Evening star., 1934-05-11
16HURT IN TRAFFIC
CRASHES IN STORM
Many Sent to Hospitals in
Serious Condition Dur.
ing Downpour.

Sixteen persons were injured late
yesterday afternoon in traffic accidents
resulting from the severe electrical
storm, which struck the city early in
the afternoon and continued with in
termittent squalls Of rain throughout
the evening.
When their car skidded on the wet
roadway near Marlboro, Md, five per-
sons were injured. They were taken
to Casualty Hospital for treatment.
Ray Aikney, 27. Of 807 Rittenhouse
street, driver of the car, which over
turned in a ditch after colliding with
a telephone pole, was treated for
possible fractured skull, a broken right
arm and internal injuries.
Eugene Bowden, %, of 908 Butter
nut street. received multiple contu-
sions and lacerations; Irwin johnson.
80, of 831 Rittenhouse street, was
treated for shock and lacerations and
released; Marjorie Briggs, 27, of 46l
Luray place. suffered a brain concus-
sion and Jane Keely, %, Of 20l9
street, was treated for internal injuries
and shock.
Upperville Man Hurt.
Richard Kirby Of Upperville, Va,
was treated for head injuries and
lacerations at Emergency Hospital,
after an automobile in which ne was
passenger skidded on River road,
near the District line. Robert Mcnt-
gomery, jr., Of 5000 Nebraska avenue,
was the driver Of the car, police re-
ported.
Ray Rose, IS, of the 2300 block Of
Eighteenth street, received a skull
fracture when he was struck by an
automobile said by police to have been
driven by M C. Snellings of the 1000
block G street northeast. The acci-
dent occurred at Eighteenth street and
Florida avenue. Rose was taken to
Emergency Hospital.
Miss Celia H. Feldman, IS. of 651
Irving street, was treated at Emer-
gency Hospital for severe bruises and
lacerations which she received when
knocked to the pavement by an auto
mobile at Georgia avenue and Irving
streets. Police said the car was op-
Grated by Dennis Jones. colored, of
the 1900 block of Thirty second street.
Percy Miller, As, of 1871 Ritten-
house street, received scalp injuries
and possible skull fracture when he
was struck by an automobile driven
by Lewis H. Phelps of Chevy Chase,
Md, late last evening. The accident
occurred at Connecticut avenue and
Albermarle street. Miller was taken
to Emergency Hospital
Truck Breaks Leg.
James Brown, so, of Alexandria, re-
struck by a truck operated by Ernest
A. Colston, colored, "a, of the TOO
block of Morton street, where the
accident occurred. Brown was stand
ing in the rear of his own truck,
which was parked, when the accident
occurred, police reported. He was
taken to Emergency Hospital.
Arthur Coates, "a, of the 500 block
H street, was injured at Third and l.
streets when a car in which he was a
passenger collided with another driven
by John Rutledge of Arlington, Va.
Coates was treated at Emergency Hos
pital and sent to his home. Charles
Tolson of the 600 block Of Sixth
street, was driving the car in which
he was riding.
Hugo Banks. 8-year-old colored
child, of the $500 block Of Center
street, was knocked down and re-
ceived burns and lacerations about the
head. by an automobile driven by
Frank S. Donohue of the 2300 block
Second street northeast. The acci-
dent was at Sixteenth and Euclid
streets He was given treatment at
Garfield Hospital and sent to his
home.
Hit-and- Run Driver.
A hit-and-run driver struck Bernie
Stewart. IS, of the 400 block of Sixth
street, at Pennsylvania avenue and