Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-14
Twelve Bus Passengers Are
Hurt as Carrier 0verturnS
After Collision.
WASHlNGT0NIAN FEARED
DYING AFTER WRECK
Many Traffic Mishaps Involve Dis
trict Residents in Capital, Mary.
land and New Jersey.

Washington, Maryland and New Jersey,
involving residents of the District, re-
suited in the death of an unidentified
colored man and injuries to many per-
sons. One of those injured was re-
ported in a critical condition and sew
eral others were injured seriously.
Twelve of the injured were passengers
in motor bus which overturned last
night at Eleventh and East Capitol
streets, In crash with hackers ma
chine.
A Casualty Hospital ambulance, a
police squad from the ninth precinct
and fire apparatus were called to the
scene.
Joseph Walker, colored, of the 400
block of r street driver of the hack
ing machine was arrested and charged
with reckless driving.
The bus, driven by Sandy Sneed, col
ored, 1872 Hickman street southeast, was
carrying the colored group, who are
members of the congregation of the
Mount Jezreel Baptist Church, Fifth
and E streets southeast.
Two Seriously Injured.
Those injured seriously were Harry
Jones, 81, of 316 K street southeast,
and Marie ElliSey, 81, of 610 K street
southeast.
Those less seriously injured included
William Jordan, As, 400 E street south
east; Esther Wheeler, 8, of 40T Fifth
street southwest; Leroy Henderson, 81,
Of 765 Girard street; Vivian Mason, IL,
400 Fifth street southwest; James Jones,
3, of BIG H street southeast; Martha
Scott, 9, of 311 Virginia avenue south
east; Dora Peterson, IS, 514 Ninth
street southeast; Susie. Farrell, 33. Of
$50 Navy place southeast; Mamie Wood
land. Is, of SIG Fifth street southeast,
and Charles Maloney, Is, of COG N street
southeast.
Milton Mcbride, 10 years old of 2804
Fourteenth street, was believed to be
dying at a Vineland, N j., hospital as
O result of injuries suffered in an au-
tomobile accident near there yesterday
morning. His aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Dec.
Robb of the Rochambeau Apartments,
and Miss Madge DeGrummond, 10 years
old of Panama City, her niece, suffered
painful injuries.
Mcbride was driving the machine.
which belonged to Mrs. Robb, when 1t
collided with a car driven by Z. o.
Tweed of Germantown, Pa, and over
turned. McBride's skull was fractured.
Miss DeGrummond lost five teeth and
was cut about the head and left ear
Mrs. Robb has a fractured knee and
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Gottschall. of
Germantown who were in the machine
driven by Tweed, also were injured,
but not seriously. Tweed was arrested
and under released under $4,000 bond
pending the outcome of McBride's in
jurtes.
Another accident outside of Washing
ton injured six members of the Hiatt
family Of 31I6 Thirteenth street, in adj
m SNf poIf
more. All Of them were in a machine
which collided on the Washington
Baltimore boulevard at Halethorpe. Nd
with car driven by Falter M Morti-
mer of Wayne, Pa
The Hiatt family was en- route to
Baltimore when Mortimer'S car is said
to have skidded and crashed into their
machine. The HATS injured were Mr..
and Mrs. j. Edgar Hiatt, John Hiatt,
Miss Louise Hiatt and Mr.. and Mrs.
Merrill L. Hiatt. All we're taken to St.
Agnes Hospital in Baltimore and treat
ed for shock, cuts, bruises and abraSions.
Hurt In Taxi Collision.
Mrs. wiIhelmina August, "a years
old, Of 760 Eleventh street southeast,
was seriously injured last night WHEN
she was hurled through the windshield
OF machine in which she was riding
when 1t collided with a taxicab on
Minnesota avenue near Benning Bridge
She was taken to Casualty Hospital
suffering from decorations Of the scalp,
bruises to the head and body, and pos
Sible skull fracture.
Mrs. August was riding IN a machine
driven by her son, Henry Julius RADIO
WITT, when it was struck from the rear
by taxicab operated by John Henry
Dicks, colored, OF Ala New York avenue.
Radowitz car overturned, injuring him
and his 13-year-old son, Herman.
Dicks Is being held by the police for
investigation.
An unidentified colored man was
killed while crossing the Washington
Baltimore boulevard just north of Laurel,
Md. According to the Maryland State
police, the man ran across the crowded
boulevard, lodged one car and was hit
by a machine operated by George P.
Richards of the first block of Nicholson
street. Following an investigation by
State Patrolman Cubbage and Justice
of the Peace Henry Scott, Richards was
released. An inquest was not regarded
as necessary.
Boy on Bicycle Injured.
Clifford Henry Bond, IA years old OF
Sl3 F street northeast, was seriously in
1ured last night when a bicycle he was
riding skidded on the car tracks under
the railroad Vaduct at First and II
streets northeast and threw him against
steel pillar. At Emergency Hospital
where he was taken for treatment, II
was said he is badly lacerated and has
possible conclusion of the brain.
A fourth accident outside of Wash.
1ngton injured Samuel Sweeney, 81
years old, of Upper Marlboro Md, anc
Maude Hyde. Is years old. of Cedar.
vile, Md Sweeney and the girl were
in a machine which is believed to have
got out of control and overturned dowr
an embankment near Cedarville. Boil
were rushed to Washington and taker
to Casualty Hospital for treatment
Sweeney is suffering from laceration
OF the head and body bruises, while thu
girl has a broken nose and fracture
Of the left leg.
Antoine Herl, 81 years old, of 81
Twenty-first street was badly injured
yesterday afternoon when an automo
bile operated by Rocco Donatiallo, &c
of 62S Irving street struck her as sh
was crossing in the 5000 block OF Con
necticut avenue.
She received a fracture of the RICH
ribs and shock and was taken to Elmer
gency Hospital. in the patrol wagon 0
the fourteenth precinc' fc" MEDICAL at
tention. She wss a - In
Thrav ~, to tnc fIG, III a M.-~4..-.cs -.
vehicle struck a bump in the street a
Twelfth street and Michigan avenu
northeast, Harry Clampitt. 50 years ole
of 3-o9 Baker street northeast. sus
tanned a slight sprain of the back. H
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