Evening star., 1928-12-11
SIX PERSONS HURT
IN TWO CRASHES
Taxicab Occupied by Irish
Free State Minister in COL
Iision With Auto.

Returning last night from Seven
teenth and K streets. where it had
been dispatched to assist the four per-
sons injured in a crash between their
machine and a taxicab occupied by
Timothy H. Smiddy, Minister of the
irish Free State, the reserve patrol
from the third precinct overturned,
causing the injury Of two policemen.
The injured in the two collisions
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Talley, 1907
Yuma street: Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman
Lycns. 43l5 Chesapeake street: Police
man Joseph G. Arendes. 35 years old,
of the seventh precinct and Policeman
Lawrence L. Jackson, colored, 80 years
old. of the third precinct All will
recover.
Police say the first crash occurred at
Seventeenth and K streets when the
automobile operated by Talley was in
a collision with the cab occupied By
Mr.. Smiddy and operated by Garnet
FRYE, 1884 Thirty-tllird street.
Injured Persons Sent TO Hospital.
Rescue members we're the first to
arrive. They placed the injured in
their truck and took them to Emergen-
cy Hospital where they were treated
for cuts and bruises. Members of
the reserve squad righted the over
turned automobile Strengthened out
traffic and started back to the station
house. They proceeded out K street
to Eighteenth street. where their We
llicle collide9 with an automobile op-
Grated by Lee T. Grubb of the 700 block
of Quincy street. and then overturned.
Although there were several police
men riding in the machine when it
turned over, the only ones injured were
Jackson. the driver. and Arendes, who
was assigned to the reserve squad from
the seventh precinct. Both were taken
to Emergency Hospital in the patrol
and treated for cuts and bruises. Grubb
was later arrested on a charge of reck-
less driving and released under $50
cash collateral for his appearance in
Police Court today
Mr.. Smiddy was uninjured and pro-
ceeded to his destination in the cab.
Auto Upset Injuries Three.
The third upset automobile of the
night resulted in the injury of Eliza
beth Brown. 20. years old; Catherine
Brown, 2 years old, and Doris Brown,
years old, all of 415l2 Twelfth street
northeast. They were treated at Cas-
ualty Hospital for cuts and bruises after
ing, operated by William A. Brown. 80
years old. Of the same address, over
turned after a collision at Thirteenth
and c streets northeast with an auto
mobile driven by Raymond Sonny
Workman. well-known jockey, who re-
sides at 412 Crittenden street. None was
seriously hurt.
Dolores Owens, four years old, 1907
D street northeast. suffered broken
nose, possible fracture of the skull and
numerous cuts about the face when she
was struck yesterday afternoon near her
home by an automobile. operated bv
Herbert Bridges, % years old, 1927 D
street northeast. The child was taken
home after treatment at Casualty Hos
pital
Woman Hurt in Collision.
Police were unable to learn the full
extent Of the injuries suffered by Mrs
David M Lea, IS years old. 2112 Massa-
chusetts avenue, when her automobile |
was in a collision at Eighteenth street
and Connecticut avenue with a truck
operated by Roland Dyson, So L street. !
Mrs. Lea, the wife of a prominent local
insurance broker, went home and was
treated by her family physician.
Yesterdays traffic accidents resulted !
In the injury of two other persons both |
OF whom are expected TO recover. Tney
were Mrs. Lena Weems, 66 years old.
2914 P street. and Thomas L. Snapp
colored, AZ years old. 1922 New jersey
avenue.
Col George williams of the Army
War College escaued injury last night
when his automobile knocked down two
sets of iron steps and damaged some
cement coping in the 100 block of NJ
street Col Williams car struck the
steps in front of 1904 and 1706 and then
struck the coping in front of 1710, when
he swerved his automobile to avoid a
collision with another machine.