Evening star., 1928-08-02
STREET CARS HIT 3,
ONE MAN IS DEAD
Two Others Seriously Hurt.
i Six Slightly Injured in
Traffic Accidents.

One man is dead here today as re-
suit Of having been struck by street
car st Fifty-fourth and Foote streets
northeast last night, a girl is in a seri-
Gus condition from injuries suffered
when she was struck by a street car st
Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and a second man is seriously in
jured as result Of collision with a
street car ST Ninth and East Capitol
streets
The dead man is William T. Burns
colored. As. ll4a Twentieth street. He
suffered fracture Of the skull and
other injuries when struck by a street
car operated by Edward Perry, 1858
Massachusetts avenue southeast, at the
Northeast intersection. He died early
this morning in Casualty Hospital An
inquest VIII be held tomorrow morning
st llS0.
Girl Is Injured.
Miss Ella NJ. Wood. ls years old. 1918
Prince street Alexandria. was taken
70 Emergency Hospital at $50 o'clock
last night after she was struck while
crossing from the east to the west side
Of Fifteenth street at Pennsylvania
avenue She is being treated for pos
sible fracture of the skull and cuts and
bruises. Her condition is thought to be
serious.
Miss Wood was taken to the hospital
in a taxicab driven by man giving his
name as <. Harris The young woman
TOLD police that the street car failed To
stop after striking her. Harris said
that he did not see how she was in
jured. The police were today attempt
ing to establish the iGcntity Of the crew
OF the car Company officials promised
their assistance.
The automobile driven by Giovano
Capannelli 80 years old. 406 Eighth
street southeast. was hurled 30 feet
and completely demolished when struck
at Ninth and East Capitol streets by
street car operated by Motorman J. E.
Smith Capannelli was taken TO Cas-
ualty Hospital in a passing automobile
and found to be suffering from frac-
lures of the shoulder, ribs and skull
and several lacerationS TO the scalp.
His condition is serious.
Young Woman Struck.
A young woman who told Emergency
Hospital attendants that she was Miss
Z Hill of Twelfth and F streets was
treated at Emergency Hospital for
laceration on the nose. received. police
say. when the automobile in which she
vas riding. operated by James P Bowen,
1911 r street. was in a collision at Six
teentf and u streets with an automo-
bile driven by George A. English, %
years old. 1911 S street. Edward Bow
man, 80 years old, Walter Reed Hos
pital. q passenger in the same car in
which Miss Hill was riding. was taken
to the hospital, in which he is pa
tisnt. and treated for scalp wounds.
Four children were treated yesterday
afternoon and last night after they were
struck and knocked down by automo-
hiies. All will recover. They are:
Dorothy Godfrey, years old, So Bates
street, treated at Sibiey Hospital after
abe was struck by an automobile oper-
ated by Donald A. Wharton, 1913 North
Capitol street: Ralph Wall. jr., 5 years
old. IT'S Twentieth street northeast
treated at Sibley Hospital after ne was
knocked from his tricycle. by an auto
mobile driven by Walter A. Snloot. 929
Forty-eighth street: Henry Kalmus,
years old, 1922 Seventh street. treated
IN drug store at Seventh and streets
sfter he was struck by an automobile
operated by Martin ]. Haring. 223 Sec
cr1d street southeast. and Charles Cur
tbs. Ia years old. ais @ street south
east, treated at Casualty Hospital after
he was struck by an automobile oper-
ated by Charles G. Wilson, whose ad-
dress police failed to learn.