Evening star., 1932-10-17
ID. c. WOMAN DIES
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
E! NEAR ASHLAND, VA.
Mrs. Hazel FIippen's Son, Z,
Is Injured-TWo Virginians
Lose Lives.
SIX ARE INJURED HERE
ON SLIPPERY STREETS
Accidents Near Harrisonburg Kill
Retired Army Officer and
Former Merchant.

Mrs. Hazel Flippen. 81, of 535 Eleventh
street. was killed yesterday in an auto
mobile accident near Ashland, Va, ac-
cording to an Associated Press dispatch
received here today. Her son, Richard,
z years old, was injured.
Six persons we're injured and more
than 80 automobiles damaged on slip
perry streets here yesterday and last
night.
Mrs FDppsn died of a broken neck
and head injuries after the automobile,
driven by her husband, o. r. Flippen,
skidded and swerved into the path Of a
truck The boy, who suffered cuts. is
confined in a Richmond hospital.
Mrs Susie Brisbine. 81, OF the first
block of Sixth street northeast, was
seriously hurt when the automobile in
which she was riding was in collision
with a street car at Seventh and East
Capitol streets. She was tafen to
Casualty Hospital and treated Tor IN
tsrnal injuries and severe lacerations.
The automobile was driven by car
ence R. Hama Of the 600 block Of A
street southeast.
Knocked Down by Auto.
While crossing Seventh street at N
street, Henry Pearson, 40, OF the 300
block Of Nichols avenue southeast, was
knocked down by an automobile driven
by Preston H. Ward, colored, 36, OF the
$500 block of Eleventh street. At
Emergency Hospital it was said his
skull might be fractured. Ward told
police Pearson stepped from behind
parked automobile.
Injuries sustained in an automobile
accident at Second street and Masse-
chusetts avenue by Sally Adams, col
ored, 25, of the 500 block of Second
street, necessitated amputation of her
right leg last night at Emergency Hos
pital.
According to police, the woman was
pinned against lamp pole by an au-
tcmobile driven by William H. Blue.
colored, 43, OF the 1900 block of Eighth
street. Blue was arrested and held
pending the outcome OF the woman's
Two Silver Spring. Md, youths were
slightly injured when their automobile
was in collision with another car at
Eighteenth street and Bunker Hill road
northeast. They were Everett Chandler,
81, and Charles Braden, 18. Both were
treated at Emergency Hospital for minor
cuts and bruises.
Mrs. Mary Wasinovsky, 10, 1000 block
of Eighth street, was struck by an au-
tomobile and bruised as she was cross
ing at Ninth and K streets. The auto
mobile was driven by Benjamin Collier,
colored, "a, of the $500 block Of Foote
street northeast.
Crashes Into Police Car.
A collision with police car last night
brought Jessie Hariday, colored, 81, of
the 400 block Of N street, into the
hands of the law. His automobile was
in collision with an official police car
being driven by Policeman A. D. Mullins
of the second precinct at Fifth and M
streets. Mullins was en- route to Sibley
held for investigation.
While carrying a wounded colored
man to the hospital, a taxicab driven
by Jares E. Crenshaw, colored, 1400
block OF Oak street. collided with an
other machine at Eighth and B streets
southeast. Andrew Green, colored, 600
block of Eighteenth street northeast,
and Crenshaw were arrested. No one
was injured, although the cab was badly
damaged.
The wounded man, Raymond Dates,
colored, 600 block Of Navy place south
east, was taken to Casualty Hospital by
police He had been shot near the
heart by another colored man.
William j. Hope, 81, Of Waterford,
Va, was slightly injured this afternoon
when the car in which he was riding
with D. w. Ayres Of Lovettsville, Va,
was in collision with delivery truck
driven by Romer Edwards. coloTed. at
northeast Hope was treated at Cas-
ualty Hospital for head lacerations.
Two other persons were killed an.
several injured in automobile acci-
dents on slippery highways in nearby
Maryland and Virginia over the week
end.
Two fatalities occurred near Har-
the victims being Mrs.
C. M. Eby. wife of Col. C. NJ. Eby,
retired United States Army officer of
Newport, Pa, and G. Robert Higgs, 73-
year-old retired merchant OF Lacey
Spring, Va.
Col. and Mrs. Eby were en- route to
Atlanta, Ga, when their car skidded
and plunged over an approach OF the
River bridge at Mount
burg hospital several hours later. Her
husband is at the hospital suffering
from shock and minor injuries.
Higgs apparently became confused
while crossing the Valley pike at Lacey
Spring and was struck by an automobile
operated, police say. by Ralph Calender,
a live stock dealer He died in the
Hospital shortly after
being admitted.