Evening star., 1933-09-18
SENATOR FLETCHER
INJURED AS SEDAN
AND TRUCK COLLIDE
Receives Cuts and Bruises in
Accident While on Way
to Office.
10 OTHERS ARE HURT
IN SERIES OF MlSHAPS
16-Year-Old Boy Struck While Rid
ing Bicycle May Have Frac-
tured Skull.

Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Flor
ida, IA, was slightly cut and bruised
this morning ir a collision between his
sedan and a delivery truck at Massa-
chusetts avenue and Twelfth street.
Apparently dazed by blow on the
forehead. the chairman of the Senate
Banking and Currency Committee was
removed in a rescue squad ambulance
to his home at 2101 Connecticut ave-
nue. and carried on stretcher by fire
men to his apartment on the second
floor
The Senator's wife Mrs Anna Louise
Fletcher, and daughter were home at
the time They summoned DR.. DaV-
export White, who ordered the Sem
ator to remain indoors for several days.
The Senator's forehead and hands
were cut and his body bruised.
Was En- Route to Office.
Senator Fletcher was en- route to his
Office on Capitol Hill in sedan oper-
ated by his chauffeur, Harrison c.
Jackson 40, coloreG, of 2809 Elvan road
southeast.
The other vehicle, a department store
delivery truck, was being driven by Joe
r. Gleason, 46OA H street. The acci-
dent occurred near the center OF the
intersection as Gleason was about to
make left turn into Twelfth street.
Gleason told police he had just
halted for the red light, and was pull
ing into the intersection on the green
light when he saw the sedan approach
ing and brought his truck to halt.
H M. Dodson, 1404 Columbia road,
told police his car was almost alongside
the truck and that the latter vehicle
was not in motion when the collision
occurred.
The Senator was the only one in
jured The impact threw him off the
rear seat against window post IN his
sedan Neither vehicle was badly
damaged.
.2o.lce tested the brakes of both and
F, oncunced them In satisfactory con-
u.tion. No arrests were made.
Eight Others in Accidents.
E gnt persons, including two elderly
s--.--c. were recovering from injuries
cci.ad in automobile accidents
y -cIday.
..2e most seriously injured was John
T cuAs Is. of the 400 block of Todd
he northeast. who was struck at
As..lli and H streets northeast by
car s id to have been driven by James
G Bursenos, 100 block of E street.
Inc poy, who was riding a bicycle,
was taken to Emergency Hospital,
wn re physicians said he may have
fractured skull.
The other accident victims were:
Miss Rose Herrity, 86, and her sis
ter, Miss Catherine Herrity. 70, both
CT the $500 block Fifth street, slightly
hurt when the machine in which they
were riding lost a wheel and over
turned at Georgia avenue and V street.
L. w. Petrey also of the 5000 block Of
Fifth street, operator of the automo-
bile, escaped injury.
Six Hurt in Crash.
Robert T. Williams, 27, of the 100
block of Sixteenth street, who suffered
leg injuries in a crash at Thirty-ninth
street and Conduit road, treated at
Georgetown Hospital Malcolm McCor-
mick, 44OO block of Volta place, and
Mrs. Josephine Timberlake, 100 block
of Forty-fourth street, drivers of the
cars involved, were slightly hurt.
Norman Roberts, 4, of the 1900 block
of Thirty-seventh street, cut on the
face and body when struck by a ma
chine at Thirty-seventh and Warren
streets.
George Bowser, 81, colored, 1900
block of Fort Stanton road southeast,
injured when his motorcycle crashed
into telegraph pole at Sixteenth and
w streets southeast After receiving
emergency treatment at Providence
Hospital, he was transferred to Gal
nnger Hospital
Collision Injuries Two.
Two persons were slightly injured
this morning in an automobile colli-
sion at Thirty-fourth and Garfield
streets.
Luther Alexander. AZ, of Chamian,
Pa, driver of one car. was admitted to
Georgetown Hospital for treatment of
scalp lacerations and elbow and ankle
sprains His condition was not serious.
A passenger in Alexander's automobile,
Joseph Viner, 16, student at Episco-
pal School at Alexandria, who lives in
Cincinnati, was treated for slight cut
on the nose.
The other automobile. according to
police was operated by William E.
Gore 109 Lee Highway, in nearby Vir-
ginia.