Evening star., 1935-10-24
I BADLY INJURED
IN AUTO CRASHES
Total of 19 Persons Hurt
in Traffic in 24.Hour
Period.

Seven Washingtonians last night
received injuries in traffic accidents
which may prove serious, two of
them being hurt on the Baltimore
Boulevard, near Waterloo, Md. Mean
while, Mrs. Marian C. Moebs, As, of
Hollywood, Calf, who had been visit
ing here. died in Georgetown Hos
pital of a broken back received Octo-
ber when the automobile in which
she was riding overturned on the
Lee Highway, near Dranesville Tav-
ern, Va.
Mrs. Moebs was riding with her
sister, Mrs. G. M. Lehman, 80 K
street. Mrs. Lehman suffered Sc
verely sprained back.
Among those hurt here last night
is a man tentatively identified as
Thomas Williams, about 81, who was
still unconscious today in Gallinger
Hospital. where it was thought he
may have a skull fracture. He was
hit at North Capitol and H streets
by an automobile driven by Arthur
A. Hawkins. As, of Sis Sixth street
southeast, according to police.
Two Youths Hurt.
Joseph Rodgers, 10. and Girard
Rodgers. 20. both of 1850 Eastern ave-
nue., Takoma Park, are in Casualty
Hospital as a result of injuries re-
ceived when the automobile in which
they were riding was in collision with
another machine at Fourth and B
streets northeast.
The younger Rodgers has serious
head injuries and X-rays were to be
taken to see whether his skull is frac-
tured. The other is under observation
to see whether he is injured internally.
Kenneth Rodgers, %, was driving the
automobile west on B street at the
time of the collision, police said. Car
roll j. Powers, %, of the 2400 block
Of Tenth street northeast, who was
driving the other machine, was arrest
ed on a reckless driving charge and
released under 81 900 bond.
Woman Hit by Taxi.
Mrs. Laura Dent, So, of 28Ol Adams
Mill road suffered broken collarbone,
bruises and a cut scalp when struck
by a taMcab at Thirteenth and F
streets. She was reported improved
today at Emergency Hospital The
taxicab was being driven by Samuel
H. Rosenstein, 26, of 1404 Quincy
street. police said.
John Carron, SO, of IT'S G street,
suffered cuts, possibly rib fractures and
bruises when struck last night by
taxicab in the 900 block of E street.
He was taken to George Washington
Hospital. Police today were checking
details Of the accident.
Thomas Doran, jr., %, of 80 E
street, and Herbert Pritt, %, of 227
E street, are in st. Agnes Hospital,
Baltimore, unconscious from injuries
received last night when their machine
ran into the rear of a trailer truck
in the Baltimore Boulevard accident.
Doran has conclusion and possibly
a skull fracture. while Pritt suffered
multiple cuts and a possible broken
back.
Police say the two were driving
north On the boulevard in q private
car when they apparently failed to
see the truck, which had pulled up on
State Road Commission scale and
was being weighed. Their car
ploughed under the truck.
Truck Driver Held.
The driver of the truck is being
held for investigation.
Nineteen persons were injured in
a total of % local accidents in the
24-hour period ending at 8 am. to-
day, last nights rain adding to the
traffic hazard. The injuries of most
of the others, however, consisted of
cuts and bruises.
InQuests into two recent local traf-
fic deaths were held yesterday by a
coroner's jury. Jordan Trollinger. IS.
colored, of the 1000 block of Twelfth
street. was held for Police Court ac-
ton under the negligent homicide act
in connection with the death, Octo-
ber 16. of Adam Abraham, 38, of
1014 I street.
In the other case, the jury de-
cided the death of Carl Ramstad,
40-year-old taxi driver, 948 New York
avenue, who was killed Saturday night
in q collision on the Arlington
Memorial Bridge, was "due to his own
and negligence" The YER.