Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-22
THREE HURT WHEN
TAXI STRIKES POLE
Two of IS Traffic Victims
Last Night in Serious
Condition.

Three washington people were In
jured on the Rockville Pike early today
when a taxicab in which they we're
riding to the Capital plunged headlong
into a telephone pole and overturned,
climaxing series Of trafiic accidents In
which is persons were hurt in the Dis
trict and environs during the night
Hospital oficials reported that two
of those hurt are in serious condition,
including one of the victims of the
taxicab crash, August Magin, 80 years
old, of 618 / street, who Is confined to
the Emergency Hospital with q COM
pound fracture of the right side of his
SKULL
His two companions, Miss Lena De
Angelo, 10 years old, of 632 street, and
Napoleon Vertuni, 40, of 5000 Twelfth
street, received leg fractures and are
under the care Of surgeons ct the same
institution. The condition OF both
Miss De Angelo and vertunt 10 not said
to be serious.
Police Hold Driver.
The driver of the taxi, Amberta
Salvellti. so years old, of l245 II street
northeast, is being held by Montgomery
County police at the Bethesda substa-
ton pending the outcome OF Magins
injuries. He told officers that the dag
cling lights Of an oncomif1g car blinded
him and caused the nishap. Salvellu
escaped unhurt.
The crash occurred about half mile
south Of the villa Roma about 4:30
am, according TO police. The front
end Of the car was demolished by the
impact and the machine overturned.
The Bethesda rescue SQUAD was called,
but passing motorists extricated the
injured from the wreck and rushed
them to the hospital in the autof1o-
bile Of o. II. Dreamer Of Glen Echo
Heights, Md.
Charles r. Boryman, "a years old, of
1880 Twelfth street 10 the other motor
ist reported TO be seriously hurt. Bory-
man received severe lacerations Of the
forehead and q fractured collar bone
when a machine he was operating was
in q collision at Twelfth and y streets
with an auto driven by Jerome john
son. colored, of $50 8 street.
The injured man was removed TO
Garfield Hospital and treated by stan
physicians johnson was not held.
Five members Of one family, that Of
Pvt. Irving Hall of No. 20 Engine Com
pany, were injured when q light sedan
In which they were riding along Wis
consin avenue was In collision with
heavier car ct the Wo9diey road
Hall Is a. years old and lives at lla5
Columbia road. He received Q broken
shoulder blade and several fractured
ribs. Others hurt were MRS. Hall, lac
Grated lips and sprained back; John y.
Hall, Is years old Robert ]. Hall, ID
years old, and Mary June Hall, 8 years
old. The latter was carried TO Mount
Alto Veterans Hospital, while the others
were treated at Georgetown University
Hospital.
chine operated by James T. Meline, IT,,
20. Of 1879 Kenyon street. Edward Bar
rington, 1901 Sixteenth street, was driv-
ing the second car. Neither driver was
injured.
Pedestrian Is Hurt.
MRS. Sara Kapneck, So years old, OF
e1l Kentucky avenue southeast, was in
jured slightly by an automobile driven
by Clyde L. Pezold, "a, Of 2023 Four
teenth street southeast. The accident
occurred ct Eighth street and Pennsyl-
vaiiia avenue southeast.
Pezoid was arrested by police of the
nth precinct on q bad brakes charge.
Capt. Edgar q. Oberlin Of the Naval
Research Laboratory, received q broken
leg In triple automobile collision on
the Richmond Washington Highway ut
Dolansville, Va, last night He was
admitted TO the Naval Hospital.
Capt. ObeTlin's car was wrecked while
attempting 70 pass bus. His machine
collided with an automobile occupied
by Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Briggs, formerly
of Clarendon. who were en- route TO
Pensacola, Fla. Mr.. and Mrs. Briggs
escaped with slight cuts.
A 70-year-old pedestrian, Mrs Kath-
crime Kiesecker, 1899 Stephenson place,
was treated by q private physician last
night after IN automobile driven by
Unger c. Thurman, IT,, II, Of las Hes
keith street, Chevy Chase Md. knocked
her down at Rittenhouse street and
Broad Branch road.
Mrs. Bessie ShooT. as. of 73i Prince
ton street. was given treatment at
Emergency Hospital for injuries received
in an automobile accident at Twelfth
and II streets.
Mary Anne Helmers. 8 years old, of
i2i7 Emerson street. who was injured
when run down by an automobile
Thursday, will recover, Emergency Hos
pital attendants said today. She re-
ceived q skull fracture and q broken
leg.