Evening star., 1934-02-03
STUDENT SKILLED
AS SLED CRASHES
INTO FRIENDS CAR
Youth Injured Here Raises
Toll of SnOWst0rm
Accidents.
STREETS ROPED OFF
FOR COASTING ON ICE
Colder Temperature Makes Clear
ing Problem More Difficult.
Two Others Hurt in Falls.

As the Washington area turned
yesterday to enjoyment of Winter
sports afforded by the heavy snow
of Thursday, two shedding accidents
last night raised the toll of dead and
injured attributed to the storm
Marston Nelson Gibson. l9-year-
old Washington youth, junior in the
civil engineering department of the
University of Maryland, was fatally
injured CoaSting on University lane
when his sled collided with an auto
mobile operated by one of his ira
ternity brothers. who had stopped
when he saw the sled approaching
Gibson died in Sibley Hospital few
hours after the accident.
Jack Wilson, l9, of SOB Carroll ave-
nue., Takoma Park, Md, suffered pain
full injuries to his right leg when his
sled crashed into a cement post after
coasting down Elm street hill in that
community. He was treated by pri-
vate physician.
COasting Enjoyed.
Meanwhile in the District coasting
was enjoyed in roped-of streets desig-
mated by the Police Department, and
hundreds OF ice skaters swept over
the frozen surface of the Lincoln
Memorial rejecting pool.
Contrary to expectations Of moder-
ating temperatures last night, the
mercury slipped down to 13 by 80
O'Clock this morning. Yesterdays
maximum was % shortly before pm
Frozen snow made more difficult the
street clearing problem of the Dis
trict Government About 300 men
undertook the task today.
Unofficial reports of low tempera-
lures in various areas in this vicinity
showed spot reading ranging from
to 18. Washington Airport, showed
4 above; Chevy Chase Md. 8, and
the PetWorth area of the city. 18.
Vehlcular traffic nevertheless moved
with more dispatch today, while few
er pedestrian casualties were report
Cd due to icy sidewalks
Two persons injured in falls were
Miss Bessie Smith, 70. BIB Twelfth
street northeast, who sustained a
fracture of the hip and arm when
she slipped to the sidewalk near
Twelfth and Kearney streets north
east, and was treated at Homeo-
path1c Hospital. Mrs. Annie Carr, SO.
605 Mount Vernon place, who vas
treated at Emergency Hospital for a
possible fracture of the arm after she
fell while walking between G place
and H street on Fifth.
Fatal Accident.
Young Gibson. fatally injured at
the University of Maryland. and sew
eral of his fraternity brothers in
Sigma Phi Sigma had been coasting
down the lane back of the university
for several hours.
About midnight. Dorrance Kelly.
300 block of Elm street. Takoma Park.
decided to leave the group and re-
turn to the Sigma Phi Sigma house
in College Park.
Gibson, with Austin J. Hall. Thomas
Heather and Peter Remsen prepared
for a final coast.
AS he started up University lane in
his automobile, Kelly noticed the
quartet coming towards him on two
sleds. He pulled over to the side of
the road and stopped.
One of the sleds, carrying Gibson
and Hall, got out of control and
skidded sideways into the car.
Kelly, who is business manager of
The Diamondback, weekly student
publication at the University, was
taken to the Hyattsville police sta
tion pending an investigation by
Officer Claude Reese No charge was
placed against him, however
Gibson was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Hatcher Gibson. 1900 Irving
street northeast His father is en-
ployed at Woodward & Lothrop and
his mother is a teacher in the Dis
trict Public Schools.
Gibson worked as testing engineer
for the Maryland State Roads Com
mission in addition to carrying on his
studies at the university.
New Low in New York
New York reported its second
severe cold snap of the Winter today
when the thermometer dropped to
aoove zero, a new record low for Feb
ruary g.
Severe cold was experienced in 9TH
er parts of the country
With continued cold preserving the
coat OF Ice ana snow QepOS1CeQ IN
Thursday nights lo-inch snowfall,
the problem of clearing the streets
presented some difficulties
Thousands of workers, hired by the
city at SO cents an hour, were forced
to abandon their snow shovels for
pick axes in attacking the heavy ice
choking the streets Little loose snow
remains on busy streets, but the ice is
there.
Nearly 5000 men worked through
out last night with a crew of double
that number going on this morning.
James L. Sherwood, 40. of the 1900
block Monroe street, died late yes
terday of injuries received the night
before when he was struck by an
automobile at West Virginia and New
York avenues while attempting to dis
entangle two cars which had collided
on the slippery streets.