Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-17
Z PERSONS HURT
IN TRAFFIC CRASHES
8 Reported in Serious Condi-
tion-2 Firemen Listed
Among the Injured.

Twelve persons, including four pedes-
trians and two flremen of No. Truck
Co.. were injured in eight traffic acct
dents reported to District police yester-
day, three of whom are said to be in a
serious condition at the hospitals where
they received treatment.
Possibly the most critically hurt is
Herbert L. Moon, %, colored, of 2256
Twelfth street, who received a fracture
of the skull and internal injuries when
his automobile collided with a Capital
Traction Co. street car operated by
Motorman Elmo A. Conrad of 8l3l5
Seventh street at the intersection of
Seventh and r streets.
Moon was taken to Freedman's Hos
pital In passing automobile.
Skull Declared Fractured.
Joseph Eronesky. 80 years old, of 1900
Q street, was treated at Emergency
Hospital for a possible skull fracture
and abrasions of the arms and feet fol-
lowing collision at Twenty-first street
and E last night between his car and
machine driven by Joseph C. Mendez
OF 1919 G street. His condition was
said to be still undetermined today.
The two flremen, Pvts. A. T. Burgess
and A. l.. Craver, escaped with slight
decorations and bruises when the fire
truck Of their company collided with a
washington Railway & Electric Co.
street car at Ninth and N streets while
returning from a fire in the furnace
room OF house at 1918 Eleventh street.
The fire truck was badly damaged
ny the crash and 1t was estimated that
4 WnllIF e. L.. FF7t--
street car escaped without damage,
while its passengers and crew were only
slightly shaken up by the crash. Bur-
CESS and Craver we're given first-aid
treatment by Fire Surg. Marburry.
Harry FUR, So, of Ala Sixth street:
James Dixon. As. Of 1925 M street !:
Howard Hayes. 48, Of Clarendon, va.
and Miss Ruth Palmer. 26, of 1901
Buchanan street. were the pedestrians
injured when hit by automobiles.
Suffers Hip Fracture.
Fur received fracture of the left
hip and Commissions when an automobile
operated by Willard Morse of 666 Mary
land avenue northeast struck him
while crossing the intersection of Penn
SyiVanla avenue and Third street. Fur
was treated at Casualty Hospital, where
his condition was said to be serious.
"A machine driven by Frank C. Choat
OF 1880 M street knocked down Dixon
on the west side of Thomas Circle and
the man was taken to Emergency Hos
pital, where he was given medical at
tentlon Tor broken shoulder bone and
a bruised upper lip.
Hayes was hit at First street and
Maryland avenue by a hit-and-run
driver and left lying In the intersec-
ton OF the streets until q nassirC auto
mooillst stopped and drove him to the
emergency Hospital, where he was
found to be suffering from a compound
fracture of the left leg.
Miss Palmer was hurt when a taxi
cab driven by Ralph Barile, 25, of
800 Twenty-flrst street, struck her at
Twelfth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. She was treated at Emergency
Hospital for fracture of the left ankle
and brush burns by DR.. John Schwarz-
man.
Accused Of Driving While Drunk.
William C. 10y, 33 years old, Of
1927 r street was arrested by four
teenth precinct police on a charge of
driving while under the influence Of
liquor. after his machine struck a car
driven by EmmonS l.. Kitchin, %, of
67l3 Second street.
10y was treated at Emergency Hos
pital for decorations Of the scalp, while
kitchin and two others riding In his
car were taken to Georgetown Hospital
for treatment. Kitchin sustained cuts
about the head, Walter K. Rawlinson
%. Of 1911 Thirty-fourth street received
a fracture Of the right knee and
decorations of the right eye, while his
son, Walter, jr., 20 months old, was cut
about the head.