietta o. Slower, years old, of
/. hod hnN iv1
; jured and tooth broken, when the
automobile driven by Freda Fetterman
of 1103 Seventh street northeast, in
, which she was riding, collided with the
machine of A. M. Smith of Detroit,
Mich, being driven by v. G. Burrows
of 6614 Harlan place, at New Hamp-
sShire avenue and Webster street yes
-terday afternoon
SiX-year-old Carrie Williams, colored
of 506la Nineteenth street sustained
slight bruises when she was struck by
an automobile driven by Vinvenzo Mar
chitelli of 1843 Kilbourne place on E
street between Nineteenth and Twentieth
streets yesterday She was treated at
Emergency Hospital.
Fifteen-year -old Percy Wood of 4211
E street southeast, had his arm broken
when the automobile he was cranking
al Lnc SeIO dI 1lkS 1kOltlC UnLh 1lICO. f1G
was given surgical aid at Casualty Hos
pital.
Vincent Peruzzi, IA years old, of tbs
First street sustained cut on his
right leg when the bicycle he was rid
ing collided with the rear end of a
mail truck driven by H. L. Osborne of
100 Eye street at Massachusetts, ave-
hue and Fifth street yesterday after
noon. He refused hospital treatment
William A. Zellers so years old. of
All Leland street, Chevy Chase, Md,
was knocked, down by an automobile
driven by George j. Feina +of II K
street. and had his right arm painfully
injured, as he attempted to cross the
street at Louisiana avenue and Seventh
street at about 7:30 o'clock last night.
He was given surgical aid at Emergency
Hospital.
Robert Bell. colored, 80 years old, of
1909 Ninth street, received cuts and
bruises about his face when he was
struck by an automobile at Eighth and
@ streets last night. He was treated
at Freedmen's Hospital.