Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
10 PERSONS HURT
IN ACCIDENTS DUE
TOF|RST SNOWFALL
Sunshine and Slightly Warm
er Promise Early Radiance
of SIuSh on Streets.
MANY JOBLESS SEEK
SHELTER AT MISSIONS
Streets Closed to Prevent Accidents,
Fire Trucks Skid, Crash Into
Alarm Box and Parked Car.

Alarm BOX and Parked Car.
Sunshine and somewhat warmer
weather promise an early radiance of
! the snow which blanketed Washington
late yesterday, tying up rush-hour traf-
| nc and causing numerous accidents
that resulted in injuries to four mo-
florists and six pedestrians. One mo-
torist was seriously hurt.
The temperature was above freezing
at noon today as $50 employees of
the Street Cleaning Department scooped
the sluSh from croSS-walkS and cutters.
It was not necessary to bring out the
plows or hire extra men to clear away
the two-inch fall.
Cold will Follow.
Above-freezing weather expected this
afternoon, however, will be followed
tonight by continued cold, the Weather
Bureau predicts, with minimum of
about % before morning. The tenn
perature got down to "a degrees last
midnight.
Slightly warmer and cloudy weather
is in prospect for tomorrow, probably
followed by rain in the afternoon or
night.
The snow began falling shortly after
noon yesterday and by midafternoon
was seriously mountaineering the heavy
pre- Christmas traffic. Motor cars slip
ped and skidded into each other, fend-
ers were dented, tempers bruised and
traffic, in many cases, brought to
standStill.
Traction Schedules Delayed.
For the most part, the accidents re-
suited in property damage only. Dis
1r,ha
Tenders caved in and the like, were
temporarily abandoned in all parts OF
the District.
Bus and street car lines were unable
to maintain their regular schedules,
either late yesterday or this morning:
There was no serious interruption OF
service. however, although most OF the
cars and buses were behind time.
Drifts of snow across the runWays OF
landing fields and airportS south OF the
Capital last night prevented completion
of airnaiI service between this city and
Atlanta. The runwayS are being scraped
today. Reports received at Boiling Field
indicated that the drifts on the South
ern airports in many cases were more
than two feet deep.
Treat Brings Mail In.
The only mail plane to reach the
Capital during the night landed at Boil
ing Field at 1880 last night with Verne
E. Treat at the controls. His mail was
sent on South by rail. Treat reported
that he had unusually good visibility,
the snow-covered earth standing out
sharp and clear.
The passenger lines flying out OF
Washington cancelled trips during the
height of the snowfall as a safety pre-
caution.
snow plows and large work crews to-
day were cleaning the State highways
of Maryland and Virginia, the Amerl-
can Automobile Association reported.
The snowfall was heavier i'll virtually
every district reported than in Wash
ington.
JobIess Seek Shelter.
The cold drove additional transients
into the Central Union Mission and the
Gospel Mission. Each organization had
to provide emergency accommodations
for about Is extra men.
Believed to have been prompted by
the snow and cold, two men drove up
to the Salvation Army headquarters at
426 Sixth street last night and handed
over $40 with the request that 10 men
be given q dollar apiece.
Both men declined to furnish their
names, but contented themselves with
expressing the hope it would help out a
bit. The money was distributed as re-
quested by A. j. Laubach, social sec
rotary.
Skidding Truck Hits Man.
The only person seriously hurt was
James Herbert % years old, 2210 Ran
dolph street northeast, who was struck
by a skidding truck at Cathedral and
Connecticut avenues.
Herbert, postal employe, was stand
ing beside his disabled mail truck when
van driven by Angelo Seilo, % years
old, 1406 Fifteenth street, hit him.
Herbert was taken to the Emergency
Hospital with a fracture of the skull
and decorations of the scalp. Seilo was
not held.
Guy Keaton, 80 years old, GAL Girard
street northeast, was treated at the st.
Elizabeth's Hospital Dispensary for
broken nose received when a street car,
operated by Motorman E. r. Lawyes of
the Georgetown car barn, struck car
in which he was riding. Warren Wright,
81, of 1901 Savannah street southeast,
was driving the automobile.
Woman Hurt by Bus.
Lacerations of the foot were suf-
fered by Mrs. Carrie Hodgkin, 90 years
old, Of the Eastern Star Home when
bus ran across her foot as she was
crossing Sixteenth street near Walter
Reed Hospital. She went home after
being treated by physicians at Emer-
gency Hospital
Miss Doris E. Strobel, "a years old,
Of 814 Alabama avenue southeast, and
6-year-old Lawrence Curley of 2l2 Wal
nut street Takoma Park, Md, refused
hospital treatment after being struck
by automobiles late yesterday after
noon.
Miss Strobel was hit by machine
operated by j. Loren Freund, 10, OF
Connecticut avenue near Woodley road,
while she was crossing Fourteenth and
F streets. The Curley youngSter was
knocked down by an automobile while
playing near his home.
Three Hurt by Falls,
Three of the pedestrians injured in
falls Yesterday afternoon and last night
were found to have fractures when
taken to hospitals for treatment. They
were Mrs. Hattie Siloy. 81, of 622 Sixth
street; Mrs Sophie M. johnson, SIS,
clerk at the Swedish legation. and Le-
land Barton, IS. at 1910 ! street.
Mrs. Siloy fell on the ice at Fifth
and II streets and was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital with broken right arm
a few moments after Barton had been
removed to the same institution with a
fracture of the right collarbone. Mrs.
johnson, who lives at 1853 Belmont
road, was treated at Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital for a fracture Of the
lett arm after slipping on the icy side
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